No works of man by man and for man alone, can save nor justify any man with God, lest we should boast. Only the works of God done by man for Jesus Christ alone, can save and justify any man with God, that gives Him the glory.
Nowhere does the Bible ever say we are saved through faith, and not by works, nor of works. That is a false quote cutting short the rest of Scripture. Nowhere does the Bible excluded any and all works from being saved and justified by Christ.
The Bible however does plainly say we are saved and justified by works. And only adds that no one is saved nor justified by faith alone, without any works.
Everywhere the Bible excludes works from being saved and justified by God, those works are always specifically identified apart from the works we are justified by.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph 2)
The verse does not end as some write it, not of works. (As being any works at all.)
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. (Gal 2)
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; (Titus 3)
None of these verses stop at works, but they all go on to identify the kind of works they are.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
They are the works of man without God, without the love of God from the heart. They are works of man's own will, that can be boasted of, whether by law, righteousness, sacrifice, or philanthropy.
The mystery of the gospel of faith is that without God, all men's works alone are in vain toward being saved and justified by God through Jesus Christ. We can do nothing of our own selves through our own faith and good will toward man, to ever be worthy of being justified with God, lest any man should have just cause to boast.
The only works included in being saved and justified by Christ, are the works of God done by man through the faith and love of Jesus Christ:
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Phil 4)
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Gal 2)
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. (1 Cor 15)
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; (Col 3)
As we see, the works we do only for Jesus' sake, are not to even be claimed as our own, much less boasting of them. They are not our works we do, but only the Lord's by Him, so much so that we can give Him all the glory and say 'Not I', but Christ in me.
These are the only works, that justify a man with God in Christ Jesus. All other works of our own will by law, righteousness, sacrifice, and philanthropy, than man can indeed boast of, are excluded.
Nowhere does the Bible ever say we are saved through faith, and not by works, nor of works. That is a false quote cutting short the rest of Scripture. Nowhere does the Bible excluded any and all works from being saved and justified by Christ.
The Bible however does plainly say we are saved and justified by works. And only adds that no one is saved nor justified by faith alone, without any works.
Everywhere the Bible excludes works from being saved and justified by God, those works are always specifically identified apart from the works we are justified by.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph 2)
The verse does not end as some write it, not of works. (As being any works at all.)
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. (Gal 2)
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; (Titus 3)
None of these verses stop at works, but they all go on to identify the kind of works they are.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
They are the works of man without God, without the love of God from the heart. They are works of man's own will, that can be boasted of, whether by law, righteousness, sacrifice, or philanthropy.
The mystery of the gospel of faith is that without God, all men's works alone are in vain toward being saved and justified by God through Jesus Christ. We can do nothing of our own selves through our own faith and good will toward man, to ever be worthy of being justified with God, lest any man should have just cause to boast.
The only works included in being saved and justified by Christ, are the works of God done by man through the faith and love of Jesus Christ:
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Phil 4)
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Gal 2)
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. (1 Cor 15)
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; (Col 3)
As we see, the works we do only for Jesus' sake, are not to even be claimed as our own, much less boasting of them. They are not our works we do, but only the Lord's by Him, so much so that we can give Him all the glory and say 'Not I', but Christ in me.
These are the only works, that justify a man with God in Christ Jesus. All other works of our own will by law, righteousness, sacrifice, and philanthropy, than man can indeed boast of, are excluded.