Amen, James was asking them where is your faith and gave an example, he wasn’t condemning them. He was saying you should be acting on it, live out your faith don’t be passive. Paul was saying God has work prepared for you. We should be looking to serve at any time looking to do the Will of God, glory hallelujah to our King and Father in Heaven. Ephesians 2:10 James 2:15
I truly feel sorry for those that believe in Jesus + good works will get them to heaven. They can have no peace, or rest to their soul. For today they may be saved but tomorrow their work's may be insufficient for salvation. They do good works out of fear in the power of the flesh, rather than out of love by the Spirit. They hold themselves up to idolatry, trusting in themselves rather than the grace of God.
All James 2 says is that works evidence faith. In Matthew 25 Jesus speaks of the separation of the sheep and goats. The sheep enter eternal life on the basis of their works, not their faith. We are saved by faith alone but, as John Calvin said, not by a faith that remains alone.
@@fractalcabbage 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Some actually interpret the Sheep and Goats as those that weren't saved and redeemed and justified by faith on the Cross, but on judgement day the Sheep are saved because they were friends of the persecuted believers. That is an interesting interpretation that gave me second thought.
@@igloozoo3771 The Bible is very clear that salvation is by faith in Christ alone so I don't think the sheep in Matthew 25 are anyone but those who have believed. It simply describes how believers behave. The faith that saves comes from a born-again, changed heart and works are the product of that changed heart.
@@fractalcabbage I think the point is that the living risen Christ is the one who saves and yes salvation was completed on the Cross and anyone who does get saved on Final Judgement is solely because their sins were also wiped clean because of the Cross. I don't think the interpreters are saying the unbelievers are being saved outside of the Cross.
@@JJFrostMusic but how do you know your saved? And save from what? Is saved = salvation? Why Paul is not claiming it (Phil 3:13-14) until just his death (2 Tim 4:7). Also, i do good works to follow God's will (Eph 2:10) so i can be save. And why we are judged according to our works (Rev 22:12)
Faith is doing what you believe. What you do in this life is the result of your faith. He who doesn't do anything of what he believes is the same as not believing anything at all.
Believing is someone receiving something as true; it has nothing to do with works or obedience by very definition: 1 John 5:10 - He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 1 John 5:11 - And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:12 - He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 1 John 5:13 - These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
This man is worded and grounded. The only American I have seen and heard that dissects the word of God with the help of the Holy Spirit. I wish i know his name.
@@georgepenton6023 NO ONE declares ONLY works is required for salvation. But the followers of that demonic doctrine of Calvin want to eradicate the very purposes of God, that we TRULY in deed become righteous as Christ is righteous. Anyone want to oppose me on this? I will prove him a fool with one passage. :-) Come on OSAS! Come at me! Come on Luther worshipers? Faith aloners! Come at me! Notice how similar Luther is to Lucifer? The Devil was hiding in plain sight on that one.
@@TheRootedWord simmer down and study your bible James is not a soterioligical passage, it is not a SALVIFIC epistle it is a descipling epistle to saved brethren who are Jewsnot gentiles. james is about justification before man and Paul is justification before God. Roman's 4 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; "BUT NOT BEFORE GOD" JAMES 2 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? HOW MANY TIMES DID ABRAHAM OFFER ISSAC? A) ONCE B) EVERYDAY C) NEVER JAMES SAYS SHOW ME YOUR FAITH BEFORE MAN NOT GOD. LET ME ASK YOU CAN YOU SHOW ME YOUR FAITH, CAN YOU SHOW ME YOU ARE A TRUE BELIEVING IN THE LORD JESUS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW ME. STUDY THE BIBLE AND STOP BASHING THE BRETHRENS WHOM CHRIST DIED FOR. ROMAN CATHOLICS HAVE FAITH IN THEIR DEAD WORKS NOT CHRIST
@@georgepenton6023 Consider my post Jared Heideman. This should clear the confusion. When you rightly divide the bible has no contradictions. If you dont we would be offering animal sacrifices. Right division does not stop as soon as you turn into matthew 1:1
The evidence that James is just talking about earthly salvation is that he talks of a fellow believer being cold and hungry. So he means for this life. The other things he delineates are also for this life, like how asking for wisdom, helping a sinner, helping a sick person or even what "work" goes with joy--sing a hymn. Down to earth advice about how to ask God for things and bridle your tongue. Good stuff.
