By Harold
Smith
QUESTION: It seems that in your articles you do not believe in good works. If you don’t maintain good works, do you think you will still be saved?
ANSWER: This is an old question that keeps popping up all the time. I do not believe that salvation is by faith AND works, but I do believe that salvation results in good works!
QUESTION: It seems that in your articles you do not believe in good works. If you don’t maintain good works, do you think you will still be saved?
ANSWER: This is an old question that keeps popping up all the time. I do not believe that salvation is by faith AND works, but I do believe that salvation results in good works!
That is,
there will be some fruit or evidence of it in the lives of those who claim to
have salvation.
Salvation is an act of the sovereign grace of God. God doesn’t owe us anything. But because He is merciful and gracious, He has provided a great salvation for us through His atoning blood.
Salvation is an act of the sovereign grace of God. God doesn’t owe us anything. But because He is merciful and gracious, He has provided a great salvation for us through His atoning blood.
We are
saved to work. Romans 4:4 says, “Now to him that worketh is the reward not
reckoned of grace, but of debt.”
Romans
11: 6 says, “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is
no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is
no more work.”
The above verses make it very clear that if it is by works than it is no more grace. These two do not mix. However, if you have a kind of profession that does not work, then you are not likely to have God’s salvation.
The above verses make it very clear that if it is by works than it is no more grace. These two do not mix. However, if you have a kind of profession that does not work, then you are not likely to have God’s salvation.
It is not
of works, but it works in you. It transforms your life from the inside
out.
Romans 1:16 says, “It is God’s power unto
salvation to everyone that believeth.” 
