Works are not necessary with faith.
Works do NOT contribute to salvation.
One is saved and then the result of the salvation creates a changed heart that results in works.
It’s: Faith = Salvation + works.
Not: Faith + works = Salvation.
You all have the formula wrong.
You have the wrong formula.
Grace => Faith (submission of the intellect) + Works (submission of the will) => Salvation
That's not what Luther stated:
Martin Luther: “it is just as impossible to separate faith and works as it is to separate heat and light from fire!“
Post #284.
You all have the formula wrong.
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Yep, just like that guy who wrote the infallible Scripture referred to by the “Mad Monk” as an “Epistle of Straw”!