Matthew 15:8 - 9 (NKJV)

8 "These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."

God's Grace

Ephesians 2:8; Titus 2:11 – 14.

God's Love, Kindness & Mercy

Titus 3:4 & 5; Gal 5:6.

Christ's Blood

Colossians 1:14; 1 Peter 1:18 & 19; Hebrews 9:14 & 22; Romans 5:9.

God's Word

James 1:21, 22 & 25; 1 Peter 1:22 & 23.

Preaching of the Gospel

Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 1:18 & 21, 15:1 & 2.

Hearing God's Word

Romans 10:17; 1 Corinthians 1:21.

Man's Faith (Belief)

Romans 5:1; Hebrews 11:6; John 3:16 & 18, 8:32; Mark 16:16.

Repentance

Acts 17:30 & 31; 2 Peter 3:9; Acts 2:38, 3:19 & 26:20.

Confession

Romans 10:9 & 10; Matthew 10:32.

Baptism

1 Peter 3:21; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38, 22:16.

Hope

Romans 8:24.

Man's Actions

Acts 2:38 – 41; Matthew 7:21 – 23; Philippians 2:12.

Man's Works of Faith (not by works of our own righteousness)

James 2:17 – 26 (esp. 2:24); Matthew 7:21; Romans 2:13; James 1:25;Philippians 2:12; 2 Peter 1:5 – 11.

Man's Obedience

Matthew 7:21; Hebrews 5:8 & 9; Acts 5:29; 1 Peter 1:22.

Steadfast Christian Living

Matthew 5:16 & 10:22; Revelation 2:10.

Luke 6:46 - 49 (NKJV)

46 "But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say? 47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."

To say that one is saved by grace, or by faith, is to say too little.

To say that one is saved by "faith alone" is to deny the truth of God's words,to deny God, Christ and grace!!!

God's truths are not revealed in a single verse, but in the whole of the Bible's teaching.

Isa 28:9-10 (NKJV)

9 "Whom will he teach knowledge?
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just drawn from the breasts?
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little."