Now you're making some sense. And yes, I believe that faith would initially empower the first works. That's sensible. And then works strengthens faith, then strengthened faith empowers greater works and you have a divine cycle in progress
Remember this from the other post?
faith works faith works faith works
By the way,
An interesting argument: Could the good works of a nonbeliever somehow lead him to God, even though those works aren't divinely inspired in the mind of the nonbeliever?
Remember this from the other post?
faith works faith works faith works
By the way,
An interesting argument: Could the good works of a nonbeliever somehow lead him to God, even though those works aren't divinely inspired in the mind of the nonbeliever?
NO!
Hebrews 4:2 (NKJV)
[SUP]2 [/SUP] For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
Romans 10:17 (NKJV)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:13-14 (NKJV)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
[SUP]14 [/SUP] How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
Galatians 2:16 (NKJV)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.