An article on the internet points out five Solas (alone) Scripture alone/Grace alone/Christ alone/ Faith alone/ To the glory of God alone.We have looked at scripture last time,and that everything written ,taught, and preached by Godly people ,must be based on scripture. Now faith is not a work it is a gift,it is the instrument by which through the grace of God we are saved ( Ephesians 2 v 8) .The term grace teaches us clearly that our works have no part in saving us,the Roman Catholic Church disagrees with that, and placed a curse on those who ruled out works.We look at the difficulties that the early church had from those who believed that faith in Christ was not enough to save us ,in Galatians 2 v 11, we have the apostle Paul challenging those who were trying to add things unto the Gospel.If we are saying that there must be a plus on the means of Salvation,we nullify the finished work of Christ.As one has said,'You can't earn grace, otherwise its not grace, not a gift'.Do works play any part in our salvation? the simple answer is no Revelation 21 v 6/ Romans 4 v1 - 6./Isaiah 55 v 1- 2. The question you may ask,where does works fit in?,after all James appears to say that we are saved by faith and works CP James 2 v 14 - 26, is he contradicting what the apostle Paul teaches, no he is not ,Paul is teaching from a judicial point of view,while James is writing from an evidential point of view.James 2 v 18 declares,'Show me your faith'.I know of many people who are involved in so many ways ,doing good works, but none of them are doing them ,to be saved,good works should come naturally to every Christian.
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