You can be saved by faith/grace only!?

Question

Does this mean our actions and deeds are independent of use being saved? If we accept Jesus as our saviour is it sufficient for us to be saved? Isn't faith of any value without action/work?

Answer 1

To me they're like two sides of the same coin.

If you truly have faith, then you'll act accordingly. If you only say you're a Believer but never act as such, then your faith is empty.
On the other hand, if you act without faith, then you are just going through the motions. The action is empty, and probably done for the wrong motivations (fear of eternal damnation, etc.)

Faith and Actions need to both be there in the fullness of Grace.

Answer 2

Faith has value, of course. But being a Christian isn't easy, you can't believe in Christ but then ignore, for example, his teachings or the Ten Commandments. Christianity is a way of life, not just a belief.

I feel that if you truly accept Jesus as our saviour, then you accept the way of life we are expected to take.

Answer 3

I believe that through faith a person relies on the steps provided by Jesus Christ to obtain salvation. As each step is completed, the persons faith grows.

Baptism is a great example. I tie up my neighbor, baptize him, and then let him go. Would that be a true baptism? Baptism isn't magic, although it is necessary to enter the kingdom of God. It is the faith that we show in Jesus when we get baptized that is important. It shows that you are willing to follow his commandments. After you have exercised faith to be baptized, your faith can grow larger. Through our obedience to commandments our faith continues to grow until it is strong enough for our salvation.
Without works, faith cannot grow and cannot save.

Answer 4

Jesus said " by your faith you are saved" That action was to go to Christ and believe in him.

Action does have much value because if you help others you are helping Jesus, anyone who does this is my sister, mother, brother and friend. (sorry if that's out of order, don't have my bible open right now)

Answer 5

According to the Bible the answer to your question is a resounding NO.

James 2:14 Of what benefit is it, my brothers, if a certain one says he has faith but he does not have works? That faith cannot save him, can it? 15 If a brother or a sister is in a naked state and lacking the food sufficient for the day, 16 yet a certain one of YOU says to them: “Go in peace, keep warm and well fed,” but YOU do not give them the necessities for [their] body, of what benefit is it? 17 Thus, too, faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.

18 Nevertheless, a certain one will say: “You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith apart from the works, and I shall show you my faith by my works.” 19 You believe there is one God, do you? You are doing quite well. And yet the demons believe and shudder. 20 But do you care to know, O empty man, that faith apart from works is inactive? 21 Was not Abraham our father declared righteous by works after he had offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 You behold that [his] faith worked along with his works and by [his] works [his] faith was perfected, 23 and the scripture was fulfilled which says: “Abraham put faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he came to be called “Jehovah’s friend.”

24 YOU see that a man is to be declared righteous by works, and not by faith alone. 25 In the same manner was not also Ra´hab the harlot declared righteous by works, after she had received the messengers hospitably and sent them out by another way? 26 Indeed, as the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Answer 6

you have a chance for salvation cause of His grace. but He's not gonna force His grace on you. now your part is accepting His grace and having faith in Him. no your deeds cant save you for His grace is a free gift. now once you've accepted Him, you will want to do what pleases Him and stay away from what doesn't please Him.

Answer 7

we are justified by Faith this is the beginning of the salvation experience.

Salvation is a process not an event.

the Bible tells us to work out our salvation with fear (of the LORD) & trembling.....

Santification is the other part of the salvation experience, this is ths complete surrender of all things to Christ even your inner thought life, desires, what ever you exhalt above Jesus.

1 John 4:20
[ Obedience by Faith ] If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

if one has faith, believes in Jesus Christ the evidence of his faith will be "works of Righteousness".

"for a tree is known by its fruit"

if one does not believe in his heart, then his fruit will be fleshly & corrupt.

Answer 8

If you accept Jesus as your savior, you will have to love each other. The mark of a true Christian is the love he shows for each other.
You could say you accept Jesus all you want; if you don't practice the New Commandment you are damned.

Answer 9

I personally believe that accepting Jesus as ones Savior is all that is required to gain salvation. Jesus even said in the Bible that we can't be saved through works alone.

8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
~Ephesians 2:8-9 (New International Version)~

However, that doesn't mean that you can intentionally live a life of sin knowing that you're saved. God wants us to sincerely seek Him and be obedient to the callings He has for us.

6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
~Hebrews 11:6 (New International Version)~

Answer 10

The best explanation for me has been this:

It is by faith and faith alone that we are saved; but the faith that saves is never alone.

It is a paradox to be sure. But it seems to make the most sense in light of what the Bible says.