The Works of Salvation

Q: What does the Bible say about working out salvation?

The Bible instructs believers to 'work out your own salvation with fear and trembling' as an application of their faith. In Philippians 2:12-13, the Apostle Paul encourages believers to work out their salvation, emphasizing that this directive is addressed specifically to the beloved brethren, indicating that it is for those who are already redeemed by grace. This instruction does not contradict the doctrine of salvation by grace alone but affirms that true faith naturally produces good works as an expression of love and obedience to God. Paul highlights that it is God who works in believers, giving them both the will and the ability to perform His good pleasure, which underpins the importance of active faith in the life of a Christian.

Q: Why is faith without works considered dead?

Faith without works is dead because true saving faith naturally results in acts of obedience and love. James 2:17 powerfully states that 'faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.' This underscores the Reformed understanding that while salvation is by grace alone through faith alone, that faith must manifest itself in tangible actions. A faith that does not produce works of love, such as serving others and living righteously, is not the true saving faith that the Scriptures endorse. Thus, it is essential for believers to recognize that while they do not earn their salvation, their faith is validated and evidenced by their actions, which align with God’s commandments and express their love for Him.

Q: How do believers grow in their faith according to the Bible?

Believers grow in faith through the Word of God, fellowship with other believers, and engaging in good works motivated by love. Growth in a believer's faith is seen in Ephesians 4, where Paul teaches that God has given church leaders to equip the saints for the work of ministry. This process helps believers mature in knowledge and grace. Like a newborn, who requires nourishment and care, believers must engage with Scripture for spiritual food and cultivate relationships within the body of Christ for support and accountability. Additionally, this growth is not solely dependent on individual effort; rather, it is God who works in believers to will and to do according to His good pleasure, reminding them that their spiritual development is a cooperative effort between divine grace and individual responsibility.

Q: What does it mean to have a new nature in Christ?

Having a new nature in Christ means being regenerated and equipped with the Holy Spirit to live righteously. According to the New Testament, particularly in 2 Corinthians 5:17, a believer in Christ becomes a new creation. This transformation occurs through regeneration by the Holy Spirit, imparting spiritual life and creating a new nature that craves holiness and desires to please God. This new nature coexists with the old sinful nature; hence, believers are called to grow and mature in their faith, embracing the new life they have received. This internal change not only affects an individual's relationship with God but also manifests in outward actions and choices that reflect Christ's likeness.

