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NASB | James 2:1 My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 2:1 My fellow believers, do not practice your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of partiality [toward people--show no favoritism, no prejudice, no snobbery]. |
Subject: Does the Bible contradict itself? |
Bible Note: True faith is a fruit of the living and powerful Holy Spirit of Messiah in a man, which moves that man to act, so Paul and James are not contradicting each other at all. These works of faith we are doing are not the strict observance of the Torah some to, doing so to be justified by those deeds of the law in the sight of YHVH; instead, they are those good works He has prepared (ordained) for us, in Him, that we should walk in them. Faith that does not compel you, that does not move you, that is not the faith of the Holy Spirit; but, it is a faith of the flesh (and, it is dead). I have seen people trying to talk up, or build up, their own faith; yes they say that they believe, but they do not act like believers. So, we say, if the Holy Spirit is moving you then it will be your actions (and not your words) that will show that living faith is in you. The Anti-Christ is a religious man, who walks in a carnal understanding of the scriptures, but who never will have the manifestation of the living faith of the Holy Spirit in his life (his power is of the Devil, who encourages him to walk in the vanity of his own mind). He is a carnal man, walking in a carnal mind and a dead faith, who leads all who follow him in the way of destruction. A pretender! A make believer! He is not compelled by the Spirit, but by the flesh, and he is doing the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19-21). His power to do witchcraft (the miracles he does) is of the Devil (HaSatan). |