Both State the Same Truth….

You’ve heard the saying, “faith without works is dead faith”. And you’ve also heard that we cannot earn our salvation. So how do we tie these two biblical truths together? Simply by realizing they both state the same truth: works proves your faith is real. Works doesn’t earn your salvation, it proves that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. The fruit you produce (works), proves what kind of tree you are, a saved one or an unsaved one.

7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee God’s coming wrath? 8 Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. 9 Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones. 10 Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire. Matthew 3:7-10