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NASB | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: |
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Subject: Are Positional and Practical truths true |
Bible Note: I am flabbergated that you had the temerity to write: "One thing to note about James when reading his letter is that it was written BEFORE Paul's. A lot of practicalities in it, but it is milk since he did not have a full understanding of grace as Paul did. This is not to mean that we don't read James, but that we should be aware about his understanding of grace compared to Paul's." Great...now you are saying that the words of James are not inspired by the Holy Spirit...way to deny the inerrancy of Scripture. James' words are as God-breathed as Paul's, no matter even if you are correct about the dating of the two epistles. That is the problem with the bad theology you are proposing. You inevitably have to say (even in the New Testament) that "this really isn't meant for us" or "so-and-so just didn't get it." Paul is right AND James is right. Both are New Testament writers, post-resurrection. They both had the complete revelation of Christ. James was Jesus' brother, for crying out loud! The words of the entire New Testament are God-breathed, superintended by the Holy Spirit to be true in what they say and a reliable guide for faith and practice. You cannot pick and choose what Scriptures you are going to follow and consider yourself a follower of the true gospel. You also wrote: "They DID??!!!! They preached the LAW to believers???!!! " They certainly did. You cut the very passages which support it. Paul cites the fifth commandment as applicable to believing children in Ephesians 6. Go back and read all those verses again from Paul, James, and Peter. Pure law, plain and simple. Both Law and Gospel are preached in a biblically-sound church. Law is not preached as a means to salvation. Law points out God' moral desire for our lives and our character, and as a guide for our sanctification. It is also Law (not Gospel) we use to rebuke the behavior of our brethren, since the Gospel does not comment on our behavior. Gospel merely shows what God has done for us in His grace. So, yes, Paul and James and Peter and John all wrote using Law and Gospel correctly. "So if the law is not made for a righteous man, how can it be made for us who are already made righteous in Christ?" Because we have only been declared righteous, not MADE righteous. Go read the works of Luther and Calvin and just about every other Reformer. Justification is a declaration of righteousness. Sanctification is the process by which we are made progressively more righteous. "Simil iustus et peccator" is Luther's way of putting it..."at the same time just and a sinner." It is only the Pope and you who disagree. "Yes, He has fulfiled the law so that I don't have to fulfil it myself when I'm in Him." Agreed completely. I will go a step further and say that you CAN'T fulfill it. The Law still condemns anyone who thinks that they are righteous in practice. That doesn't change the fact that God's standard for holy living is found in his moral law. --Joe! |