All right, let's open our Bibles
now to the book of Philippians, chapter 2. I spoke this morning on the wonderful
grace of our Lord in redeeming sinners, by his sovereign grace
and mercy. And I want to preach tonight
on the subject, the works of salvation, this morning on the
grace of salvation. and denied on the works of salvation. Now, here is a familiar verse
of scripture, Philippians 2, verse 12. Very familiar, but
not very well understood. Wherefore, my beloved, as you
have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much
more in my absence, out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
Now, to whom is the Apostle speaking when he says, work out your salvation
with fear and trembling? To whom is he speaking? Well,
it's very evident, there's no question about it, he's speaking
to believers. For he says in verse 12, Wherefore,
my beloved my beloved, beloved brethren. Turn back to chapter
1 and see to whom the Apostle addresses this epistle. Philippians
chapter 1, beginning with verse 1. Paul and Timothy, the servants
of Jesus Christ, to all the saints. In Christ Jesus, which art Philippi,
with the bishops and the deacons, grace be unto and peace from
God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God
upon every remembrance of you." So it's quite evident to whom
the Apostle is speaking when he says, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling. He's speaking to believers. The
true believer is not alarmed by the word works. in connection
with salvation. It does not cause a true believer
to have any conflict whatsoever. When we use the word work or
the word labor in reference to salvation, it poses no problem. Paul uses it frequently. I want
you to turn to Galatians 5, in Galatians chapter 5. Here in
Galatians 5 you have some of the strongest strongest teachings
of grace to be found anywhere. In fact, that's what the book
of Galatians is all about. Paul had preached down in Galatia.
Several churches had been raised up by the grace of God, and Paul
had departed, and Paul's teachers had crept in and taught the people
that we're saved not only by looking to Christ, but by looking
also to the works of religion, to the ceremonies, to the Sabbath
days, to the various forms and rituals and ordinances. And Paul
writes this book of Galatians to clear that matter up, salvation
by grace alone. Not by grace and works, not by
grace and the law, but by grace alone. It's the gift of God,
not of works. And here in Galatians 5 verse
1, he says this, Stand fast therefore in the liberty, in the freedom,
freedom from the law, freedom from ceremony, freedom from holy
days, freedom from the feast, wherewith Christ hath made us
free. And do not be entangled again
with that yoke of bondage. Behold, I, Paul, say unto you,
that if ye be circumcised, If you keep a Sabbath day, if you
follow a rigid diet, if you keep a ceremony or a tradition in
order for acceptance with God Christ, profit you nothing. I testify again to every man
that is circumcised, that follows this law or these rules or ceremonies
of Sabbath day, if you start out on that road, you are better
to do the whole law. It's not just doing the part
you choose to do. If you seek acceptance with God
by works or laws or deeds or ordinances, you're under obligation
to keep all of them. That's what he's saying. And
Christ, therefore, is become of no effect to you. Whosoever
of you who have justified by the law or by works, you've fallen
from the gospel of grace, you've departed from the gospel of grace. for we through the Spirit wait
for the hope of righteousness by faith. Now watch this verse. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision
availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh. Faith
which what? Worketh. Faith works. True, saving
faith works. It serves. It labors. Faith works. But not by law,
not for reward, not for recognition, but faith works by law. It labors and works and serves
Christ because it loves Christ. That's right. Now, one other
passage over here in 1 Thessalonians. What I'm saying is the true believer
is not alarmed by the word works. or the word labor in reference
to salvation. In 1 Thessalonians 2, listen
to Paul here. He says in 1 Thessalonians 1,
verse 2, I give thanks to God, we give thanks to God always
for you all, these people down in Thessalonica, all of you. I make mention of you in my prayers. Here's a people, again, to whom
he's ministering. He's up here in prison writing
to them. He said, I remember you folks.
I love you folks. I pray for you folks. I make
mention of you in my prayers. Listen to verse 3. Remembering
without ceasing your works, your works of faith, your labor of
love. your patience of hope in our
Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our Father. Then the book of James. Let's
turn over there a moment. James 1. The true believer is
not afraid of the word works or labor in reference to salvation,
but it's a faith that works by love. It's a work of faith, it's
a labor of love. James chapter 2. And James declares
this, that true faith, true saving faith, not only is not afraid
of the word works, but true saving faith is itself justified by
works. My soul is justified by the grace
of God. But this faith which I claim
to have in God, in Christ, this faith is only justified by obedience
and by works. That's what James says, James
chapter 2, listen, verse 17. Even so, faith, if it hath not
works, works of faith, labor of love, it's dead. It's not
living faith, it's dead faith. being alone. Yes, a man may say,
