uh oh,do I have bad breath or am I taking your breath away? The truth is very rare today, so it can be overwhelming . The fact is ,christians do not study the Bible , grammatically, contextually, and historically. The lie of the devil is, since an epistles is written to a church, every thing in it has to relate to christians, this is a tragic error. much of the epistles are condemning the unholy professing carnal believers. I am not so sure,the church will ever recover from their apostasy.? I pray for a new wave of sal. from God , but I doubt it is going to happen. Millions of believers have no assurance of sal, because they are still in their sins. All this Justification by faith alone is just sealing them in their false decision and taking them to hell. Sanctification of the Spirit is the first work in sal. justification is 2nd, after the new birth,. New birth is a sovereign call of God giving life to a dead soul, then we are able to respond in repentance, faith and holiness. John Pipper is good on the necessity of works in true sal. listen to his message on Rom.2:4-13 very good.