Paul said in Romans 3:31, "Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law." Hence, when we are saved through faith in Jesus, we have not rendered the Law ineffective. Since the Law's requirement is met in us through Christ, the Law hath nothing further to say. Never think that we should add the work of the Law to our faith. No one can simultaneously have faith and attempt to keep the Law, for to do so would be to despise Jesus. It would mean

“The works of law” is an expression we find in the Bible (Gal. 2:16). We have covered this aspect already. A more common understanding of the condition of salvation is that salvation is by faith and also by works. Salvation by faith is a doctrine of the Bible, and man cannot argue against it (Eph. 2:8). But man says that it is also by works. Let us now consider what the Bible says about this. It is very definite. Ephesians 2:8 and 9 say, “For by grace you have been saved thro