Originally Posted by dberrie2000 View Post----Works must prove something, as we are all going to be judged by our works:
Matthew 16:27----King James Version (KJV)
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then
he shall reward every man according to his works.
As Paul explained:
Galatians 5:19-21---King James Version (KJV)
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
If works do not mean anything to God--then why are those who do those works Paul lists above--refused the kingdom of God? That's a salvational condition.