I've found it, I've found it!!!!
I've searched the scriptures and I've finally found where it says faith only.
This is the single place in the entire scripture where it mentions faith only.
James 2:24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
You cannot seperate faith and works and still have acceptable biblical faith. If you want to see what real biblical faith is, Read Heb 11. Without this type of faith, you can't be pleasing to God (Heb 11:6).
By faith Abel offered (v4)
By faith, Noah...prepared an ark (v7)
By faith Abraham obeyed (v8)
By faith he dwelt (v9)
By faith Abraham...offered up Isaac (v17)
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau (v20)
By faith Moses...was hidden (v23)
By faith Moses...refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter (v24)
By faith he forsook Egypt (v27)
By faith he kept the Passover (v28)
By faith they passed through the Red Sea (v29)
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down (v30)
By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. (v31)
who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,(v33)
Each one of these had action associated with it. In fact, action was REQUIRED. Yes, these are old testament examples, but God gives us these examples and says without this type of faith, you can't be pleasing to Him (Heb 11:6)
Anyone, please explain to me how any of these were done by belief alone.
Yet, when one makes a statement that baptism is by faith, others will accuse them of trying to add works to their faith.
From Heb 11, we can see that biblical faith is doing what God said, not just believing what God said.
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.(Gen 6:8)
That grace provided instructions on how to escape the impending destruction (Gen 6:13-21)
Noah did all that God commanded (Gen 6:22)
The bible calls that faith (Heb 11:7).
So, Noah prepared an ark by faith for the saving of his household. You see how Noah was saved by grace though faith. Was any action required on Noah's part? Did Noah "earn" his saving? Was Noah and his family saved from the destruction by "faith only" or by faith?
Noah's physical deliverance is a type of our spiritual deliverance. We have a type and an antitype.
I Pet 3:20-21 "who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,"
God's grace provides us instruction (Titus 2:11-12)
One of those instructions is to be baptized for the remission of our sins (Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16).
When we do all that God has commanded, that is biblical faith. It does not earn me anything, therefore I cannot boast. I do not earn any part of my salvation, it is truly a gift from God. Jericho was also a gift from God (Joshua 6:2), but action was still required for them to obtain that gift. Yet even with that action, the Hebrew writer says, "By faith, the walls of Jerciho fell".
Therefore, "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." - Eph 2:8-9
Now it is easy to understand, "For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ." - Gal 3:26-27
How wonderful!
I've searched the scriptures and I've finally found where it says faith only.
This is the single place in the entire scripture where it mentions faith only.
James 2:24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
You cannot seperate faith and works and still have acceptable biblical faith. If you want to see what real biblical faith is, Read Heb 11. Without this type of faith, you can't be pleasing to God (Heb 11:6).
By faith Abel offered (v4)
By faith, Noah...prepared an ark (v7)
By faith Abraham obeyed (v8)
By faith he dwelt (v9)
By faith Abraham...offered up Isaac (v17)
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau (v20)
By faith Moses...was hidden (v23)
By faith Moses...refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter (v24)
By faith he forsook Egypt (v27)
By faith he kept the Passover (v28)
By faith they passed through the Red Sea (v29)
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down (v30)
By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. (v31)
who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,(v33)
Each one of these had action associated with it. In fact, action was REQUIRED. Yes, these are old testament examples, but God gives us these examples and says without this type of faith, you can't be pleasing to Him (Heb 11:6)
Anyone, please explain to me how any of these were done by belief alone.
Yet, when one makes a statement that baptism is by faith, others will accuse them of trying to add works to their faith.
From Heb 11, we can see that biblical faith is doing what God said, not just believing what God said.
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.(Gen 6:8)
That grace provided instructions on how to escape the impending destruction (Gen 6:13-21)
Noah did all that God commanded (Gen 6:22)
The bible calls that faith (Heb 11:7).
So, Noah prepared an ark by faith for the saving of his household. You see how Noah was saved by grace though faith. Was any action required on Noah's part? Did Noah "earn" his saving? Was Noah and his family saved from the destruction by "faith only" or by faith?
Noah's physical deliverance is a type of our spiritual deliverance. We have a type and an antitype.
I Pet 3:20-21 "who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,"
God's grace provides us instruction (Titus 2:11-12)
One of those instructions is to be baptized for the remission of our sins (Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16).
When we do all that God has commanded, that is biblical faith. It does not earn me anything, therefore I cannot boast. I do not earn any part of my salvation, it is truly a gift from God. Jericho was also a gift from God (Joshua 6:2), but action was still required for them to obtain that gift. Yet even with that action, the Hebrew writer says, "By faith, the walls of Jerciho fell".
Therefore, "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." - Eph 2:8-9
Now it is easy to understand, "For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ." - Gal 3:26-27
How wonderful!