Cougan,
I did not contradict myself. To confess your sins is indeed works, it is hard works - there isn't a person alive who could confess to God every sin he or she has ever committed. That is works.
To confess (homologeo) or, to say and mean, that Jesus is Lord is not works - we are not saved by our own works; If we could save ourselves by our works we woulnd't have needed the savior to pay the full price for us.
We are not saved by confessing our sins, we are saved by confessing the savior who paid for all sins, and, by believing that God raised him from the dead.
Thanks for clarifying what you meant, but the way you originly had it worded seemed like you were contridicting yourself because I did not know you were talking about confessing your sins as opposed to confessing Jesus as Lord.
You still need to answer the question about faith being a work.
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