When should church membership, tithing, and good deeds be done in a Christian's life?
Church membership, tithing, and good deeds belong after salvation, not as requirements for it. Scripture presents salvation as based totally upon faith in the Gospel and the finished work of the cross; these practices are acceptable only in their rightful place once a person is saved.
Les teaches that people often assume church membership, baptism, tithing, good works, and believing are added to the Gospel, but the verse about the Gospel as the power of God unto salvation does not say that. He warns believers to be aware of what is not in Scripture that we think should be. Such things are not requirements for salvation; they are all right in their rightful place after salvation. Salvation is based totally upon faith in the Gospel, in what God has said concerning the finished work of the cross.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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Are baptism, church membership, tithing, and good works required for salvation?
A lot of things that people automatically think are requirements for salvation are not requirements for salvation; Romans 1:16 does not actually say that.