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1 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | bslinker | 37795 | ||
Its a combination of the two. We can go to easily understood passages in James Chapter 2 James 2:20 "But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith WITHOUT works is USELESS?" Then we go down a couple more verses to verse 26 James 2:26 "For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead." I think we can easily understand the example of the "body without a spirit" in the verse above, that you cannot have one without the other. Hope this helps, thanks for the reply! Barry |
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2 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | kalos | 37837 | ||
HALF TRUTH: "...according to James 2:24 we are not justified by faith alone either." TRUTH: According to James 2:24 ALONE we are not justified by faith ALONE. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. (James 2:24, NASB) For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. (Romans 4:2 KJV) Which is true and correct -- Romans 4 or James 2? Do Paul and James contradict each other? If they do, then the Bible contradicts itself. If the Bible contradicts itself, then how can it be inspired of God? Fact: Paul and James do not contradict each other. Fact: The Bible does not contradict itself. Fact: "All Scripture is inspired by God" (2 Tim 3:16). Fact: God, who cannot lie, never contradicts Himself. Conclusion: Romans 4 and James 2 are both true. James 2:21 *justified by works.* "This does not contradict Paul's clear teaching that Abraham was justified before God by grace alone through faith alone (Rom. 3:20; 4:1-25; Gal. 3:6, 11). (...) "James' teaching perfectly complements Paul's writings; salvation is DETERMINED by faith alone (Eph. 2:8,) and DEMONSTRATED by faithfulness to obey God's will alone (Eph. 2:10)" (emphasis added, page 1930, MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997). "One of the basic principles of biblical interpretation is the analogia scriptura, the analogy of Scripture. In other words, we must compare Scripture with Scripture in order to understand its full and proper sense. And since the Bible doesn't contradict itself, any interpretation of a specific passage that contradicts the general teaching of the Bible is to be rejected. Since the general teaching of the Bible is . . . that baptism and other forms of ritual are not necessary for salvation, no individual passage could teach otherwise" (http://www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/archive/baptism.htm). |
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3 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | bslinker | 37838 | ||
You said the exact same thing I did, you just used alot more words than I did. I am fully aware that the bible does not contradict itself. I know that it doesn't. So..... you said the same thing I did. Barry |
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4 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 37860 | ||
bslinker, having read both your post and kalos' post to which you now respond, it does not appear, as you say, that both of you are saying exactly the same things. Kalos used more words than you did, but it is my observation that he said more. --Hank | ||||||