Faith WorksFaith Works

© John Stevenson, 2008

Two ExtremesTwo Extremes

Salvation without Works

Salvation on the

basis of WorksSalvation

accompaniedby Works Roman

Catholic Church

Zayne Hodges

Reformed ChurchMartin LutherJohn CalvinJohn MacArthur

John MacArthurJohn MacArthurZayne HodgesZayne Hodges

James 2:19-20 James 2:19-20 You believe that God is one. You

do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. 20 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

Ephesians 2:8-10 Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved

through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

What does it mean to be a What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ?disciple of Christ?

Can one be a Christian without also being a

disciple?

Acts 11:26 Acts 11:26 …and the disciples were first called

Christians in Antioch.

Luke 14:25-27 Luke 14:25-27 Now large crowds were going along

with Him; and He turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.”

1 John 1:6-71 John 1:6-7If we say that we have fellowship

with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 2:18-19 1 John 2:18-19 Children, it is the last hour; and just

as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.

Roman Catholic Roman Catholic view of view of

JustificationJustification

Reformed view Reformed view of Justificationof Justification

Faith + Works = JustificationFaith + Works = Justification

Faith = Justification + WorksFaith = Justification + Works

Martin LutherMartin Luther

“…faith alone justifies, but not the faith that is alone. Works are not

taken into consideration when the question

respects justification. But true faith will no more fail to produce

them than the sun can cease to give light.”