I think debating whether we get the Salvation by Faith alone or by Faith with good works is toxic to certain point. Let us just believe our lord Jesus Christ & do good works of spreading the gospel for the kingdom of God😎☝🏾 This back & forth bickering is like pre tribulation rapture vs Post tribulation rapture endless debate.
St. John Chrysostom put it this way on works and faith... “Not that God has forbidden works but that He has forbidden us to be justified by works. No one, Paul says, is justified by works, precisely in order that the grace and benevolence of God may be apparent.”
Eternal life not temporary life. John 11:25,26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?
I admire Bob Wilkin’s commentary here with his superb patience...he is so very well read and knowledgeable in the Word of God. Reminds me of reading Lewis S. chafer’s work, Systematic Theology, yet another great man of God. So many have a shallow understanding of the Bible.....would that they listen.....thanks!
What kind of knuckle heads give this a thumbs down??? Where is your faith in Christ alone? Why would you even watch this if your mind is closed to your particular works based soteriology? Just go back to your videos from John MacArthur! Whatever happened to listening to two different perspectives? People today and perhaps always are too quick to be 100% right and must have everything detail all nailed down and leave no room for any difference of opinion or interpretation! I take great comfort in many of the seemingly contradictory passages in scripture. They reassure me that this is communication from the mind of God. If the Bible was of human origin if would easily make sense to mere mortals. Apparent contradictions would be non existent. There is a peace and satisfaction that comes from wrestling with hard sayings in holy script and working out yout own salvation with fear and trembling. Peace to all!
I didn't give it a thumbs down, but the answer was not good enough. A lot of Christians think that all they have to do is to believe. But Satan himself believes in God, so that bar is miserably low. I think it is a deadly thing to convince Christians to think this. It's clearly not correct. If belief is all that is required, then Jesus didn't have to do anything at all. He had to die for our sins, and the only way we can sin is if there is a law to begin with. With no law, there can be no sin. With no sin, Jesus died for nothing. The law is crystal clear, it is written in the bible. The real reason Christians are misled about all of this is because they want to take a shortcut, and not have to make any real sacrifice. They deny God's law, and then they even deny any works at all. That's as lazy as it gets. Then again, the vast majority of christians remember the sun day, and keep it holy, in direct flagrant violation of the most fundamental of the laws.
@@FelonyVideos You ONLY need to believe on the Lord Jesus, and you are saved, you don't need works to be saved. "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." Romans 4:5 KJV The person in question here, did not have ANY works, yet he still goes to Heaven
@@estebanblanco2001I agree that works will not get us into heaven, but instead, faith alone. But I think it is more complicated than that. What did Jesus die for? Did he die to pay for our sins? If so, name a sin, and explain why it is a sin. I assume you would quote a verse of scripture. That is what the law is. If we try to follow the law, then we are performing works. We do this, not to get into heaven, but because it pleases God, and we seek to please God and live the life he wishes that we would live voluntarily, of our own desire. Of course, we can never ever comply with the law perfectly, and so, we call upon God to forgive us and thank Jesus for dying for our many failures. Some of those failures, we even deny, or simply don't realize where and how we failed. Complying with the law is a TINY INFINITESIMAL way that we can reciprocate to God's grace upon our lives. I believe that we should all try, at the very least, even though it serves us no advantage. Perhaps all it does is make God smile? I'm OK with that.
@@FelonyVideos Yeah, I'm with you in that, even though we're not perfect, we should strive to obey God's commandments. I'm not saying that's wrong. What I'm saying is that we do that AFTER we're saved, and even if we don't obey even 1 of God's commandments until our death, we would still be saved by our faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wait if faith without works is dead.. Then that means it exist. If my dog is dead that means he still existed. If you read the whole thing james is explaining how if a brethren has no works but has faith in Jesus it does not profit unbelievers. We are "suppose" to be a paculiar people. He is pretty much saying.. Why be like you if your acting like me. That's why james keep saying brethren. Because the people whom he is speaking to are saved. But they are not getting people saved due to their works. A good motivation speach to get the believers fired up to soul win. Pls heed these words and check the scriptures of the kjv to see what I'm saying is true. Compare that verse in james to Romans 4:5. "But to the man that workth not but believes in him that justify the ungodly his faith is counted for rightousness". God bless brothers and sisters in Christ!
