Salvation By Allegiance Alone by Matthew W. Bates
Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King
Reframing the New Testament concept of faith as allegiance to the enthroned Messiah, this work argues that the gospel is a royal proclamation—Jesus’s incarnation, atoning death, resurrection, and lordship—that summons loyal obedience rather than mere mental assent. It contends that salvation is by grace through embodied allegiance that bears the fruit of works, while rejecting any notion of works as meritorious. Clarifying justification, final judgment, baptism, and discipleship, it challenges reductionistic slogans about “faith alone” and calls the church to reshape evangelism, catechesis, and everyday practice around confessing and trusting loyalty to the King.
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- 2017
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- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 240
- Original Language
- English
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