Jesus’ Words on Salvation

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A Christian attorney argues that Bonhoeffer was correct when he said we have developed a "Christianity without Christ" and exchanged Jesus' gospel of costly grace for one of "cheap grace." Del Tondo reviews all the major salvation statements and parables by Jesus. He then compares them to the prevalent doctrines of "faith alone" which Bonhoeffer called "cheap grace." Del Tondo demonstrates that Jesus' doctrines on salvation insisted upon repentance from sin and obedience to His principles, thereby falsifying faith alone doctrine. Preface Chapter One: Atonement: Be Reconciled First To The One You Sinned Against Chapter Two: The Repentant Goes Home Justified Chapter Three: Hell Whole or Heaven Maimed Chapter Four: The Parable of the Good Servant Turned Evil Chapter Five: Those Who Endure To The End Chapter Six: Repent Or Perish Chapter Seven: Saying But Not Doing Chapter Eight: Jesus' Answer To The Direct Question On How To Obtain Eternal Life Chapter Nine: Exceeding The Righteousness of the Shallowly Righteous Chapter Ten: The Sermon On The Mount Chapter Eleven: The Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats Chapter Twelve: Parable Of The Purchase of the Field Chapter Thirteen: Forgiven But Not Forgiving Chapter Fourteen: Parable Of The Virgins Chapter Fifteen: The Prodigal Or Lost Son Chapter Sixteen: Parable Of The Unprofitable Servant Chapter Seventeen: Count The Cost Chapter Eighteen: The Parable Of The Sower Chapter Nineteen: Every Tree Without Good Fruit Chapter Twenty: The Metaphor of the Vine Chapter Twenty One: John 8:51 -- Obedience Should Save Chapter Twenty Two: The Right To The Tree of Life Chapter Twenty Three: Those Who Have Done Good Things Are Resurrected Chapter Twenty Four: Incomplete And Lukewarm Works Chapter Twenty Five: Eternal Life: Based On Good Works Or Faith Alone? Chapter Twenty Six: John 3:16: Obeying Unto Christ Should Save? Chapter Twenty Seven: Faith Alone Chapter Twenty Eight: Conclusion Bibliographical references Index App A - History of Faith and Works' Battle against Faith Alone App B - "Prologue upon the Gospel of St. Matthew," Preface to the New Testament (1534) by William Tyndale App C - "Fides Formata, or Faith Working by Love," by Rev. Jeremy Taylor (1667)[reprint 1851] App D - "On the Necessity of a Good Life," Rev. William Paley (published 1825) App E - "Works Wrought Through Faith," Rev. George Horne, 1824 App F - "Justification," The Religious Magazine (Sept. 1848) App G - "Nature and Relations of Faith," Free Will Baptist (Jan. 1860) App H - John Locke, The Reasonableness of Christianity (1695) App I - Menno Simons Criticizes Faith Alone Doctrine App J - Isaiah 58 Depicts Modern Pauline Churchgoers App K - Without Paul, What Does It Mean to Become a Christian? App L - Van Kampen Disagrees On Traditional Meaning Of John 3:16