A half-truth said too often today is the line that “by faith alone you are saved”. These people are quick to use Romans 3:28: “For we consider that a person is justified apart from works of the law.”
Of course, you need to immediately reply with James 2:14-26: "...for just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead."
And now the bickering starts. Two sides staunchly opposed, absolutely refusing to see beyond this “either/or” argument.
However, both sides are failing to see "the genius of the 'and'". This is not an "either/or" argument, this is a "both/and" discussion. The authors of these biblical letters did not mean to contradict each other, they meant to show two sides of the same coin...faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.
It is through faith we are saved but, as I stated before, faith is transformative. If you truly have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, you will be changed. Your faith will bear fruit in the form of works. You will be performing works not for salvation, but because of salvation.
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This post is part of a mini-series on Faith.
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