It does not get any plainer..........Our righteous works have ZERO to do with Salvation!
New American Standard Bible
He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,/QUOTE]
Yes, and now that we have been reconciled with Him - regenerated and justified - as obedient children, we are not to conform to the evil desires we had when we lived in ignorance. But
just as He who called us is holy, so we are to be holy in all we
do. 1Pet.1:14,15 Whatever we
do, whether in word or deed, we are to
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Col.3:17
As we see in the life of our father Abraham, his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he
did. James 2:22 And so God said to him, "Through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
because you have obeyed Me." Gen.22:18
Before faith, I was doing one thing. Now, I
do another. Thank God, Jesus changes lives! From soul, to Spirit. From sin, to righteousness. From under to the sun, to above it. From under Satan, to under Jesus. In Christ, all things have been made new. And as our Lord Jesus Christ Himself said, "
Anyone who has faith in Me will
do what I have been
doing." Wow!
Do we
really have faith in Him? Or is that just a claim we make?