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Topic 13: Saved by grace, faith, or works? Question: Based on what you know from the Bible & other sources (including the Theology Matters reading), what roles do you think grace, faith, & works play respectively in Christian salvation? (Be sure to do more research into the issue. If the group cannot come to a consensus, feel free to have different group members each express their own opinions.)

1. Jesus Christ is coming one, but we regard his coming as progressive and not to be confined to any single event (from The Coming Day by Oscar L. Joseph).

2. In one sense, the coming of Christ refers to "his presence in the Church and in the hearts of believers" (from The Coming Day by Oscar L. Joseph).

3. He has come again and again at great crises and turning points in the history of the world. These coming have been not only to judgement but also for the justice and righteousnes (from The Coming Day by Oscar L. Joseph).

4. The coming will be nothing less than the personal, visible, and glorious return of the same Jesusu wo ascended into heaven (from New int'l dict of Bible).

5. Some scholars hold that Christ will come in two stages: first secretly, later, openly to be seen by all (from New int'l dict of Bible).

6. Having returned to earth, Jesusu Christ will be the judge of the nations and of every person who has ever lived (from New int'l dict of Bible).

7. At his coming, the old universe will be marveously regenerated in order to be born as "new heaven and earth" (from New int'l dict of Bible).

8. Those who are alive at second coming of Jesus experience the transformation of their earthly, perishable bodies (from New int'l dict of Bible).