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Some theologians hold that man no longer needs to make himself other than he is, that he does not have to take on any form pleasing to God but has a part in the Kingdom of Heaven "just as he is," because Jesus by his sacrificial death has brought the lost world home. This thesis, like the concept of man's inability to change, is an expression of Christianity's antinomian peculiarity, Martin Luther's 'sola fide' doctrine, whereby "man without any action of his own or any merit is justified for Christ's sake by the Faith." But the prophet from Nazareth placed the accent elsewhere, as we can see from many passages in the Gospels, e.g. Matthew 7:19-23; 19:16-21; 23:2-3. These texts do not speak of "Faith Alone" and "Grace Alone," but of obedience to the Law and to the intention of the Law.
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