No — salvation is God's gift by grace through faith plus nothing, so no work is required to earn or keep it.
Les Feldick is emphatic that you work 'absolutely not at all' for salvation. He repeatedly points to Ephesians 2:8-9, calling salvation the gift of God — and a gift is not worked for. Once saved, God does expect works, but they are for reward and are the result of salvation, not something that keeps it. The consistent Bible teaching Les presents is that God has done everything through the finished work of the cross.
Ephesians 2:8-9 — This is the verse Les repeats throughout the clips: salvation is by grace through faith, not of works, so no work is needed to earn or keep it.
Romans 4:5 — Paul describes the one who does not work for salvation but believes, receiving righteousness as a gift.
Ephesians 2:5-6 — Shows God's complete action — quickening, raising, and seating believers in Christ — as something He does, not something we maintain.
Paul writes, 'For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast' (Ephesians 2:8-9). The same chapter describes what God did while believers were dead in sins: He 'hath quickened us together with Christ' and 'hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus' (Ephesians 2:5-6). The good works that believers walk in are described as something God 'hath before ordained' — they belong to the life that follows quickening, not to the cause of it (Ephesians 2:10). In Romans, Paul describes the justified man as one who 'worketh not, but believeth' — his faith is counted for righteousness (Romans 4:5).
Les Feldick is direct: 'You work absolutely not at all for salvation.' He preaches it as 'all of grace by faith plus nothing.' Over and over he turns to Ephesians 2:8-9 and asks, 'Do you work for a gift? Never.' Salvation is the gift of God, and a gift cannot be earned or repaid by works. Les insists that God does everything that needs to be done; the believer's only part is to believe.
Yes. Les says most of Christendom thinks you work to attain salvation, but he corrects that: 'You work absolutely not at all for salvation. It's all of grace by faith plus nothing. But once we've entered in to that glorious salvation experience, then God expects us to work for reward.' The purpose is to enhance His work and bring honor and glory to His Name. Baptism, giving, and serving are fine in their proper place after salvation; the problem is when people try to do them 'for salvation.'
Les cites Galatians 5 and says, 'As soon as we add something to that, we cancel the work of the cross.' He is afraid that millions of church-going people over the centuries have missed heaven's glory by adding something to faith plus nothing. He says if you attach works to salvation, it 'becomes nothing. It becomes worthless.'
Because works would leave room for boasting. Les asks why it has to be by faith rather than works, and answers: 'Boasting' is excluded. If we could get to heaven on works, heaven would be full of people telling everyone all they did to get there. Scripture says salvation is 'not of works, lest any man should boast.'
Paul writes that God 'hath quickened us together with Christ' and 'hath made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus' — even though we don't feel it yet. Les emphasizes this is what the Book says. Salvation is a finished, positional work of God, not something the believer maintains by effort.
Quickened, Raised, and Seated in Christ
Les teaches that God did everything — He quickened us when we were dead, raised us up together with Christ, and seated us in heavenly places. That leaves nothing for us to do to secure or maintain our position.
Saved by Grace, Then Work for Reward
Les plainly says we work absolutely not at all for salvation; it's all of grace by faith plus nothing. After salvation, God expects us to work — but for reward, not to keep our salvation.
The Gift of God Is Not Worked For
Les asks whether we work for a gift, answering 'Never.' Since salvation is the gift of God, it cannot require our work — before or after.
God Does Everything; Believers Believe
Just as Israel couldn't get across the Red Sea on their own, we are hopeless and helpless. We believe, and God does everything that needs to be done. Our works are not the means; we are His workmanship.
Works in Their Proper Place
Baptism, giving, and serving are works — fine after salvation, but ineffective for salvation. God does not recognize them when they are done to earn His favor.
Adding to Faith Cancel the Cross
Les warns that adding anything to faith plus nothing cancels the work of the cross. Millions, he says, are missing heaven's glory by adding works to the gospel.
Works Are the Result, Not the Cause
Repentance, baptism, church membership, and good works do not save. They are 'salvation's reward or result.' Attaching works to salvation makes it worthless.
Boasting Excluded by Faith
If we could get to heaven by works, heaven would be full of boasters. Faith and grace leave no room for boasting — confirming that works have no part in salvation.
Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
The key passage Les uses over and over: salvation is a gift, not the result of works, so no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:5-6: Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Shows God's complete action of making believers alive, raising them, and seating them in heavenly places in Christ.
Romans 4:5: But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Paul describes the man who does not work for it but believes, and God counts that faith as righteousness.
Ephesians 2:10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Good works are what believers are created for — they follow salvation; they are not the basis for it.
Yes. Les says most of Christendom thinks you work to attain salvation, but you work not at all for salvation. Once you are saved, God expects you to work for reward — to enhance His work and bring honor and glory to His Name.
Les calls baptism something you decide to do — a work. It has its proper place after salvation, but when it is done to save you, God won't recognize it. Salvation is by grace through faith plus nothing.
Les says it would be the most awful place on earth because you would constantly listen to someone bragging about all they did to get there. Boasting is excluded by the law of faith and grace.
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