Some of my friends are saying that Mormons are not Christian because you believe that you need to do righteous works along with having faith to be accepted by God. My other friends claim that with the grace of Christ, works are not necessary. They say that if I join the Mormons I would be denying Christ’s grace. How should I respond to them?
-Your friend”
James 2 says: Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Faith grows with works. It is plain to see that in the Bible that is accepted by other religions as well that we must do works. Christ taught many things, and among them that we are saved by His grace. Yes, by his grace we are allowed the atonement, and through that atonement we have the option to repent of our sins. If we live in sin, we will not be saved. That is also taught by Christ. We must come unto Him and accept His atonement by repenting, and using it the way He asks.
Faith is so important. I know that if i can excersize my faith, then I will gain more, and those that participate or are affected by my faith grow in faith too. Faith is one of those things that is so rare because it doesn't run out when you use it, it actually grows. Thats why we actually have to use it! If we use our faith to accomplish a task, then we get rewarded with more faith, and then when we use our new and bigger faith to accomplish a bigger task, we are rewarded again and so the cycle goes on. Those who are affected, and the witnesses of faith grow too, and then they can use their faith to strengthen others. This goes on and on, but only if we ACT on our faith. Faith really does grow from works, and without works, it really is dead.
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