Salvation is by grace alone and faith alone. We do works to show him we want to continue in the faith and to perfect our faith. and to be santificed and experice great joy and receive more blessings we cannot confuse the gospel with other parts of scripture
The Bible says salvation is by grace and faith, but where does it say grace alone or faith alone? Using the principle of allowing scripture to interpret scripture, and taking the New Testament as a whole, it is clear that BOTH faith AND good works are necessary for salvation. Without God's grace we can do no good works worthy of anything. And faith in Christ means faith in everything that Christ taught---and Jesus certainly did teach that good works are necessary for salvation---see Matthew 25: 31-46.
George Penton, Maybe you need to take another look at Matthew 7:21-23. Leaning on your works means you are not fully trusting in Jesus and are thus short on belief. I do not think you want to be in the positions of those people who Jesus says, "Depart from me you workers of iniquity. I never knew you." They were not sent to hell for not working enough. They were sent to hell for unbelief. Be careful as this gets very deceiving. Good works will naturally flow out of being born again due to thanks for God's mercy in many cases, though at different rates for all believers and maybe not at all for some, but do not use works to earn salvation. That is saying Christ's payment on the cross was insufficient and that is pure heresy. I was rescued from Lordship salvation and I thank God I was. What a delusion it is. Grace and works are mutually exclusive. Isaiah 64:6 - 'But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.' Psalm 51:5 - 'Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.' Romans 7:18 - 'I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.' Everyone knows Romans 3:10 - 'As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.' No one means no one no matter how many works you do and if you let it creep into your salvation you will receive no justification. God bless.
Why do people misinterpret? I guess not everyone is qualified to teach. This scripture used to scare me but now I'm feeling peace of mind thanks to this interpretation. Thanks to those who rightly discern God's word😢
Saved Christians who are full of faith have the natural impulse and desire to do good works yet they are taught , reminded and advised to do the same for the sake of the poor , especially needy Christians . This is very true as in the case of Jewish Christians who were being exhorted on the matter by James in James C-2
I believe in faith alone thru Christ alone..if you believe that faith without works is unsaving faith how many works do I have to do to have saving faith and what kind of works does the bible tell me I have to do...people say I believe in faith BUT faith without works is dead. please list the works I have to do and how many works and where in the bible does it say it in....people say easy believism but it seems like more people don't truly believe.
True. Its typical of Calvinism. Its called "backloading the Gospel" with works and it ends up as a works Salvation. And they will never tell you how many works or how many sins do you have to repent of. Thats why Piper (7 point Calvinist) said the Christian could never know if he/she is really ever saved until the end of they're life and even that is not for sure. Does this sound like the "Good News"??
Roman 4:5 But to the one that worketh not, but believeth on Him who justifieth the ungodly, (all of us) his faith is counted for righteousness. You nailed it elgriego331. In effect both Arminians and Calvinists are trusting in their works and not grace. Romans 11:6 You can not mingle law or works with grace, other wise grace is no more grace. I am afraid they will hear the Lord say, depart from me I never knew you. Not I did know you and now I don't I never new you. Why? Because they trusted in their works and not on the will of the Father. John 6:40 And this is the will of Him who sent me, that all that seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. Grace plus works cancels grace. We are saved by faith alone without works. Period. Ephesians 2:8-9 Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also AFTER ye believed, ye were sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise. Unto the praise of His glory, unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30 and Second Timothy 2:19 God knows us because we have His seal in us, the Holy Spirit. That is why we can never be lost. God can not send His own Spirit to hell. And we can never loose the Spirit like in the old testament. Hebrews 13:5 says, He will never leave us or forsake us. I love the promises of God where we know we have assurance of salvation because of what He has done for us, and not by anything we do or do not do, our works. AMAZING GRACE BRO. JESUS PAID IT ALL AND WE PAID 0. IT IS FREE.
Purple Clouds it’s not hard to not kill. But how hard is it not to be angry? That is Jesus point in the sermon on the mount. ““You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’ But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.” Matthew 5:21-22 NLT Anyway, we are not under the old covenant (10 commandments) anymore.
God does not have to wait for one's good works to show before HE forgives and saves him . It is enough for the Savior to justify his faith in his heart when HE sees or reads it to be genuine .
