[kosciusko51]

Good works are evidence of faith, but do not save us. And even our ability to do go works is given to us by God, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." (Ephesians 2:10, NASB).

[boatbums]

Good works are evidence of faith, but do not save us. And even our ability to do go works is given to us by God, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." (Ephesians 2:10, NASB).

This truth is crystal clear in Scripture. Those who continue to oppose it and insist that their good works plus their faith is what saves them are those "boasters" Paul seemed to be addressing in that passage. That NO ONE should boast, he said, is how we know that we are saved by grace alone through faith alone (and that not of ourselves) because of Christ alone to the glory of God ALONE.