Is Faith All That’s Needed To Be Saved?

Is Faith All That’s Needed To Be Saved?


Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
-Helen Keller

Although faith is required perhaps it is not all that is required in order to be saved. Within the bible there is a conflict between the doctrines of two apostles. First the apostle Paul who believed that faith alone could save a person. Next the apostle James who believed that not only faith was required, but that actions were needed as well. When the two doctrines are compared they both contain a key similar beliefs, but a minor skirmish causes all the difference.
Even though both Paul and James taught based on the same teachings controversy arises when the exact method of being saved conflicts. Their doctrines conflict when they talk of the exact way to be saved. In a letter to the people of Ephesus Paul tells them that they can be saved only through faith alone. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – ...