RELIGIOUS WORKS

RELIGIOUS WORKS ARE EVIDENCE OF SALVATION!

Matthew 5:16 - Jesus, according to Matthew, said:  "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify YOUR FATHER Who is in heaven."  [Note:  The only good works that count are the works of those who are already born again, that is, those who are the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ, and then, only those works that glorify Him!]

John 6:28-29 - The crowd following Jesus, according to John, said:  "Then said they unto (Jesus), What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of (My Father), that ye believe on (Me) Whom He hath sent."  [See Jn. 3:16-17; 17:3, 18, 21, 23, 25; etc.]

Acts 26:19-20 - The Apostle Paul, according to Luke, said:  "Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:  but showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance." [Note:  Paul preached the same message to Jews and Gentiles - "repent AND turn to God," AND THEN do works that clearly indicate you have been saved!  Repentance is not a work that earns salvation, but rather, one that shows one's faith in the Gospel - See Lk. 24:27; Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; etc.]

Galatians 2:15-16 - Paul wrote:  "We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law: for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified."  [Note:  "Justified" from the Greek δικαιόω (dikaioō), which means "to be made righteous, to be as one ought to be in the eyes of God."]

Ephesians 2:8-10 - Paul wrote:  "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:  it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast.  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."  [Note:  "Grace" is "unmerited favor"; it is IN CHRIST JESUS that a believer is to do good works!]

Titus 3:4-8 - Paul wrote:  "But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Whom He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; that being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.  This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they who have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men."  [Note:  Again, it is God's mercy and grace that saves, and not religious works; good works FOLLOW those who believe!]

TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED!