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I believe salvation is a free gift, but I also believe that a true Christian will naturally produce good works. It's a sign that the Holy Spirit is working inside us. A lot of Christian religions and cults will use (James 2:20) to justify their notion of working their way up to heaven - I think the article below explains it well. ------------------------ Many people have alleged that James was arguing here against Paul’s doctrine of salvation strictly by grace through faith. This idea is clearly wrong, however, because James wrote his epistle before any of Paul’s were written. Actually, there is no conflict between the two. James certainly taught that the works of the law could not save (note James 2:10; 4:17), and Paul taught clearly that genuine faith would produce good works (Ephesians 2:8-10). It is simply a semantic matter of emphasis. Salvation must be of grace, accepted by faith, since no one can earn it, but only God can know the heart and the reality of a profession of faith. But the reality of that faith can only be demonstrated to others by good works.

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