Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~Doesn’t James say that faith without works is dead?
~Matthew 25 teaches the parables of the 10 virgins, the talents, and the goat and sheep nations. All of these explicitly show that works are necessary for salvation.
~Jesus finishes His Sermon on the Mount (Matt 7) by telling us that obedience is necessary and to judge people by their fruit.
~In the parable of the wedding feast (Matt 22), the guy who isn’t wearing the right clothes is thrown out of the house.
~Many are called, but few are chosen.
~Paul says that sinners won’t inherit the kingdom (1 Cor 6:9-10)
~Why would God give us rules unless He expected us to follow them and believed that we could? It would be unfair to impose rules that are impossible.
Aren’t we supposed to have the fruit of the Spirit? (Gal 5:22-23)
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