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Ever since the days of the apostles Paul and James, Christians have struggled to define the proper tension between faith and works. Salvation, Paul stresses is “not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). But James argues, “Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works” (2:18). In fact, he asserts, “Faith without works is dead.” In his...

Faith works are a consequence of faith, not a component of faith. As we observed earlier, faith is an entirely inward response and therefore is complete before it produces its first work. At the moment of salvation, faith does nothing but receive the provision of Christ. The believer himself contributes nothing meritorious to the saving process. As J. Gresham Machen stated in the quotation with which I began this chapter, “Faith is the acceptance of a gift at the hands of Christ.” Better yet, faith
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