James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar?
Abraham wasn’t justified because he was a “good person” who went around doing good deeds for people. He was justified by faith, a faith manifested when he willingly offered up his own son Isaac upon the altar.
A faith that does not result in obedience, or at least a desire to be obedient, is a dead faith.
