[jo kus]

You have "done" something for salvation. Whether it is exercising "faith" or taking the Eucharist, you are adding to the work of God.

First of all, "doing a work" is not the same thing that Paul belittles in Romans and Galatians. You would be very hard pressed to tell me that Jesus didn't say we had to "do" something to enter the Kingdom. We are commanded to obey. It is the inner motivation, earning something, that sets apart Paul's notion of work and the notion of "doing" something.

Second of all, receiving the Eucharist is not adding to the work of Christ, it is RECEIVING the work of Christ...

Regards

[HarleyD]

You would be very hard pressed to tell me that Jesus didn't say we had to "do" something to enter the Kingdom.

Joh 6:28-29 Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?" Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent."

Not at all unless you want to include "believe" in that. But then again, our faith is a gift from God as well. There is nothing that you don't have that hasn't been given to you.

[annalex]

While Romans and Galatians are expecially often cited in support of once-saved-always-saved heresy (or whatever its politically correct name is these days), both Romans and Galatians start with correcting the respective errors St. Paul is addressing -- belief is salvific character of works of Jewish law, or works of Roman law, or works for either temporal or spiritual reward -- and then proceeds to exhort his readers to works of charity, and to teach them how to increase their faith. This is in fact true for all his "geographical" letters.