We are justified before God because we are united with Christ by faith, because we belong to the second Adam rather than to the first Adam. It is correct, however, to say that obedience is necessary for salvation as the fruit or evidence of faith. This is how I understand the teaching of James. He does not teach that works are the foundation or basis of salvation, but he does remind us that works are absolutely necessary for salvation. They are the fruit or evidence of our faith.8 Some have told