Faith and Works

Luther's remarks on works and faith are interesting. From my reading I got that he believed that an individual can't expect to be saved by works alone. In other words a man can't live a very sinful life and do a bunch of good deeds and automatically be saved. It seems he is attacking Catholic church because of their focus on works for salvation. According to Luther a man must serve and live for others and not himself. Living a good life filled with selfless service and faith is the key to obtaining salvation.

I agree that works alone is not enough to be considered a good Christian. But I also feel that faith without works is dead. A person that says they have faith in Christ but then does nothing to be like Christ is in my opinion a hypocrite. Their are two different hypocrites. The ones that do great works but have no faith and those who claim to have great faith but do nothing so show their devotion.