Worship Schedule
Sunday
Bible School
9:30am –
10:15 am
Sunday Morning Worship
10:30am
– 11:30am
Sunday Evening Worship
6:00pm
– 7:00pm
Wednesday Bible Study
7:30pm
– 8:30pm
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Christian Study - What
about Faith Only?
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Faith
Only
Faith
Only If
you do a word search in your Bible for the words "faith only",
the only verse you will get is James 2:24 which reads "Ye see then
how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only."
Ephesians 2:8,9 says "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man
should boast." This passage was written to the Gentiles during a
period when many Jews were still trying to be justified by the Law of
Moses (See verses 11-15). Consider the parallel passage in Romans 3:28
"a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law."
These passages do not exclude the necessity of us doing anything to
receive from God the gift of salvation. They simply state that we cannot
save ourselves solely on the basis of our own good works or by trying to
follow the law of Moses which has been abolished.
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James
2:24
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You
see then that a man is justified by works, and not
by faith only.
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James
2:14
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What
does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith
but does not have works? Can faith save him?
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Romans
3:28
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Therefore
we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of
the law. (KJV)
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Ephesians
2:8-16
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For
by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of
yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, not of works [of
the law] , lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand that we should walk in them. Therefore remember that
you, once Gentiles in the flesh -- who are called Uncircumcision
by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands --
that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of
promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in
Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by
the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made
both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,
having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of
commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself
one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might
reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby
putting to death the enmity.
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James
2:26
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For
as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without works is dead also.
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James
2:18
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...Show
me your faith
without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
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Romans
2:4-8
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...do
you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and
longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to
repentance? But in accordance with your hardness and your
impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the
day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
who "will render to each one according to his deeds ":
eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good
seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are
self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness
-- indignation and wrath.
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Luke
13:3
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...unless
you repent you will all likewise perish.
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Romans
10:10
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For
with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth
confession
is made unto salvation.
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Acts
2:38
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...Repent,
and let every one of you be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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