Hi Saxon.

The idea is that God extends His salvational grace to them that obey Him--verses the theology of the faith alone that preaches a salvation through a faith without works(dead faith).

There is no works in the faith the faith alone believe they are saved through.
That is your idea, not the Bible’s idea. If a person has faith and does nothing about it then yes, it is a dead faith. Faith requires a work, just as the person sitting at the table with faith that if he eats he will live. If there is no works with the faith that person will die. The work required in this case is to eat the food and drink the water that has been presented. You can have faith in the food and water all you want but if you don’t eat and drink, you die. A person must do what they have faith in or the faith that is claimed is dead.

Salvation is a point in life. There is a before salvation and there is an after salvation. Faith does not save you. Works do not save you. God by his grace saves you. You do not work for grace because grace is a gift. Gifts are free. Salvation is free, not of works. Works are rewarded with payment, not gifts.

A none believer will not obey God because to him that believes not it is foolishness. You don’t obey what you consider foolish and either do I. God gives the Holy Spirit to those that believe. Believing is what God requires of us. So if you believe then you have obeyed God and by grace he saves you. Faith does not save you. Believing does not save you. Works do not save you. God saves you by grace.



Two points here:

1) It's not an ***umption--the faith alone preach a theology of salvation through a faith without works. That is why it is called sola fide:
It is a total ***umption. You need to describe the works that save you. Keep in mind Ephesians 2:8 and 9. You don’t preach faith alone and you make no effort to connect with the Bible when you are shown that what you are claiming it says is not what it says. With Ephesians 2:8 and 9 it is totally impossible to be saved by any kind of works.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Sola fide (Latin: by faith alone), also historically known as the doctrine of justification by faith alone, is a Christian theological doctrine that distinguishes most Protestant denominations from Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, and some in the Restoration Movement.

The doctrine of sola fide or "by faith alone" ***erts God's pardon for guilty sinners is granted to and received through faith, conceived as excluding all "works," alone."

If you disagree--please list for us what works you believe is added to faith in salvation, in the faith alone theology.

2) The faith alone have precious little in common with the Bible--an appeal to it will only produce a defiance to faith alone theology:

1 Timothy 4:16---King James Version (KJV)
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
The functioning faith that I have previously explained is still my answer. That is faith in the context of faith alone.

You need to list the works that you feel are the works that save then I can continue to present my case.