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Very true and I believe I posted this a year ago also.   I am still on the fence on this.   Can faith alone be salvation?  Can works alone give Salvation? Is it absolute you need faith and work?  These have been vexing for a few centuries and have caused division after division within Christianity.   The academic side of me can make arguments on all positions.   But do any of us really know what God wants from us to gain salvation?  That is where I get hung up and that just means opening more cans of worms

** Yes, one can,,,,we are told Faith and Faith alone is the only way to heaven. The scripture you were speaking of and the reason I jabbed at it a little, is that so many people use it push a "works" agenda or a combination agenda of both "Faith and Works"

In reality, when one is saved, they immediately receive the Holy Spirit and are made a new person who will search for the truth on His walk with GOD through a sanctification period toward a final righteousness.

The works this scripture speaks of is the works the Holy Spirit gives one to do. The type of work is chosen for you except being a Elder(pastor)!. How much work you do is up to you. know this, you will be judged for this work at the Bema Seat Judgments. What rewards are you going to gain or lose will depend on the type of word you do after you have been justified by the gift of God.

Blade