Romans 4:14 “For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:”
This has been an ugly debate since time has been, the Jews
were convinced that their works would save them. The debate continued through
the bible days, even when Jesus was on earth He was rejected as the Redeemer of
mankind. And today the debate rages on, associations that call themselves
“churches” preach and teach that works is a part of salvation. Works for
salvation is Satan’s lie, Satan wants this debate to continue because it is a
challenge to true salvation in Jesus Christ. Works for salvation renders Jesus
Christ useless in salvation, works make’s salvation through the person not
through Jesus. Faith is in Jesus Christ as Saviour; faith renders work’s
useless because all the work for salvation was done in Jesus Christ. God has
made it crystal clear in the scriptures that salvation is not of both, works
and faith. “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is
no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work
is no more work.” Romans 11:6 If salvation is of faith, then it’s of grace
and if it’s of works then it is not of faith or grace. The two do not mix
because our faith is in Jesus Christ as our Saviour, He cannot be our Saviour
if we involve works in salvation. Works for salvation renders the entire
Trinity useless in salvation. God is the giver and supplier of our salvation,
faith is our believing and trusting God to save us, the Father gave grace, the
Son paid the price and bought us, and the Holy Spirit delivers the quickening
and faith to believe. “But after that the kindness and love of God our
Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ
our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.” Titus 3:4 - 7 If you can read that
passage of scripture and still believe in works for salvation you are as
spiritually dead as a corpse in a grave and so blinded by Satan you cannot see.
Works is a slap at God, denying Him the ability to save sinners, it’s a slap at
Jesus, making His earthly works, His death, and His blood useless, and it is a
slap at the Holy Spirit as being useless in His works to save a sinner. Works
for salvation is taking the power to save from God and putting it into the
hands of sinful people. I would rather to have faith in God, Jesus, and the
Holy Spirit rather in my sinful self. I have one question for people who
believe in works for salvation, what makes you just and righteous, what keeps
you pure in your sinful living, and how many times have you been saved? See
people who believe in works believe themselves to be perfect, part of their
satanic blinding is believing that they are more righteous than another sinner.
They believe that they are above sin, because according to their own teachings
a person that “falls from grace” needs to be re-saved but they do not really
believe that because they never fall from their salvation. They believe their
living good enough to remain saved, in the end they will find themselves in
Hell. “For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a
debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever
of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. For we through the
Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Jesus Christ neither
circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by
love.” Galatians 5:3 - 6
