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Putting on Christ and being clothed with Christ and putting on His breastplate of righteousness, are all outward garments. We put on Christ by doing His righteousness and walking as He walked. In this manner of holy living, we can surely guard our hearts and inward parts from the fiery darts of...

There's a real angst among some Christians about being justified by works, so that faith with works can never be even mentioned as part of being saved. And so, we can call it believing with obedience. Afterall, we are commanded to repent and believe the gospel, and obey the gospel. Therefore...

The justification and perfection we now have through Jesus Christ, is not by our works we do, but only by the works we do through and with Jesus Christ. It may seem like splitting hairs in a distinction without a difference, but I believe this is where much Christian controversy arises, that is...

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. God in James 2 is not teaching against having faith without any works at all, because God in the Bible teaches that man cannot ever be without works at all...

A major error in the reading the Bible by believers and unbelievers alike, can be by reading His words with a natural mind, and so we miss the true things of the Spirit, by whom we are sanctified unto life. Natural man can have and speak of having faith alone without works. And so when we read...

The Bible never specifically speaks of losing salvation nor justification, but instead speaks of losing and leaving those things of God given to us that accompanying His salvation. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak...

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have...

Let's look at the logical and doctrinal inconsistencies of teach that Christians can never being sinless on earth. The Bible says being sinless is being innocent and guiltless of sinning and transgressing the law of God. Sinless is not sinning. Sinful is sinning. And so, logically speaking...

This may not seem like much of a distinction, but it is actually all important in some raging debates about Christian salvation and works. The Bible preaches to repent and believe the gospel. It does not say believe the gospel and then repent. If we believe we are saved by confessing the...

There are two great arguments in Christian doctrine, that are made mute by the Bible truth, that God judges our works, and the reward of inheriting His kingdom is by our works. The first is whether a believer can 'lose' our soul's salvation. It's a mute question, because the Bible teaches only...

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Rom 10) These verses teach that if...

It ought to occur to any Christian, that there is an inherent contradiction between believing on Jesus Christ, and also teaching not to keep His law, as though that were a sin and unjustified with Christ. Some Christians do teach it is a sin to even try to keep His law. How can keeping and...

If we are saved by a faith alone, that is always apart from works, then aren't we preaching a faith, that we don't live by? It would seem logical to say that anyone preaching a saving faith without works, is also preaching a faith, that they separate from how they live. . That would be preaching...

Trusting in our own faith alone to justify us with Christ, only produces works judged as filthy rags by God. God judges our works by His word. (John 12:48) It's not only a matter of us being justified by God, but also a matter of our works being justified as doing His word. And so, if our...

The Bible teaches us that our works judge us, not our faith. We aren't judged by what we believe, but by what we do. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. For every one that...

Teaching faith without works, as the only Bible means of salvation and justification, is found to be inconsistent when teaching about faith and works. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ye see then how that by works a man is justified...

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: There are some Christians that...