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Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church has always taught that God's grace is sufficient to give us the strength to live out His Will throughout our lives. However, we must cooperate with that Grace and actually do His Will. To say we are saved, and then not live according to His Will is as St. James says: St. James 2:20-24:

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou, that faith did co-operate with his works; and by works faith was made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled, saying" Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God. Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only?

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