Research: Majority of Americans Believe Works Are the Key to Salvation

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the "copycat" syndrome is extremely powerful! how quickly & easy it is for people to follow someone else's beliefs because the person is famous & or popular or known in the local community. Jesus wants to be able to tell us something once & we believe Him. & if something doesn't require any work & sounds good, it's very easy to believe in. the truth is Ephesians chapter 2 verses 8,9, & 10 say it all! "for ye are SAVED BY GRACE thru faith & that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. AND NOT OF WORKS lest any man boast. for we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them"!!!
Plus the tendency of the natural man leans towards works/rewards.
Walter Martin use to say if two individuals agree on everything, the one of them is not thinking.