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Do Mormon Gospel Additions Subtract from Grace

Christy (Harvey) Darlington, Christy Darlington

Mormons often argue that the Christian belief that faith in Christ alone being sufficient for salvation is not enough. They believe they must add their personal "righteous" deeds, like temple works and sacraments, to Christ's righteousness in order to obtain God's favor for salvation. But the Bible states clearly that if we try to add our righteousness to Christ's righteousness, we will fall from grace (Galatians 5:4, Eph 2:8-9) because all our personal works of righteousness are nothing but "filthy rags" in God's eyes. We must either trust Christ alone, that He alone is sufficient for our righteousness or we trust ourselves and "fall from grace" (Gal. 5:4).