RomeSweetHome wrote:James 2:14-18
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 has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well," but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone might say, "You have faith and I have works." Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.
That about sums it all up.
Peace
OSAS is not the subject of this thread.
Matt 5:16
16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. NAS
John 10:32-33
32 Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?" NAS
Eph 2:10
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. NAS
1 Tim 6:17-19
17 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. 18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19 storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed. NAS
This thread is not about OSAS.
Good works are a result of our salvation. Good works do not justify us or sanctify us. What James is teaching is if a person has no good works and says he has faith such a person is self-deceived.