Salvation includes the indwelling of the Spirit of God. In Acts Paul and Silas told the jailors “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house”. That word “believe” is powerful.
When a person truly believes and trusts in Jesus they are indwelt by the Spirit of God. How would the Spirit of God not cause one to tell others and go out and do the will of God? Would the Spirit of God which directs us after we are saved cause us to “sit back and wait”? I think not. Would a person who didn’t really trust/believe in Jesus but simply mouthed the words to impress someone sit back? Probably, because the Spirit isn’t in him. It’s the fruit of the Spirit causing us to move and do, not ourselves or our fleshly nature but the Spirit within us.
Why is it Cynical we always seem to go around in circles?
You are always very respectful and I want you to know that I appreciate it very much.
We are saying exactly the same thing!
How do we know that it Abraham was righteous? By what he did.
What he did, did not make him righteous, but the faith that cause him to do it.
That is the Catholic belief regarding faith and works.
Catholics do not hold that we can “work” our way to heaven.
Catholics believe that those who have faith are saved by that faith and the evidence of that faith is seen in our works.
Jesus said, “By their fruits, you shall know them.”
If what I say and what I do are two diametrically opposed things, what are you going to believe of me?
If I say I have faith yet do nothing with that faith, have I real faith or have I just given lip service?
And, if I do something with that faith, am I doing it to show you or to show the Lord? Jesus tells us not to seek the rewards of this world for our charity.
Not everyone who cries out to Him will enter heaven.
Those who fail to show mercy, love, kindness, and charity are not those who know the Lord and therefore, He does not know them.