That's good enough for starters, for beginners in the spiritual life, but after awhile God expects some fruit, some good works, or otherwise he cuts off the branch from the vine and throws it into the fire. See Matthew 25: 31-46.
@George Penton the branches that are cut off are not believers and never were. Jesus goes on to compare the branches to the goats, to whom He'll say "depart from me, I NEVER knew you" He also continues to describe them as a house who was built on a foundation other than Himself. true believers will bear fruit because Jesus said whoever is in Me will bear much fruit. You cannot lose salvation. He said His sheep never perish and I give them eternal life. I will lose none out of My hand. I will never leave them or forsake them. The Holy Spirit never leaves somebody. When somebody is born again, they are born of God by an incorruptible seed that never faded or perishes. They are already seated in Heavenly places. The Bible says whoever believes Jesus is the Christ/Son of God, is born of God and whoever is born of God overcomes the world and whoever overcomes the world, their name will NEVER be blotted out of the book of life.
@@georgepenton6023 mathew doesnt say God throws the branch into the fire read it again.it says men throws in the fire. mathew 25 is not about the branches. and mathew is a jewish book not for gentiles
I believe we are saved by grace through faith alone. The funny thing about this whole argument is all Christians believe in doing good works not just catholics. The difference is one side believes that the good work help justify them before God and the side believes that only the blood of Jesus justifies us. I have 100% faith in the work of Jesus and zero in myself.
Also for those who say Paul only meant works of the law, well Abraham wasn’t under the law of Moses. So how do you work that one out? Obedience are works of righteousness and titus 3:5 says we are saved by him and not by works of righteousness. So how do we work this out?
Exactly. It's hilarious when Roman Catholics say that Abraham wasn't justified by specifically mosaic works. I don't remember the mosaic law existing at that time.
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: Romans 4:1-6 ESV
The covenant of works has always been there even before the mosaic law. Since Adam and Eve. the covenant of works is a covenant of obedience as opposed to the covenant of grace where righteousness is imputed to the sinner by mercy. Both covenants have always been there. This is the point Paul was trying to make
I think James 1:3 clears up this whole Paul(faith) vs James(works) debate. It states that "the trying of your faith worketh patience", and patience=longsuffering which is virtuous according to the bible. To me, that sounds like James telling us that maintaining your faith even when it's being tried (challanged) is a work in itself. Makes sense because Ive heard of unbelievers confessing Jesus in a "just in case" attitude, which sounds closer to "dead faith" than a genuine believer that doesn't do as many good works as a another believer, which seems to be the popular interpretation. Works can mean many things, and I believe James says that includes the act of maintaining and staying solid in our faith even when it's being questioned.
BOTH faith. AND good works are necessary for salvation. If faith alone were enough the devil would be saved because Luke 4:34 says the devil believes in Christ.
There is a difference between performing " works" in order to somehow " earn" salvation and obeying the gospel plan of salvation stated by Peter in Acts 2:38 to recieve the free gift of salvation. The word " recieve", in the new testaments' original Greek, means " to take hold of". Even a free gift must be recieved in order for it to be ours.
The question in James is... What does it profit? Does faith save? Answer: YES! Faith saves. Your faith profits YOU because it saves you. Does your faith save anybody? No. Nobody can piggy back on your faith and claim salvation because you believed. So, if your faith doesn't have works it doesn't profit anybody else. Why? Because nobody can SEE your faith. Your faith and your works won't save anybody. But, your works can profit others by leading them to believe and be saved. The problem is unbelievers can have works just like believers can have works. Works doesn't save anybody and works don't prove that anybody's saved. Abraham was justified by works... but, not before God. Abraham's works justified him before man. Only God could see Abraham's faith. People just saw his works and then 'knew' he was saved.
Those who think works are a big deal are the ones spoken of in... Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful WORKS? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Paul, you actually wrote this: "Abraham was justified by works... but, not before God. Abraham's works justified him before man." James says Abraham's works actually completed his faith and he was therefore declared righteous. Then the obvious conclusion to what you are teaching is that a person's works before man will make him righteous before God and he will be justified. Perhaps you should think that through a little more..........
