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1 | James is contradicting Apostle Paul | James | Herby | 38424 | ||
James 2:14-26 contradicting Apostle Paul's repeated teachings that we are saved by faith alone and not by any works? | ||||||
2 | James is contradicting Apostle Paul | James | Reformer Joe | 38463 | ||
Nope. We are saved by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. The true faith in Christ is the foundation for works that please God, but Paul makes it very clear that Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness (Romans 4). In James, we see that Abraham's faith is a true and living faith rather than a dead, empty profession of faith because it resulted in works. Notice that James 2:14 asks the question, "What good is it, my brothers, if someone SAYS he has faith but does not have works?" The whole of James 2 supplements teh importance Jesus places on works as the fruit -- the evidence -- of true saving faith (Matthew 7:15-20). The biblical model is not: faith plus works results in salvation, but rather: faith results in salvation plus works. The works are an inevitable sign and evidence of the saving faith we possess, but our works are not the basis of our salvation. Christ's works are. --Joe! |
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3 | James is contradicting Apostle Paul | James | JMSCOTT | 38730 | ||
very good joe!.....there cannot be two works of salvation....because jesus did the work for us.Rememember jesus was the lamb slain from the salvation of the world...according to the john the revelator....now the apostle john wrote this in John 6:28-29..Matthew 5:17-18..jesus came to fulfill all the scriptures...so if we have faith(through holy spirit)..works will be evident!this is what the pharisees did(traditons)they burdened the people with tradidions.The same today people are burdened with traditions...that are no longer valid because jesus nailed it to the cross...besides that all those traditons(under the law)were given to israelites anyway and not gentiles.But there are new israelites(spiritually)who are now baptize with holy spirit...which really does all the work!Colossians 2:14..20-23....thanks | ||||||