Every false religion. cult, and human philosophy, teaches that enough works will result  in salvation, “renewal,” “enlightenment,” or whatever concept they choose as their goal. Some who call themselves Evangelicals are diluting salvation by insisting that works have a part in salvation, but James makes it clear that works are the result of salvation (James 2:14-26), but it is grace alone through faith alone that is the cause.

6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean,
And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us wither like a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away. Isaiah 64:6 (LSB)

We have looked deeply at the Biblical definition of our Salvation over the last several posts. In this post we will continue to do that. One of the attacks on the Gospel in our time comes from several sources, but with the same focus. That focus is to change what our salvation actually is and what it accomplishes and why it is necessary. In many of my posts over the years that this ministry has been online I have bought up the number one false form of salvation that our enemy ensnares so many people into. It is some form of works-righteousness. When I first began this ministry I did a series of posts on Ephesians 2:8-10.

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 (LSB) 

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