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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0<\/strong> page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In spite of the plainest teachings of the New Testament, men persist in teaching the doctrine of salvation by “faith only.” History reveals that the doctrine was first given great emphasis, (if not originated) by Martin Luther in the 16th century. Luther, himself a Catholic priest, over-reacted to the works of merit <\/em>salvation taught by Roman Catholicism (also clearly opposed by New Testament teaching) and ran all the way to the opposite extreme, teaching salvation by faith alone. This led him to downgrade the epistle of James because it says man is justified not <\/strong>only by faith (Jam. 2:24, emph. DM). Luther\u2019s aversion to the RC error of meritorious works further led him to “doctor” Rom. 3:28 (“man is justified by faith”) by adding alone <\/em>after faith <\/em>in his German translation.<\/span><\/p>\n Most assuredly, the Scriptures consistently and frequently teach that we are saved by faith\/belief in Christ as the only begotten of the Father (John 3:16; 6:47; 8:24; Rom. 3:22; 27\u201328, et al.). But no man or group of men have the right to add only <\/em>or\u00a0alone <\/em>in Romans 3:28 or any other passage (Rev. 22:18\u201319).<\/span><\/p>\n A text sometimes chosen as a proof text for the faith only <\/em>heresy is Romans 10:9\u201313. Consider the following reasons that demonstrate why faith only <\/em>salvation is not taught here:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as <\/em>Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same Lord <\/em>is Lord of all and is rich unto all t<\/strong>hat call upon him: for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The truth is, the Scriptures require all these things before forgiving grace is bestowed upon alien sinners.<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in the September 23, 1976, edition of Granbury Gospel<\/em>, weekly bulletin of the Church of Christ, Granbury, Texas, of which I was editor.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0 page. In spite of the plainest teachings of the New Testament, men persist in teaching the doctrine of salvation by “faith only.” History reveals that the doctrine was first given great…<\/p>\n\n