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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe in Works-Based Salvation?

Do not fall prey to the propaganda of our opposers. We do not, and never have, taught works-based salvation. Anyone who claims we do makes himself a liar. Our opposers like to use made up terms like "works-learning" to make it sound like we are the ones teaching such strange terms, but the term has never appeared in any of our publications, ever , because we do not teach such things. They make false claims against us and make up a term we have never used, what does that tell you about them? (John 8:44; Revelation 21:8) Though I know that some religious literature from nominal Christian organizations worm their way around the book of James, it cannot be ignored. It is God's word. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17) Paul said we are "declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law." (Romans 3:19-4:8; 6:15; Galatians 2:15-21) "You see that a man is to be declared righteous by [fine] works and not by faith alone." (James 2:8-26) Do these two statements contra...