But someone will say. Jewish teaching said good works placed an obligation on God, and all who had more good works than bad works to their credit, would be saved. The Good News placed salvation entirely on Christ-on-the-cross, that is, on the merit of his sacrifice. Therefore some Jewish Christians went to the opposite extreme and said it made no difference at all what you did or didn't do. My answer is. "Show me, if you can, how anyone can have faith without doing good. Faith can only be identified by the good actions which it produces. I can easily show you my faith by the actions it has produced in my life." See James 2:24.

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