According to the Bible, works aren't the basis of our relationship with God, but they are a test of whether we believe in that God. If someone said I believe in Christ, but I don't want to be baptized, we would question whether they actually believe. Thus our relationship with God is by faith alone, but if we refuse to do the good works he commands we don't have the faith we think we do. We are Christians by faith but without Christian works we are not Christians.
Thus C. S. Lewis quipped that arguing whether faith or works is more important is like arguing over which blade of the scissors is more important.
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