Faith and Grace: The Path to Salvation through Good Works
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Faith meets Grace We reach our hands up in faith, and God reaches down to us with His great grace.
How far do you agree with these statements? 1. The "good works" of unsaved people are "dead", and are as "filthy rags" to God. 2. We are under Satan's control until we are spiritually reborn through faith in Jesus. 3. We are saved by faith and grace, not works. Good works after our spiritual rebirth signifies true faith. 4. God is not impressed by the "good works" and prayers of non-Christians. 5. We are not to admire the sincerity and zeal of those in non-Christians religions. We are to avoid participating in their efforts. Rebuke them sharply http://www.creationists.org/goodworks.html
Way of Faith Way of worksJas 2:23-24
22 lower Paths of the 32 fold Tree of Life.
The Crooked Serpent: The Way from Material realm to Divine realm by Human effort
I AM The Way
The tight rope walk across
Good Works Evil works
(Eph 2:10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
created in Christ Jesus
Salvation is by faith alone Salvation is not by faith alone. Ps.62:12 Pr.10:16 Jer.17:10 Mt.12:37 Mt.16:27 Mt.19:17 Mt.25:41-46 Lk.10:26-28 Jn.5:29 Rom.2:6, 13 2 Cor.5:10 2 Cor.11:15 Phil.2:12 Jas.2:14 Jas.2:17 Jas.2:21-25 1 Pet.1:17 Rev.2:23 Rev.20:12-13 Mk.16:16 Jn.3:18, 36 Acts 16:30-31 Rom.1:16-17 Rom.3:20 Rom.3:28 Rom.4:2 Rom.4:13 Rom.5:1 Gal.2:16 Gal.3:11-12 Eph.2:8-9 Titus 3:5