Lack of Works = No Heaven?: Why do we only talk about what will get you into Heaven (faith or works or both)? The Bible seems to teach that only faith can get you in, but lack of works can keep you out. Any thoughts?

Q&A question: Lack of Works = No Heaven?

Burned Works = Unsaved Soul?: Regarding 1 Corinthians 3: 15, how can someone be saved if their work is burned up? Wouldn’t the frailty of their work suggest that their faith wasn’t true in the first place?

Q&A question: Burned Works = Unsaved Soul?

Our Attitude when God Works Through Us: Is it sinful for a Christian to be pleased when God enables them to do a good work (Isaiah 64:6, Galatians 6:4)?

Q&A question: Our Attitude when God Works Through Us

Ethical & Happy Non-Christians?: Can unsaved people “do good works”? Why do unsaved people often appear to be happy and live seemingly ethical lives?

Q&A question: Ethical & Happy Non-Christians?

By Grace, Through Faith, No Works: As a former strict, legalistic Orthodox, will I ever be able to grasp that salvation truly is by faith and NOT works? I STRUGGLE!

Q&A question: By Grace, Through Faith, No Works

Salvation by Works in Revelation?: Is Revelation 14: 12 talking about salvation by works?

Q&A question: Salvation by Works in Revelation?

How to “Obey the Gospel”: How do we answer those who think “obeying the Gospel” means physical obedience (works)? They cite verses like 1 Peter 1: 22, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9, Romans 10: 16, and Matthew 7: 21.

Q&A question: How to “Obey the Gospel”

Overcoming the Grip of Sin: What’s the balance between the Holy Spirit changing us, and us trying to do good works and love God? I just feel so stuck in my sin. I don’t know how to get out of this habit. I’m scared my repentance isn’t real.

Q&A question: Overcoming the Grip of Sin

James: Works Based Salvation?: In Galatians, Paul says Jews from the sect of James were Judaizers. If the book of James was written before the Acts 15 council, do you think James in his book taught a works-based salvation?

Q&A question: James: Works Based Salvation?

Building Materials: Works or Teachings?: I've heard it taught that the building materials in 1 Corinthians 3: 10-15 are a person's works, but reading the verses beforehand makes me think it's referring to teaching in the church. Thoughts?

Q&A question: Building Materials: Works or Teachings?

Biblical Justification: Works Based?: I’m struggling DEEPLY with James 2: 24 vs. Romans 3: 28. Your best argument in the video you did on this 7 years ago was the definition of "justified." But my NIV Bible says "considered righteous."

Q&A question: Biblical Justification: Works Based?

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Scripture Alone Is the Final Authority for Christians

What Sola Scriptura Means

When God Speaks Its Authoritative

Galatians Chapter 1 Verses 6 through 9

Galatians 1

The Bodily Assumption Mary

Matthew 23 Matthew 23

The Authority of Peter

The Chair of Moses

Roman Catholicism

2nd Thessalonians 2

It's Not the the Singular Unified Group That Often It Is Portrayed as in Roman Catholicism There Are Various Sects and Groups and Different Different Disagreeing Groups within Roman Catholicism but There's another Problem and that Is Roman Catholicism Never Kicks Heretics out It Just Almost Never Happens You'Ll Have Bishops Who Are Functioning In in Roman Catholicism That Totally Don't Believe Roman Catholicism and Actively Teach against It and There's Still Part of It so that's Not Real Unity That's like a False Kind of Unity That's Going On There So Yeah that's a Lot of Stuff I Think the Bottom Line Is God's Word Is Authoritative and Here's Where the Catholic Agrees with Me I'M Just Saying the Traditions and the Arguments for Bringing Tradition in as an Equal Authority

I Would Say They'Re Playing with Fire because It's if Someone Makes that Claim that the Bible Puts God in a Box and Limits What He Can Do Part of Me Would Say Okay It Does but It's the Box God Put Them In and You Caught What You Call God Being Putting Out in a Box I Call Believing that God Tells the Truth Right So if God Says I Do this I Don't Do that I Will Do this I Won't Do that You Can Call that Me Putting Him in a Box but I'M Just Believing Him that He Will and Won't Do the Things He Says He Will and Won't Do this Phrase of Don't Put God in a Box Is a Modern Phrase That Um Sometimes

Then You Should Be Unclear about It That's the Safest Thing To Do if You Feel like the Scripture Doesn't Speak Clearly on an Issue Then You Can Just Be Unclear about It or You Can Be Willing To Entertain Various Views As Long as those Views Don't Violate Scripture in some Other Way but What You Don't Want To Say Is the Bible Doesn't Say Anything about this So I'M Just GonNa You Know Believe What I Like I Still Won't Have Reasons for My Beliefs Deven Nicely Says What Are the Essential Elements of the Gospel One Must Believe for Salvation as Opposed to Secondary I Hear Different Things and It Makes Me Wonder if I'M Saved Sometimes and Kind Of Scares Me Let

And When You Feel Your Discernment Run Out this Is a Wisdom Thing Maybe Someone Won't Understand It but When You When You'Re Looking at a Situation or a Person and Here's the Things You Know about Them but Then You Start Realizing There's a Lot of Things I Don't Know and that's Where Your Discernment Running Out So Just Don't Go beyond What You Actually Know and that's One Thing another Thing Is this Is Here's the Phrase I Learned for Myself Years Ago Which Is Discernment without Wisdom Is Destructive I'Ve Learned that through Experience Right Maybe I Have Discernment Maybe I'M Told Right but I Didn't Have the Wisdom on What To Do with that Discernment so My Rule Now if I Keep It Is To Wait Wait after Discernment Wait on Wisdom Okay I See that Clearly but What's the Wisdom on How I Should Handle It and I Pray and I Wait on Wisdom

How Salvation Works in Roman Catholicism

The Merit of Good Works Is To Be Attributed in the First Place to the Grace of God and Then to the Faithful

There Is no Second Works-Based Stage in the Process of Salvation

If Anyone Says that the Justice Received Is Not Preserved and Also Not Increased before God through Good Works but that those Works Are Merely the Fruits and Signs of Justification Obtained but Not the Cause of Its Increase

JW salvation requires four things: (1) taking in the "knowledge" of God and Jesus as defined by the organization, (2) obeying God's laws (works-based), (3) belonging to the Jehovah's Witnesses organization, and (4) demonstrating loyalty through door-to-door witnessing. Their own source says "the ransom given by Jesus does not give or guarantee everlasting life" — grace through Christ alone is explicitly denied.

JW soteriology: four requirements for salvation; works-based, organization-dependent