REPORT: God's plan of salvation
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What is required, good works or grace?
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Thanks Bright Raven for bring focus back.
2 Timothy 3:16
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16*All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
Sola Scriptura, scripture alone.
Sola fide, faith alone.
Sola gratia, grace alone.
Solus Christus, Christ alone.
Soli Deo gloria, glory to God alone.
We come to knowledge and relationship with God. By searching knowledge from scripture, justified by faith thru the gift of grace. The gift paid for by Christ's atonement, on the cross. Not by works of man. All Glory for all this to God alone.
Ephesians 2:8-10
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8*For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9*not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10*For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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Galatians 3:5-10
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5*Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— 6*just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”[a] 7*Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8*And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9*So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
The Law Brings a Curse
10*For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them
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5*Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— 6*just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”[a] 7*Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8*And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9*So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
The Law Brings a Curse
10*For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them
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The chance we have to do good works in order to set things right with God comes as a result of God's grace. That's what the Law is all about: To show us what is wrong and what we ought to do to keep us out of trouble. Therefore, to answer your question above, good works is what is required, but goods works in terms of obedience to God's Law. This cannot be distinguished from grace.
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No one is justified by faith but by the way he or she has lived according to the Law. Abraham was justified by his works. Read James 2:21.
The Law brings salvation. What brings curses are our sins. If you obey the Law you will have life free of trouble. We need to abide by the Law. If we break the Law, that's not the end of us. We can always repent and obey. (Isa. 1:18,19) To break the Law is human; to reject the Law is insurrection. That's when the curse sets in.
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And Abraham got justified for his good works. (James 2:21)
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You make my point of gripe with you. You shorten context to change meaning.
James 2:18-22
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18*But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your[a] works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19*You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20*But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?[c] 21*Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22*Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
Works is the seal of the proof of faith and grace.
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Genesis 15:4-6
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4*And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5*Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6*And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
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4*And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5*Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6*And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
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I have read James 2:18-22. I did not mention the whole text because good works and faith in this context are one and the same. Therefore, it is meaningless to distinguish between one and the other as Christians like to, just to discredit the role of the Law. If by good works faith is made perfect, without good works faith is meaningless as grace comes only through obedience to the law.