He is the way
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You are still cherry picking. There are many words about the works:Correct every word … including proper correct context.
Five
times Jesus talks about believing. But he never even mentions works. The topic being spoken about is everlasting or eternal life, i.e. being saved. This, Jesus says, comes solely through believing.
John 3:15-18
“That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God”
Scriptural states that we are saved without any of our doing:
“For by grace are we saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” Ephesians 2:8-9_________________________________________________________________________
Why not obedience to the commandments? … Because of every word of God
.But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
(New Testament | John 14:12)
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
(New Testament | Matthew 5:16)
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
(New Testament | Titus 1:16)
16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
(New Testament | Luke 3:8 - 9)
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
(New Testament | James 2:14 - 18)
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
There are too many to post and too many to ignore.
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