A Defense of Justification By Grace Through Faith Alone

Basic Outline The Biblical view of salvation is this: that all people are sinners, guilty of knowingly and unknowingly breaking God's laws that these sins (plural), wicked in themselves, are a symptom of a deeper problem, sin (singular), or more clearly, sinfulness: a separation from God, whereby our wills are opposed to His. In this state of sinfulness, we people are dead. Not damaged, not dying, not misguided, not confused, not disheartened ... just plain dead. We have no ability to bend our will to God's. that God loved us anyway That God took on human flesh in the person of Jesus Christ with the express purpose of saving us from our sins, which He did fully at the cross. This salvation is delivered to us through faith: the knowledge, assent, and trust in what we cannot see clearly: that our salvation lies not in ourselves, but in Christ and His works alone	Common Objections:
	The James Controversy But James says that we're saved by faith and works!
	Law/Gospel Confusion But those who obey Christ's commandments will be saved!
	Repentance Don't you have to repent first?
	Baptism Isn't Baptism a requirement? After all, those who have faith and are baptized are saved, right? Isn't that a "work"?
	... It just plain can't be that easy ... or ... "you'll make lazy Christians!" Both of these have a simple answer. This is not a Scriptural objection. If you object to Scripture because it seems wrong to you (rather than having a Scriptural objection), then your complaint itself is raw unbelief in God's Word.
	But that's not what the Church has always taught! ... But wait ... yes it is :) Look at the huge section of quotes by Church Fathers under "Sola Fide" (Faith Alone)

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