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1 | don't just listen to gods word but do | James 1:22 | Totallypostal84 | 182375 | ||
Because James is writing to Jewish believers under James' leadership before the revelation to Paul of the disposation of Grace was made known to the Jerusalem Church at the Council. There was much dispute at this council concerning the understanding of what the Gentile believers would be required to do within the Body of Christ. The result was the release of the Gentile believers from following the commands of the Law of Moses but the Jewish believers were not released from this responsibility. I believe James had not been made aware of this at the time he wrote his letter and was teaching the then understood truth of the Holy Spirit. Why was there a need for a Apostle to the Gentiles if the message was the same. Gentiles were able to come into the Jewish church as proselytes under the message the Twelve were teaching. What was the big difference? Salvation apart from the Law. This news shows that there was a salvation before that worked in combination with the Law. Before Paul's revelation, under the Twelve, there was the Gospel of the Circumcision. |
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2 | A believers questions? | James 1:22 | Totallypostal84 | 182370 | ||
My point exactly. Our outward evidence does not always speak the truth concerning our inward spiritual condition. A person can still be saved without any outward works evidence. We still grieve the Spirit outwardly though we are inwardly secure. James is speaking of salvation in his chapter 2 discourse and he is saying it is impossible to have faith without outward works. Paul says we are not to look at the outward signs as evidence of salvation just as we are not to look at Jesus in the earthly form. We are to look at the ascended Lord Jesus and the inward evidence of a person as confirmation of salvation. |
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3 | don't just listen to gods word but do | James 1:22 | Totallypostal84 | 182365 | ||
In James 2:14, James asks a question... Can that faith save him? James believed the answer was, No! He proceeds to prove his point in the following verses. It seems James is indeed camparing "faith without works" to being in a position of not being saved. The book of James is written to Jewish believers, under the leadership of James, and he claimed that all were zealous of the law of Moses. I believe the book was written before Paul's epistles since the Jerusalem Council is not mentioned in it. James would have surely mentioned such a momentous meeting if it had been written after. Because of this James did not yet understand the difference between Paul's revelation of salvation by "faith alone" and the Twelve's gospel of "faith plus works" or "faith in conjunction with the law of Moses". After all they preached what Jesus taught and that was to follow the Law of Moses. Romans 11:6 Before Paul's revelation there was a salvation evidenced by works. The Twelve preached it to Israel and it was continued up until the Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. Even Paul participated in this gospel of the kingdom when he made the Nazarite vow with his Jewish brothers. Gospel of the Circumcision Of course Paul adamently upheld the gospel of the grace of God, for the Gentiles, which all the Apostles were made to understand and accept at the Jerusalem Council. This difference was not accepted for the Jewish believers. Faith Alone! Gospel of the uncircumcision. |
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4 | Mercy Grace and Forgivness the differenc | Eph 2:8 | Totallypostal84 | 182319 | ||
I thank my teachers for helping me to understand this and most of all I thank the Holy Spirit for giving those teachers the ability and understanding to teach me these things. Praise be to God, the Father through Jesus Christ, the Son. Amen | ||||||
5 | Better Greek Translation for 2 Thess.? | 2 Thess 2:2 | Totallypostal84 | 182262 | ||
Thank you for the answer. I will follow up with more research on this. I understand the "Day of the Lord" deals with Israel and the "Day of Christ" deals with the Church. | ||||||