As Christians, we can emphasize faith over works to the extent that people can draw the false impression that we think works are unimportant.
To counter that, you can make these stone-in-the-shoe comments to Jehovah’s Witnesses: Continue reading
Tag: Ephesians 2:8-10 (page 1 of 3)
The Watchtower believes that the battle of Armageddon is imminent and that when it comes Jehovah will destroy all the nations of the world.
But there will be survivors: Romans 10:13: “For ‘everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.’” (Scripture quotes in this post will be from the Watchtower translation)
Who will survive Armageddon? Continue reading
Because James 2:26 says, “Faith without works is dead,” the Watchtower teaches that works are a prerequisite to salvation.
In contrast, the Bible teaches that good works are an important part of genuine Christianity but that they are the products of salvation, not the prerequisites to salvation. Continue reading
Because Jehovah’s Witnesses believe they are “in the truth” and that we are in spiritual darkness, they insist on being the teachers.
Fine. Ask them to explain to you what Paul is teaching in Romans 4 and Ephesians 2 regarding the relationship of faith and works in the salvation process. Continue reading
Key Scripture: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:8-10) (p. 89)
The objective of The Faith and Works Approach is to correct Jehovah’s Witnesses’ false view that “justification by faith” is a license to sin and to show them the biblical relationship between faith and works in the Christian life. (p. 89) Continue reading
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