[daffyduct]

Faith without works is dead. We are not saved by works, true...but if our faith fails to show the manifistation in our works, then our faith is counterfit. Salvation is a gift from God, but Salvation presupposes that the saved is following the example of Christ in his works, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, taking care of the sick...etc. Jesus himself said that if you failed to do these things you would be cast out weeping and nashing your teeth.

One final note...show me the biblical passage that is the basis for "Scripture alone". The doctrine of "Sola Scripturi" is itself scripturally flawed.

[Zack Nguyen]

Agree with your first paragraph - faith without works equals no saving faith.

Regarding Sola Scriptura, it simply means that the Bible is itself completely inerrant, and the final arbiter of doctrine and the guide of our faith. If not Scripture, what else would we turn to? Scripture was itself revealed by the Holy Spirit. And if it was written by the Holy Spirit and not by man, then what should we hold up as its equal?

[Zack Nguyen]

For more on this matter, you might consult Matthew 15: 3-6. Jesus response to the Pharisees concerning the Word of God as being superior to any of their traditions.

[Woodkirk]

Try to remember this when you begin to question the doctrine of Sola Scriptura:

"In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD" [John 1:1]

Now, how many Gods are there? Note also that it is WORD singular [not Words plural]. The Scripture from "In the beginning" to "Amen" is, in God's eyes, one long complete finished WORD. God and His Word are one and inseparable.