Saved by Faith Or Faith Plus Obedience? Part 2
In my previous blog, I wrote about faith and obedience. It stirred up quite the response some positive and some negative. I decided to do part two in order to further clarify my position. The most common argument I received against the doctrine of faith alone is found in James 2:14-17. “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” Now, I’ll admit, on the surface, this seems irrefutable. How can you disagree with Scripture? When we have disagreements in theology and we debate doctrine we must not fall for the trap of putting Scripture against Scripture. For example, in this topic someone points to this passage in James 2 my response cannot be, “well, in Romans 3, ...