Faith, love and works are needed for salvation

[Jim_Baur]

New Creation—So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come (II Corinthians 5: 17).

We Have the Mind of Christ—The spiritual person, however, can judge everything but is not subject to judgment by anyone. For “who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

God Dwells in You—Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are, is holy (I Corinthians 3: 16-17).

**Faith Working through Love—For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only FAITH WORKING through LOVE (Galatians 5: 6). **

God is Love**—**God is LOVE, and whoever remains in LOVE remains in God and God in him (I John 4: 16).

God Works in Us—For it is God which worketh (“energeo”: to be operative, be at work) in you both to will and to do (“energeo”) of [his] good pleasure (Philippians 2: 13 [KJV]).

God Works in Us—For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work (Philippians 2: 13).

Faith without Works Is Dead— For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also FAITH without WORKS is dead (James 2: 26).

Can Do All Things in Christ—I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me (Philippians 4: 13).

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me (Philippians 4: 13 KJV).

 

[Jim_Baur]

Justified by Faith—Roman 5: 1Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

Faith Is More Than Believing—Hebrews 11: 1 Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. 2 Because of it the ancients were well attested.

3 By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible.

4 By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.

5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and “he was found no more because God had taken him.” Before he was taken up, he was attested to have pleased God. 6 * But without faith it is impossible to please him, for anyone who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

7 By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith.

8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go.

9 By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise; 10 for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God.

11 By faith he received power to generate, even though he was past the normal age–and Sarah herself was sterile—for he thought that the one who had made the promise was trustworthy.

12 So it was that there came forth from one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore. 13 All these died in faith. They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth, 14 for those who speak thus show that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of the land from which they had come, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

17 By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son, 18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac descendants shall bear your name.” 19 He reasoned that God was able to raise even from the dead, and he received Isaac back as a symbol.

20 By faith regarding things still to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

21 By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and “bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.” 22 By faith Joseph, near the end of his life, spoke of the Exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

23 By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.