Matthew 22:37-40
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
I've said before and I'll keep saying it. I don't believe in a works salvation, I just believe in a salvation that works. If the salvation you have hasn't made you a brand new person, if your sinful lifestyle has not changed, then you don't have the salvation of Biblical Christianity. Because the salvation that God provides through His Son Jesus Christ, will change a person and make that person a brand new creation.
New is different than old, if not then for the purposes of the English language, the Bible means nothing.
Who is speaking? A Christian SHOCKED he is not going to the pearly gates.
Why? They didn't keep the Law. They didn't even try to keep the Law. They were on the free Jesus EBT salvation card that requires little on their part. They gambled. They lost. Their preacher deceived them. Their denomination deceived them. They followed the WIDE path into Hell.
I never mentioned a works salvation. Salvation is by faith. But your Bible says in James 2:14 (NKJV) — 14What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? (The “no” here is clearly implied). . . . 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Like I said with my first post — it’s not hard to understand unless you want a easy do nothing salvation — faith is what is required, but a faith that is alive and not dead. I’m not saying anything controversial, and very in line with the Bible.
You can twist it if you’d like, but an easy and dead faith will not save you.