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According to our University's views, i am going to assume that almost all the class will say no to this question.

We have all heard those passages in James that say "Faith without works are dead", but we reconcile that by saying that James is basically saying works accompanies salvation.

Based on this though, if we don't earn it, then we have to do nothing. Then anyone would go to heaven. Jew, Satanist, Buddhists and the like. So, though all of us say you don't earn your faith, you need to do something at least. I suppose that something is believing Jesus is who he said he was, taking his message seriously, and setting your life up around what he says.

So once you do that, there is nothing else you can do to earn it i guess. You have to do something, but you don't need to do more than what the Bible says.

This phrase, "earn your faith" probably got it's roots when the Catholics were handing out salvation for money. So really, that phrase has no meaning anymore. We should change it to "work your way to heaven" maybe...or "do-more-than-what-the-bible-says to get to heaven." I mean, because really, the Bible requires us to do something to get the freedom Jesus offers, just nothing more than that.