Is salvation by grace, by works, or both? That's just one of the questions we'll be answering

on today's edition of Core Christianity. Hi, it's Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez,

and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day.

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Well, at the very end of yesterday's program, we heard from a listener named Scott, and

we actually ran out of time before

Adriel could fully answer his question. Scott's back with us today. Could you give us a little

bit of context, Scott, on what you were asking? Yeah, hi. Thank you so much for having me back on and

taking the time to talk to me. Basically, my question was, I have some family members who are not

believers, and I've been praying for them for a number of years, and I just really haven't seen

anything come from my prayers as far as signs of them allowing the Holy Spirit to work in their life

or to get them closer to professing

faith in Jesus Christ. And I'm just wondering, as a Christian, am I called to continue praying

for them daily? Or is there ever a situation where I am to just hand the situation over to

the Holy Spirit entirely and just kind of hand it off

like that. I just kind of need some direction on how to approach the whole situation.

Yeah. Scott, I love this question, and I love that you have a concern for your family and for those who have yet to profess faith in Christ.

And I know it can be discouraging and many have given up, right?

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