you have faith, I have works. Show me your faith without your
works. How can you do that? How can you show faith? Abraham
showed his faith by obedience. Rahab showed her faith by obedience. In verse 19, Thou believest there
is one God, thou doest well. The devil believes there is one
God, and he trembles But wilt thou know, vain man, O foolish
man, that faith without works is dead faith? It cannot save,
it's dead faith. Now go back to the text, Philippians
2. So, first of all, we know to whom the apostle is speaking.
Wherefore, my beloved, my beloved people of God, redeemed by the
grace of God. Notice the second thing. All
of these works of faith and labor of love are not to be seen of
men. That's not why they're done.
They're not done to be seen of men, they're not done for the
praise of men, they're not done for the approval of men. Listen
to what Paul says to them. My beloved, as you have always
obeyed, not in my presence only. but now much more in my absence."
Oh, how important this is. Here, the Apostle, and he preached
to these people. And they held him in the highest
regard, in the highest esteem, the Apostle Paul, chosen of God,
sent of God to be the Apostle to the Gentiles. given the power
to perform great works and great miracles. And when he was there,
people gave, people demonstrated a kind and loving spirit. They witnessed, they worked,
they labored in his presence, in his presence. But Paul says
to them, I know this, that that same humility and that same generosity
and that same love prevails in my absence, not only in my presence. But you see what I'm saying? If the Apostle Paul were here
preaching tonight, or here for two or three weeks, I expect there would be a lot
of righteous works shown, wouldn't it? For the righteous works that
really matter are the ones that are shown when Paul's not This
is what our Lord taught. Hold the page and turn to Matthew
6. And this, what a compliment. What a compliment. He says, Beloved,
you have obeyed, not only in my presence, but thank God in
my absence. In my absence. When I was there,
when the spotlight was on, when all men were motivated you obeyed,
but when I'm gone, when I'm not there, when things are back to
normal, when it's a Monday morning, when there's no recognition,
when there's no praise of men, when there's nobody to know what
you're doing, what you're giving, how you're living, when it's
just you, when you're under the conflicts of the world and the
trials and tribulations Thank God I can say, you obeyed them,
too. Now, that's a compliment. And
that's what our Lord said in Matthew 6. Listen, verse 1. Take heed that you do not your
alms, that is, your good works, before men to be seen of them,
otherwise you have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
You do it to be seen of men. Therefore, when you do your alms,
your works, these works of faith, these labors of love, they'll
sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and the streets, that they may have their glory of men. I say
unto you, verily I say unto you, they have their reward. When
they do something to be seen of men, by the approval or praise
of men, and men see them, we're proud of you, that's their reward. That's what they wanted, that's
what they got. Verse 3, but when you do your alms, don't let your
left hand know what your right hand is doing. It's so secret
that thine alms may be in secret and thy father would see it in
secret, you'll reward in the open. And when you pray, don't
be like a hypocrite. He loves to pray standing in
the synagogues, in the temples. in the corner of the streets
to be seen of me. And I say to you, when men see
him and men hear him and men beg on his spirituality, that's
his reward. But thou, when thou prayest,
enter your closet, shut the door, pray to your Father in secret,
and your Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. This is the measure of true devotion.
This is the motivation by real works of faith and labor of love,
as unto the Lord, not to be seen of men, or for the praise of
men, or the recognition of men, but because you love him, and
you do it for his glory. Here is another thing. Verse
12, we know to whom he is speaking, believers, beloved. And he says
to them that their obedience is not for show. It's not for
self-glory. It's not to be seen of men. He
said, you obey, you do these things not as in my presence
only, but now much more. You see that word? Much more
in my absence, much more secretly. That's when you serve the Lord
and labor and give and work and pray and do these things. And
then what's this? Work out your own salvation. work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling. Now then, listen carefully. There
is a work of God, a work of Christ for us. Put that down. F-O-R,
for us. A work of Christ for us. And this is perfect. Our Lord
Jesus, when he was hanging on that cross, he said, That's the work of God for us. In him, by him, through him we
have redemption, forgiveness of sin, pardon. Isn't that right? That's what he did it all. By
himself purged our sins. He put away sin by the sacrifice
of himself. In Christ we have wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification and redemption. In him dwelleth all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily, and I am complete in him. Therefore, being
justified by faith, I have peace with God. There is therefore
now no condemnation to them who are in Christ. He did it all." See that thief on the cross? That thief never witnessed, he
never worked. He never washed, he never knocked on a door, he
