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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's faith AND works. Get it? Not JUST works.

If you just believe, and do bad things, you are saved? That's crazy talk to me.

Literal interpretation means relying on what the Bible says, literally. As in people who believe Adam and Eve is a literal story and the Earth was created 6,000 years ago.[/quote]
I get what you're saying, but that's not what Scripture says. If you truly place your faith in Christ, you are filled with the Holy Spirit, who convicts of sin, encourages us to live righteously and disciplines when we don't. But the Bible clearly says we are not saved by works. Isaiah 64:6 says, "All our righteousness is as filthy rags." And I get what you're saying about literal interpretation, but Paul's laying out of the theology behind this is cannot be construed as metaphor. We must rely on a plain reading of the text, which says we cannot count on our works to save us. Try the entire book of Galatians. Romans, as well. Romans 4:2-5 says, "For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his [b]wages [/b]are not counted as a [b]gift[/b] but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness." Romans 6:23 says, "The [b]wages[/b] of sin is death, but the [b]free gift [/b]of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." I'm sorry to sound so pedantic on this, but this understanding is of eternal consequence.[/quote]

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