Daniel Haskins Well, true faith is defined by its result: Good works. Yes, we are not save by works, but we know that our faith is true if good works are the result of our faith.
revelations 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
James high point about faith without works is When you know the Good that ought to be done and you don't do it...you are sinning. Its good behavior towards our fellow man. We see this in the examples James has describe. IT IS CLEAR AND SIMPLY EXPLAINED. The 2 Apostles are revealing two different levels- Paul reveal the Above: Christ Jesusand His Completed Wotk and James the below: mankind- how to love one another.
A note about Ephesians 2:8,9 IN CONTEXT: For by grace are ye saved through faith, and not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of CERIMONIAL WORKS lest any man should boast. Paul wrote of two different laws. See Romans 3:27 and 8:2. Most of the time, Paul wasn't descriptive as to which law he was referring to.
We are told we used to be dead because of our sin and acts and lated on after the verse I put below It practically says we became a part of Israel heirs to the promise and therefore the commandments aswell. Your works are actions of obedience and love to God because of your faith. Ephesians (Eph) 2:1-10 CJB You used to be dead because of your sins and acts of disobedience. You walked in the ways of the ‘olam hazeh and obeyed the Ruler of the Powers of the Air, who is still at work among the disobedient. Indeed, we all once lived this way - we followed the passions of our old nature and obeyed the wishes of our old nature and our own thoughts. In our natural condition we were headed for God’s wrath, just like everyone else. But God is so rich in mercy and loves us with such intense love that, even when we were dead because of our acts of disobedience, he brought us to life along with the Messiah - it is by grace that you have been delivered. That is, God raised us up with the Messiah Yeshua and seated us with him in heaven, in order to exhibit in the ages to come how infinitely rich is his grace, how great is his kindness toward us who are united with the Messiah Yeshua. For you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God’s gift. You were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast. For we are of God’s making, created in union with the Messiah Yeshua for a life of good actions already prepared by God for us to do. We must remember that Paul did not teach against the law and the bible even says that the idea were false accusations against him. Works are evidence of the faith as if your faith was truly there you would have the works to show such
Man, i can never come up with his interpretations if i simply read the bible myself 100 times and relying on the Holy Spirit to understand its meaning..
Mike Rems what you’d come to is the Bible contradicts itself if you read it like you say. Do all other Christians not have the Holy Spirit? Only you? Paul says the one who works not but believes is justified and speaks of Abraham the same way but James says it’s faith plus works. So how would you work it out?
That's what I used to do. And I got totally confused. But then I converted to Catholicism and learned that the Bible is meant to be interpreted by the Church. The Church's interpretations are as clear as a bell, and century after century go by and they never change.
James 2 is not teaching justification before God by works. Justification before God for eternal life is by grace through faith apart from works of any kind - Eph 2: 8-9, Galatians 2:16, 2:21, Gal 3:1-14. James is teaching that there are 2 types of JUSTIFICATION: Justification before God is by FAITH,and justification before people is by our WORKS. People cannot see our faith in God visually. People judge us by our ACTIONS. We put our faith into ACTION to show our love to fellow believers and to
@@klausmkl thas a slippery slope. How much obidince before it becomes law keeping to be saved and you might as well throw away the book of Romans. Paul is very clear. If it be of works( of law keeping) it is no longer grace and if it is of grace it is no longer by works or the one cancels out the other. I mean he repeats himself over and over on this point and is so explicit. Obidience in the faith is to obey what God has said about His Son. That is to put ALL of your trust in Him for salvation and not your works. His promise is that he will guide us and take us through life and have good works prepared for us that do not keep or give us salvation. It is by the obidince of ONE and we are not the one.
Wrong on all accounts. You quote Ephesians 2 by truncating the one last verse on that very issue of faith and works, verse 10, and by this you fall into error. Also, JESUS judges based on works in the Sheep and the Goats, the Two Sons, the Talents, etc... every teaching and parable that regards Judgment by God is ALWAYS without exception judging based on works. It does not exclude the necessity of faith, but the faith is required to get the works that are required for the FINAL salvation. Saving faith cannot exist alive without actions. The man in the video is an idiot on these matters. His mouth spews deceit. Jacob (aka James) is talking about salvation. Period. It is not salvation from things in our life that are physical apart from salvation spiritually. Jacob is most concerned with our eternal salvation and knows that it is not given to those who do not live the actions of a persuaded faith. The man in the video is establishing a Gnostic interpretation, which is wicked. Psuche is soul and has everything to do with our eternal salvation.
