"Make that 40%, O.K. make that 30%, 20% and that is off the gross. Alright 10% but that's net after expenses. That should earn me something towards eternity."
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If a dollar represents a measurement of goods and services and goods and services are the products of works then it follows that if I give enough dollars (works) I can buy my way into heaven. Or am I thinking about indulgences?
Don't forget to take into account spiritual inflation and those unseen charges like pride, self sufficiency snd self satisfaction. I suppose those who are waiting to find out if they measure up will be disappointed at how much equity was eaten up by inflation and the hidden charges.
Good works are necessary for salvation because they increase our faith (Luke 17:5-10; James 2:20-26; Apocalypse 22:12). Work for reward do not (Romans 4:4-5). Indulgences, even when they were allowed to be sold, did not work for salvation, but as penance of a confessed and absolved sin.