Salvation by grace through faith; not through works / law-keeping.

[Jethro Bodine]

gal 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

No Protestant word here?

Acts 15 is an apostolic council, a meeting of catholic bishops
And vs Peter stood up! Case closed
No Protestant in scripture

In both cases the works justification gospel is being protested.

 

[DJT_47]

Obeying the command to be baptized is not how you are justified. Believing in the promise does that all by itself: That's what "righteousness apart from works" means.

For with your heart you believe and are justified... Romans 10:10

You do not do something to be reckoned the righteousness of God. You believe something and are reckoned the righteousness of God.

That's how Abraham, our example, was reckoned righteousness, and that is how we also are reckoned righteousness.

Obedience is the point. Abraham had to demonstrate his faith by Obedience. It's not the Obedience itself, it's doing whatever ir is you're told and in the case of baptism, by being obedient and being baptized, results in your salvation which wouldn't have happened unless you obeyed.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Obedience is the point. Abraham had to demonstrate his faith by Obedience. It's not the Obedience itself, it's doing whatever ir is you're told and in the case of baptism, by being obedient and being baptized, results in your salvation which wouldn't have happened unless you obeyed.

That's fine, but Abraham was justified (made righteous) by his faith, not his obedience.

Circumcision was also a required obedience for Abraham. Paul explains how his circumcision was the sign of the righteousness that he already had before his obedience to be circumcised (Romans 4:11).

 

[donadams]

God credits righteousness as a gift to the person who believes, not to the person who faithfully works for it.

Catholics are busy developing within themselves the righteousness required to enter the kingdom of God.

Protestants are credited as a free gift the righteousness required to enter the kingdom of God the moment they believe. They're not working for it. They already have it.


Justified has two meanings in scripture. You don't become righteous by your words, you show yourself to be righteous (or not righteous) by your words.

Faith makes you righteous. What you do shows you to be righteous. And so a man is justified by, both, faith and works (James 2:24). His faith makes him righteous (Philippians 3:9). His works show him to have faith (James 2:18).

A man cannot enter the kingdom “new covenant” on his own!
Jn 3:5 2 pet 1:11

 

[Jethro Bodine]

A man cannot enter the kingdom “new covenant” on his own!
Jn 3:5 2 pet 1:11

Which is so much more true in Protestantism than in Catholicism since Protestants understand that the perfect righteousness required to enter into the kingdom of God is given to them as a free gift when they believe the promise apart from them working righteousness in various deeds and rituals.

Catholics are working to achieve the perfect righteousness they think will get them into the kingdom at the end of the age. We Protestants already have it credited to us from the moment we believe. We are at rest in that righteousness. Catholics are not.

 

[donadams]

Please explain

Matt 5:7 and rom 6:16