never gave a dime to missions, never preached a sermon, and
didn't pray but one prayer. Lord, remember me when you come
into your kingdom. And yet I say unto you, he is
as justified and sanctified and forgiven and redeemed as anybody
sitting in this building tonight. by the grace of God. Is that
right? That's the work of Christ for us. Nothing in my hands I
bring, nothing. I mean, I've been preaching now
40 years. I pastored this church 39 years. And you know as far as my redemption,
acceptance, sanctification, life before God, forgiveness of sin,
that doesn't count That's right now. Not too hard, but it's right. Christ did it all. Jesus paid
it all, all the debt our old sin left to crimson stain. He
washed it white as snow. And when those sinners take in
the glory and stand, I stand before the judgment of God. I
have one plea. When Christ died, he died for
me. And that's your plea. That's the work of Christ's power.
I don't add anything to it, plus nothing minus. I wish I could
make that as clear as I'd like to make it. Plus nothing minus. Is that right? That's what I
believe. Salvation is for any sinner. Secondly, that's the work of
Christ's power. Now, there's a work of Christ
in us. When Paul wrote about his conversion
in Galatians, he didn't say, when it pleased God, who separated
me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace to reveal
his Son to me." He didn't say that, did he? No, he didn't. He said, he revealed his Son
in me. So there's a work Christ does
for us before the Father, the blood before the Lord, the sacrifice
before the Lord, redemption before the Lord, intercession before
the Lord, redemption before the Lord. It's paid, it's finished,
we're redeemed. But there's a work in us. God reveals his Son in us, and
this is called regeneration. This is called the new birth. This is called the new creature
created in Christ Jesus. There's a new man, there's a
new woman. Every believer is a new creature. The Lord sends his Spirit and
his Word. Of his own will begat he us in
Christ Jesus with the Word of truth. God sends his Word and
his Spirit and creates in us a new nature, a new person, new
spiritual life, like a baby. a woman and man. They're married. They have no children. Now, her
womb has no life in it. And there's a seed planted, the
male seed, and it lives. She has life now. There's life. And that life develops and that
life is born. And that's a human being. But
that infant, that baby's flesh, that which is born of the flesh
is flesh. And it cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. But that child grows
and becomes a man or a woman. Now, they're born, the first
time, they're born of human parents. They're born of the flesh. They're
born of corruptible seed, right? The Lord God says you must be
born again, and according to his will, by his purpose and
design, the Holy Spirit comes. Born of the Spirit, born from
above, born of God, and the Holy Spirit in that person, that person
of flesh, in that person's heart, God brings another seed, the
Word, Christ. the life, spiritual life-giving
seed. And that which was dead now lives. And now that person, that person,
man or woman, whomever it may be, that person has two natures. He has that fleshly nature he
got from his parents, that natural person, that old natural man,
old man. And he has a new man, spiritual
man, a new nature, a new creature. by the seed, the Word of God.
And it's born and lives, but it's a baby. A baby in Christ. That's right, a baby in Christ.
And that baby is in need of growth, and that baby is in need of maturity. Now, we have nothing to do with
what Christ did for us. in redemption, we have nothing
to do any more than we had anything to do with our natural birth
or fleshly birth, but we have nothing to do with this new birth.
We're not born of the will of the flesh, nor the will of Mary,
born of God. And that's a miraculous, life-giving,
regeneration, quickening, new birth. But now that that person
lives, we've got something to do with this development We've got something to do with
this growth. There's some food to eat. There's some things to do. That's
right. So that is the work of Christ
with us. Are you with me? I hope you're
with me. I'm with me. I know what I'm talking about
here. There's a work of Christ for me. Don't confuse it. I'm
not trying to mix grace and works. It's all of grace. Right? You
know what I pray. All of grace. And this new birth. Preacher doesn't have anything
to do with it. You don't have anything to do with it. Mama doesn't have
anything to do with it. God will quicken whom he will. The Son quickeneth
whom he will. He'll give life to whom he will.
A man's not born again because he believes. He believes because
he's born again. The man's not born again because he loves God.
He loves God because he's born again. That's right. So we have
life. But babes in Christ. We need
to grow. We need to develop. We need spiritual growth, we
need to be taught just like that mother and daughter takes that
little baby and diapers it and feeds it and it gets bigger and
they send it to school and they work with it and they tell it,
don't do this, don't do that, do this, do that, and they do
all they can to raise that child to maturity. And that's the work
of the ministry, too. Let me show you that. Turn to
Ephesians chapter 4. The preacher, the Word of God,
has something to do with this, you have something to do with
it. Yes sir, in chapter 4 of Ephesians, listen to this, and
he gave some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists,
some pastors and teachers. Why? For the perfecting, for
