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The marching was faith in action.

That's a good answer! Without the obedient action, where's the faith? It's as dead as a corpse. "Can that faith save?" According to James, no.

Those who want to separate our faith from our works are trying to kill our faith.

They would've told Naaman he didn't need to dip seven times in the Jordan, because God can heal people without water. If he had listened to them, he would've remained a leper.

They would've told Noah he didn't need to build an ark, because God can save people without boats. If he had listened to them, he and his family would've perished in the flood.

They would've told Abraham not to offer Isaac for a sacrifice to God, because God doesn't need human sacrifice.

They would've told Rahab not to hide the spies, because God could keep them safe from harm without her help, and anything she did would be trying to earn her way into the promises to Israel.

They would've told Moses' parents to go ahead and have him put to death, because God promised to deliver Israel from bondage and didn't need their help, and because anything they might do would be a denial of God's power to save.

They will tell us not to kill the old slave man in baptism and be raised from the water a new free man, because God's already done everything, and any obedience we might render would be earning our salvation. And those who listen to them and ignore God are still in bondage to sin and don't even know it.

[LearsFool]”The marching was faith in action.

That’s a good answer! Without the obedient action, where’s the faith? It’s as dead as a corpse. “Can that faith save?” According to James, no.

Those who want to separate our faith from our works are trying to kill our faith.

They would’ve told Naaman he didn’t need to dip seven times in the Jordan, because God can heal people without water. If he had listened to them, he would’ve remained a leper.

They would’ve told Noah he didn’t need to build an ark, because God can save people without boats. If he had listened to them, he and his family would’ve perished in the flood.

They would’ve told Abraham not to offer Isaac for a sacrifice to God, because God doesn’t need human sacrifice.

They would’ve told Rahab not to hide the spies, because God could keep them safe from harm without her help, and anything she did would be trying to earn her way into the promises to Israel.

They would’ve told Moses’ parents to go ahead and have him put to death, because God promised to deliver Israel from bondage and didn’t need their help, and because anything they might do would be a denial of God’s power to save.

They will tell us not to kill the old slave man in baptism and be raised from the water a new free man, because God’s already done everything, and any obedience we might render would be earning our salvation. And those who listen to them and ignore God are still in bondage to sin and don’t even know it.”

Your post is so good I’m going to re-post it. Yes, we are saved by the grace of Jesus Christ. However, we have to qualify for that grace by following God’s commandments. That’s the eternal law governing salvation given by God the Father and repeated by Jesus Himself.

We will be judged on our works. Those are Jesus’ own words.