Bible Questions Answered:
“In John 5:29 Jesus said we are saved
by good works...”
Brady/ Dublin, Ireland
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
John 5:28,29 KJV
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour
is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His
voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that
have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
The context of
these verses is The Truth of Christ's future coming as King Of Kings
and Lord Of Lords, as Judge over the living and the dead.
Jesus was not
discussing in particular, how to be “saved,” but rather His
duties, one day as Judge over all the earth.
Christ's definition
of how to be saved, how to be born again. Will it be by works? We
have only to read His own words!
John 1:10-13 KJV
10 He came into the very world He
created, but the world didn’t recognize Him.
11 He came to His own people, and
even they rejected Him.
12 But to all who believed Him
and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God.
13 They are reborn—not with a
physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a
birth that comes from God.
John 3:1-21 KJV
1 There was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night,
and said unto Him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a Teacher come from
God: for no man can do these miracles that thou dust, except God be
with Him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto Him, How can
a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his
mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of The
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the
flesh is flesh; and that which is born of The Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it
cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of
The Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto
Him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye
receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly
things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of
heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to
heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even The Son Of Man which
is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son Of Man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that
He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him
might be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is
not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of The Only
Begotten Son Of God.
19 And this is the condemnation,
that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than
Light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil
hateth The Light, neither cometh to The Light, lest his deeds should
be reproved.
21 But he that doeth Truth cometh to
The Light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.
Of course, it goes
without saying, that to believe that Jesus Christ is God's Son, means
one must live a life of obedience to Him! “Lord,” means master.
Luke 6:46 KJV
And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord*, and
do not the things which I say?
*Lord-Greek: Kurios
(Koo'-ree-os): Supreme in authority, master.
If we say that we
are Christians, than Jesus is the Master of our life.
I Samuel 15:22
NLT
But Samuel replied,“What is more
pleasing to The Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your
obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better
than sacrifice,
The Lord Jesus
Christ As Judge:
Daniel 7:9,10
NLT
9 I watched as thrones were put in
place and the Ancient One sat down to judge. His clothing was as
white as snow, His hair like purest wool. He sat on a fiery throne
with wheels of blazing fire,
10 and a river of fire was pouring
out, flowing from His presence. Millions of angels ministered to Him;
many millions stood to attend Him. Then the court began its session,
and the books were opened.
Matthew 25:31,32
KJV
31 When The Son Of Man shall come in
His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon
The Throne Of His Glory:
32 And before Him shall be gathered
all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a
Shepherd divideth His sheep from the goats:
John 5:22 KJV
For The Father judgeth no man, but
hath committed all judgment unto The Son:
Acts 10:42 KJV
And He commanded us to preach unto
the people, and to testify that it is He which was ordained of God to
be The Judge of quick and dead.
Acts 17:31 KJV
Because He hath appointed a day, in
the which He will Judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom
He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in
that He hath raised Him from the dead.
Romans 2:16 NLT
And this is the message I
proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus,
will judge everyone’s secret life.
Romans 14:10 KJV
But why dost thou judge thy brother?
or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand
before The Judgment Seat Of Christ.
II Timothy 4:1
KJV
I charge thee therefore before God,
and The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall Judge the quick and the dead at
His appearing and His kingdom;
Jude 14,15 KJV
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, The Lord cometh with ten
thousands of His saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and
to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly
deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard
speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
That men are
“not,” saved by works is seen again and again in The Word Of God.
Isaiah 64:6 KJV
But we are all as an unclean thing,
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as
a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Romans
3:20-24,28 KJV
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law
there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the law is the
knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God
without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the
prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of God
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that
believe: for there is no difference:
23 For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by His
grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
28 Therefore we conclude that a man
is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans 5:1 KJV
Therefore being justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Galatians
2:16,21 KJV
16 Knowing that
a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of
Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the
law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of
God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in
vain.
Ephesians 2:8,9
KJV
8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is The Gift Of God (Jesus
Christ):
9 Not of works, lest any man should
boast.
II Timothy 1:9
KJV
Who hath saved us, and called us
with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to
His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before
the world began,
Titus 3:4,5,6
KJV
4 But after that the kindness and
love of God our Savior toward man appeared,
5 Not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and renewing of The Holy Ghost;
6 Which He shed on us abundantly
through Jesus Christ our Savior;
I John 5:11 KJV
And this is the
record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in
His Son.
Dear friend, are
you ready to stand before The Judge of all the earth?
Hebrews 9:27 KJV
And as it is appointed unto men once
to die, but after this the judgment:
