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1 | Christianity requires work | James 2:23 | DocTrinsograce | 243400 | ||
The Apostle Paul writing directly to this subject told us: "What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.' Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: 'Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.' Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised." (Romans 4:1-12) |
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2 | Christianity requires work | James 2:23 | EdB | 243404 | ||
Your interpretation of What Pail was saying renders Satan as a non factor. Big mistake. Scripture describes him as a roaring lion, no one should ever ignore a roaring lion. Scripture is the accuser of the saints. Why accuse someone that has no responsibility for their destiny? Scripture says Satan is the tempter. Why tempt someone that has no choice? The damaged Reformed philosophy rings hollow when you look at the Book Of Job. Satan accused Job of loving God for what God gave him. Yet Satan never said what do you expect you elected Job to love you and he has no choice and nothing that I do can make him lose his salvation. The Book of Job should show anyone how damaged the Reformed Philosophy is. Or do you ignore James citing Job as example of preseverance to accomplish God's will? Sounds like Job had a major part in his blessing. |
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3 | Christianity requires work | James 2:23 | DocTrinsograce | 243437 | ||
Dear Ed, I did not render an interpretation. Why would you utterly reject Paul's explicit instruction -- do you hold your own doctrine so dear? I think it is not me who is ignoring the Word; for I cannot believe that you actually attributed Paul's words to Satan himself. I think that I have now seen it all! Oy vey iz mir. In Him, Doc |
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