then why do you not believe everythign he said?
can you show me where Jesus requires works. or salvation can be lost? or that sal;vation will be had through works at all?
@Behold
Jesus made it clear that salvation is not just believing with words, but living a life of obedience and love. He said,
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). This shows that only calling Him Lord is not enough; doing God’s will is required. When the rich man asked what he must do to have eternal life, Jesus answered,
“If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments” (Matthew 19:17). Again He said,
“If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15).
Jesus also warned that salvation can be lost if a person turns away. He said,
“If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned” (John 15:6). And again,
“Because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 24:12–13). In the parable of the ten virgins, five were once waiting for the bridegroom but were later shut out because they were not ready (Matthew 25:1–12).
At the final judgment, Jesus said people will be separated by what they did or did not do. In Matthew 25:31–46, He said the sheep inherit the kingdom because they fed the hungry, gave drink to the thirsty, welcomed the stranger, clothed the naked, visited the sick, and came to those in prison. The goats, who did not do these things, are sent into everlasting punishment. He also said,
“The hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation”(John 5:28–29).
So Jesus showed that true salvation is not by words alone but by living faith that is seen in works of mercy and love, such as helping the poor, the widows, the sick, and those in need. It requires abiding in Him, keeping His commandments, and enduring to the end, for only then will we enter into life.
As well, James the brother of Jesus a pillar if the early church explained that works are not a way to buy salvation but the proof that faith is real. He said,
“Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:17). A person may say he has faith, but without works it cannot save him (James 2:14). James gave the example of Abraham, showing his faith was made perfect by works when he offered Isaac (James 2:21–22). He also said Rahab was justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out safely (James 2:25). Then he concluded,
“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” (James 2:26). James also reminded believers of what true religion looks like:
“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world” (James 1:27).
These scriptures are clear. The question now is what you will choose. Will you continue walking on your own path that leads to loss, or will you turn and follow the narrow path that leads to eternal life, just as Jesus told us to do? For He said,
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:13–14). The choice is before you: to follow the crowd on the wide road, or to follow Christ on the narrow way that brings life with God forever.
