Salvation is a gift, given to us by God, a way out of punishment for our sins, but we must have faith in Him in order to receive it. Many people are tricked into thinking that doing good things saves you, but they are mistaken and often refer to the book of James for their “proof”. Even though James sounds contradictory to the rest of the Bible, if you look deep enough into his words, you can see that he agrees with Genesis that faith alone saves.
The New Testament and Not-old Testament scriptures clearly teach that we are saved through faith in Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross (mainly Romans through Philemon, written by Paul). That faith alone saves us. However, what James says in James 2:24, " So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone,” hints to works saving us along with faith, but there is no contradiction. Context tells it all, let us check it out. James chapter two has 26 verses in all with 2:1-7 telling us not to be a favorite picker, 2:8-13 commenting on the Law of Moses, and 2:14-26 about the relationship between faith
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Can that kind of faith save anyone?” - James 2:14. James addressed the issue of a dead faith; a faith that is just a spoken proclamation, one from the mind, and not from the heart. Those words of “faith” are empty of life and action. He tells what an empty faith is in 2:15-17, words without actions. Then he said that type of faith is the same faith of demons, “ You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror.” - 2:19. Finally, he gave us examples of true, real faith that has words followed by deeds. James used Abraham as an example of someone who demonstrated his faith by his