Question 33: Should those who have faith in Christ seek salvation through their own works or elsewhere?
No, they shouldn’t, because all that is necessary for salvation is in Christ. To seek salvation through good works is to deny that Christ is the only Redeemer and Savior.
- However.
- Knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law.
- But by faith in Jesus Christ.
- We also believed in Christ Jesus.
- So that we could be justified by faith in Christ.
- Not by the works of the law.
- And therefore by works no one will be justified.
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JOO CALVINO
We affirm that no matter what kind of work a person does, he or she is considered righteous before God simply on the basis of gratuitous mercy; because God, without any respect for works, freely adopts the person in Christ, attributing to him the righteousness of Christ as his own. We call this the justice of faith, that is, when a person, emptied and exhausted of all trust in works, is convinced that the only basis for his acceptance by God is a justice that is lacking, the same and that it is borrowed from Christ. The point at which the world deviates (since this error has prevailed in almost all ages) is to imagine that man, even partially defective, still has some degree of merit from God’s favor for his works. God reconciles us to himself, not considering our works, but only for Christ, and, by gratuitous adoption, makes us his children, not children of wrath. If God looked at our works, He would not find any reason to love us. Therefore, it is necessary that he bury our sins, imputing in us the obedience of Christ, who only takes his examination and adopts us as righteous on their merits. Is this the clear and uniform doctrine of Scripture, “testified”, as Paul says, “by the law and the prophets”? (Rom. 3. 21).
TIMOTHY KELLER
If we mix faith and works, if you say, “Yes, I need to have faith in what Jesus did for me, but I must also add this or that, or will I not be saved?”, then you say that what saves is not what Jesus did, but what you added. That would make you your own savior.
This illustration can help. M. A. asked Mr. B to make him a wooden cabinet because Mr. B was an excellent carpenter. MEGABYTE, and the lord were friends, then sir. B said, “Well, am I going to do very well?” A perfect job?. So he worked, worked and worked the furniture to the point where it had been perfectly polished and polished. Go to your workshop to see and Mr. A took a file and said, “Let me add a single file. “B said, “No! It’s over. It’s perfect. Is there no way to add it without subtracting it?”
The same goes for the work of Jesus Christ, because when Jesus died, he said, “It’s over. “There’s nothing else to add. It’s perfect. If you try to add something, it will only decrease. If you say, “He did it, but do I have to add it here?” anything you try to add will become the basis of your salvation and make you your own savior. .
Protestant reformers made strong biblical arguments that it is not possible to mix faith and works; this justification, justice and salvation must be only by faith. I will no longer articulate any of these arguments; I’m just saying this: personally, I couldn’t live if I didn’t, I have no hope unless I can get up every day and be in the country.
I’m just putting my faith in
In the exalted grace of Jesus,
In the sacrifice of remission,
In the blood of the good Redeemer
That’s my only hope.
Unique God, prevent us from trusting in good works or living in a way that implies that they are the basis of our salvation, let us glorify your grace by putting all our weight on it, putting our lives in the promise that you are the beginning and end of our salvation, amen.
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