Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Faith

On Face book My Lutheran Uncle sent everyone a happy Halloween and reformation day ( the day Martin Luther broke from the Church is celebrated on Halloween)  and then said: "Faith alone; Scripture alone; and Grace alone." This is a popular Protestant belief. We as Catholics do believe grace saves you ( grace is the life of God in us). "Faith alone" contradicts the Roman Catholic teaching that faith plus works saves you. The Bible doesn't teach "Faith alone," or at least, Jesus doesn't. Listen to this: James 2:14-17-"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."

   Wow, that seems kind of obvious.

1 comment:

  1. James isn't saying that our works save us though. He is merely stating that faith that does not produce good works is dead. It truly would be contradictory for a God-fearing/loving man to not serve his brother. By including works in our salvation we are decreasing the value of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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