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A couple of months ago, a friend of mine expressed their discomfort towards “religion” after I had posted a multitude of Bible verses online
“…Yet we know that a person is NOT justified by works of the law but through FAITH in JESUS CHRIST, so we also have BELIEVED in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by FAITH in Christ and NOT by works of the law, because by works of the law NO ONE will be justified.” - Galatians 2:16
“Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did NOT come to call the righteous, but SINNERS, to REPENTANCE.” - Matthew 9:10-13
“But now the righteousness of God has been manifested APART from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST for ALL who BELIEVE. For there is NO distinction: for ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a GIFT, through the redemption that is IN CHRIST JESUS,”
- Romans 3:21-24
“For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, ‘Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.’ Now it is evident that NO ONE is justified before God by the law, for ‘The righteous shall live by FAITH.’ But the law is not of faith, rather ‘The one who does them shall live by them.’ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree’—” - Galatians 3:10-13
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the WAY, and the TRUTH, and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through ME.’” - John 14:6
“And there is salvation in NO ONE ELSE; for there is NO other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.” - Acts 4:12