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James 2:14-18
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone might say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.

So how sure are you that FAITH alone saves you?

The Catholic Church teaches that we are saved by God, and we should follow the two greatest commandments of Jesus.
1. Love God with your whole heart,etc.
2. Love your neighbor as yourself.

How do love God without showing it and doing/ following his teachings. How do you show love to your neighbor without doing good works?

I feel that much of the disagreement with the Catholic Church’s teachings is that they are not familiar with them and may not fully understand the Bible. Or they may just want to disagree.

Heb 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name by having served and continuing to serve the holy ones.

James 2:20-22
Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by the works.

PEACE BE WITH YOU.

Your faith in the atoning blood of Christ ALONE saves you. Works do NOT!!! After you are SAVED, God expects you to WORK. But works alone will NEVER ATONE for your sins.

Ephesians 5:8-9... For by GRACE are ye saved, through FAITH, and that NOT OF YOURSELF! IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD; NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast. (emphasis added)

There can be no more explicit statement than that. Works are important AFTER CHRIST ALONE SAVES YOU. But only then, not before. Anything else someone preaches to you is a lie and nothing more. ANYTHING.