the maturity of the saints. for the growth of the saints,
for the growth of believers, for the work of the ministry,
for the edifying, the teaching of the body of Christ, till we
all come in a unity of the faith that John was talking about,
that fellowship of love and harmony and unity of the knowledge of
the Son of God unto a mature man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ. Let's grow up. All right. That we henceforth be no more
infants? Children, tossed to and fro and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of
men, the cunning craftiness whereby these false creatures lie in
wait to deceive, but speak in the truth, in love, the word
of God, in love, that we may grow up into Christ in all things,
which is the head, Christ Jesus." Work out your salvation. Work
out your salvation. There's a work that Christ has
done for us. You don't tamper with that. You
don't dabble in that. You don't have anything to do
with it. He bought you. He loved you, he sought you, and he bought
you. And he'll keep you. And there's that work of regeneration
and the quickening and the new birth, the life of God that's
literally implanted in the soul. And that creature lives. But there are babes in Christ,
young men in Christ, and elders. There is a growth. And we have
something to do with that. Our food is a word of God. Our
food is a word of God. We grow spiritually. Look at
this verse again. Verse 13, "...for it is God that
worketh in you." Oh, we're not left alone. No,
God works in us. God works in us. Even this growth
is not in our own strength. As I preach the word of God and
it's applied to the hearts of people, it's not in our own strength.
It's God who works in us. Listen to this. Both to will
and to do of his good pleasure. One time years ago, Brother Edgelmore,
I called on him to lead us in prayer, years ago. And he came up here, and I'll
never forget the prayer. And right somewhere in the middle
of it, he said, Lord, we thank you for the privilege of being
here, and hearing your word, and fellowshipping with your
people. But he said, Most of all, we thank you by your grace
we want to be here. And I thought that's right. Not
only the strength to be here and the help to be here, but
the very will to be here is by the grace of God. And that's
what he's saying here. He's saying, Brother, it's God
who works in you. If there's any growth in me,
God gave it to me. If I will to serve him, and I
will to help others, and I will to pray, and I will to witness,
and I will to walk in the path of righteousness and holiness,
if I will to be honest, if I will to have a life of integrity,
it's God who gave me that will. What did Paul write in Ephesians?
For by grace are you saved through faith. And that not of yourself,
it's the gift of God. Faith's the gift of God. It's
not of worth lest any man should boast, for we are his workmanship." I tell you, when these young
men stand up here and pray and preach and read God's Word, and
I sit there and listen to them, I don't look at them thinking,
well, they sure have applied themselves, though they have.
Boy, they sure have learned some things, though they have. They
sure have studied well, though they did. They sure have progressed,
though they have. That's all so. But I'll tell
you that his workmanship, he did it all. He gets all the glory. That's right. And when I see
you, this congregation, a missionary called me, Brother Danny Parks,
we talked Friday night on the telephone, he said, we've started
our preacher school down here in Tortola, and we need a lot
of books for the preachers. We need reference books and Bible
dictionaries and concordance and theology books and all these
things. I said, Danny, buy it, order
it, have them send it to you, and send us the bill, and we'll
take care of whatever it is. You know why I could say that?
Because I knew good and well you'd take care of the bill.
I knew that. I know your generosity. I can
do that. I can say to those people, do what you do, this church will
take care of you. You know why I know to do that?
Because of your generosity and grace and kindness and willingness
to help. But you didn't do it. God did
it for you. You have that grace, but he gave
it. You have that growth. You see,
that's what I'm saying. Work out your salvation. Apply
yourself to the Word. Study the Word. Seek, desire
the sincere milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, grow
in grace and in the knowledge of Christ Jesus. But it's God
who works in you. And if you've got any will to
do his will, he gave it to you. If you've got any desire to do
his will, he gave you that desire. Now, verse 12 and 13, I've got
a few more minutes. Are you with me now? Let's look
at verse 12 again. Wherefore, my beloved, my beloved
people of God, redeemed by the grace of God, you have always
obeyed, not in my presence only. That's not why you obey. You don't obey for the praise
of men. approval of men, but much more in my absence. Work
out your own salvation. Let's grow in grace. Let's mature. Let's develop. Let's have works
of faith and labor of love, because God's working in us to do his
will and his good pleasure. Now I've got to go back to verse
1 of chapter 2 and show you what he's talking about. These are
the things he's talking about. He uses the word if four times. He says, If there be therefore
any comfort and confidence in Christ, if there be any comfort
of love, strength in love, this love of the Father and love of
the Son, if there be any fellowship of the Spirit, if there is anything
to this union of Spirit and oneness of heart and family of God, If
there's any depth to your affection, any bowels in mercy, any depth
to your faith, any concern for his glory and his grace and the
good of others, verse 2, then you will fulfill my joy. What is the joy of the apostle?
Read on. That you be like-minded, living
together in harmony and unity. That you have the same love,
love for Christ and love for one another. Let you be of one
accord, one purpose, the glory of God. Let you be of one man
in the gospel of God's grace, and let nothing that you do,
let nothing, either good or bad, be done through strife. What
is strife? It's quarreling and division,
contention. That ought not be among the people
of God. There ought never to be any contention and quarreling
and division. By this shall all men know you
love me because you love one another, and you're my disciple.
Nothing through strife. What's vainglory? Vainglory is
seeking personal recognition. That's what vainglory is. It's
seeking personal praise and personal glory. And let's don't do anything
with that as the motive. Not to cause strife or division
or to call attention to ourselves, but listen, but in lowliness
of mind, in a humility of spirit, let each esteem the other just
as good as we are. Oh, no, that's not what that
says. Well, I think he's as good as I am. No, he's better. He's
better. Let us each esteem the other.
You know how you can esteem another fellow spiritually, what we're
talking about here, better than you? I'll tell you why and how. You know yourself, you don't
know him. You can see in your heart, you
can't see in his, so he's bound to be better. What you see in
here certainly is not better, huh? And that's the reason Paul
said, I am less than the least of all the saints. In lowliness of mind, esteem
the other fellow spiritually better than yourself. And verse
4, listen to this, look not on your own things. A true believer
is as much concerned for the happiness, comfort, and well-being
of his brother and sister as he is his own comfort and well-being. Some of you know what I'm talking
about. You're just as concerned. Don't look on your own welfare
and well-being on your own things, but every man on the things of
others. That church family, those brothers
and sisters. And let this man, John read it
right, this attitude, this spirit, be in you which was in Christ. Now, here was the attitude of
our Lord Jesus. Here is our pattern for what
we do. who being in the form of God, equal with God, thought
it not robbery to be equal with God. Jesus Christ is God. And yet, condescended, made himself
of no reputation, took upon himself the habit or form of a servant. He was made in the likeness of
men. He became, and being found in
passion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto
death. even the death of the cross.
Oh, what humility, what condescension! For an angel of God to become
a worm in the dirt wouldn't be near the condescension
of our Lord, whose infinite holiness took upon himself all of our
wretchedness and sinfulness in our human nature. And he was
willing, for our sakes. That's the mind and attitude
we ought to have toward one another. Love one another as I loved you.
Verse 9, here's the results of that condescension and that mind
of humility, wherefore God hath highly exalted him. Men didn't
do it, God did it. And God gave him a name which
is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord to the glory of God the Father. And that's when he says,
Wherefore my brethren, my brethren, as you have obeyed, not in my
presence only, but also in my absence, work out your own salvation. with fear and trembling, for
it is God that works in you to will and to do of his good pleasure.
And do these things without murmuring or disputing," now watch verse
15, "...that you may be blameless and harmless, sons of God, without
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom
you shine as lights in this world." Oh, I tell you, A man or woman
who has the Spirit of Christ, the joy of Christ, the grace
of Christ, faith in Christ, a generous open hand, a forgiving spirit,
a humble soul, is so much more glorifying to God than a hard
religious spirit. Isn't that so? How can I glorify
God in this? I can glorify God in this world
by manifesting works of faith, labor of love, and fruit of the
Spirit. That's right, look at verse 16.
Holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day
of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain,
as I see your works of faith and labor of love. I know one
thing, Paul said, my labor was not in vain. God has blessed
it. God has blessed it. And I give
thanks to God for you, Bradman, beloved of the Lord, for the
grace of God, which is not only for you, but in you, and has
been so marvelously worked out with you. And let's grow some more. Let's
ask God to give us more growth, more growth, more growth, more
understanding and more revelation and a spirit and an attitude
that will glorify Him in all things.

The Works of Salvation

What does the Bible say about working out salvation?

Why is faith without works considered dead?

How do believers grow in their faith according to the Bible?

What does it mean to have a new nature in Christ?

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The Works of Salvation

What does the Bible say about working out salvation?

Why is faith without works considered dead?

How do believers grow in their faith according to the Bible?

What does it mean to have a new nature in Christ?

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