Our Lord and Savior even Jesus Christ Judah of Nazareth (8 B.C. - 33 A.D.) NEVER taught JUSTIFICATION or SANCTIFICATION! When a wealthy young man (who was a ruler) had run towards and asked our Lord and Savior even Jesus Christ Judah (8 B.C. - 33 A.D.) "What must I do to gain everlasting life?" the Messiah told the young man to do a work (an act) to gain his salvation: Matthew 19: 1 - 30 (16 - 30, 16 - 22) Mark 10: 1 - 52 (17 - 30, 17 - 22) Luke 10: 1 - 42 (25 - 37, 25 - 28) Luke 18: 1 - 43 (18 - 30, 18 - 23) Luke 19: 1 - 48 (1 - 10) Jesus himself has consistently stated that both faith and works are equally important: Matthew 22: 1 - 46 (34 - 40, 37 - 40) Mark 12: 1 - 44 (28 - 34, 28 - 31) Luke 10: 1 - 42 (25 - 37, 25 - 28) Luke 18: 1 - 43 (18 - 30, 18 - 23) Luke 19: 1 - 48 (1 - 10) JST Matthew 22: 1 - 44 (33 - 49, 36 - 39) JST Mark 12: 1 - 50 (33 - 40, 33 - 36) JST Luke 10: 1 - 43 (26 - 38 (26 - 29) JST Luke 18: 1 - 43 (18 - 30, 18 - 23) JST Luke 19: 1 - 47 (1 - 10) When Jesus was asked "Which is the greatest commandment of all?" our Lord and Savior quoted two (2) commandments and not one (1) commandment that one must follow to in order to gain everlasting life: Deuteronomy 6: 1 - 25 (1 - 9, 4 - 5 (5)) Leviticus 19: 1 - 37 (17 - 18, 18) JST Deuteronomy 6: 1 - 25 (1 - 9, 4 - 5 (5)) JST Leviticus 19: 1 - 37 (17 - 18, 18) This principle of faith and works is a consistent principle that is maintained throughout much of the Holy Scriptures! LDS BoM 2 Nephi 25: 1 - 30 (23 - 25, 23) LDS BoM Moroni 10: 1 - 34 (32) RLDS-CoC BoM 2 Nephi 11: 1 - 160 (43 - 47, 43 - 44) RLDS-CoC BoM Moroni 10: 1 - 31 (29) Our acts and works do not automatically come as a result of our faith, but they are a product of our thoughts and reflections: Matthew 4: 1 - 25 (1 - 11) Mark 1: 1 - 45 (9 - 13, 12 - 13) Luke 4: 1 - 44 (1 - 13) Luke 19: 1 - 48 (1 - 10) Philippians 2: 1 - 30 (12 - 18, 12 - 13) JST Matthew 4: 1 - 24 (1 - 11) JST Mark 1: 1 - 40 (7 - 11, 10 - 11) JST Luke 4: 1 - 44 (1 - 12) JST Luke 19: 1 - 47 (1 - 10) JST Philippians 2: 1 - 30 (12 - 18, 12 - 13) Good works are never the effect of salvation, but they are a necessary ingredient in order to obtain salvation.
Matthew 25:31-46 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’ “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’ “And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’ “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”
+Xanhnha Luu FAITH IS THE Cure AND THE Act Of RECEUVING THE Cure REQUIRES WORKS. Cure vs act of receiving the cure two different things. The act of receiving the cure does not add anything to the cure.
Ephesians doesn't say "faith alone." The only place the Bible says that is in James, where he actually refutes your argument. We are saved by Baptism initially (John 3:1-5), and then we are saved by continually running the race until the end and working hard for God's will to be done (1 Cor 9:24). Faith, of course, is integral to this salvation, and it is a gift. But, we must "work out [our] salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12-13). -Catholic
Romans 4:2-4 "And if Abraham was justified of works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God" For what saith the scriptures? Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worked is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt."
A very particular point that identifies a sect or a cult from the main stream Protestant Christianity is exactly that: it is always God's grace + something that man must do to be saved. Example: 1-Jehovah Witnesses , Grace + works and obeyance to the Watchtower 2-Catholics, Grace + works and obeyance to the Pope 3-Seventh day Adventists, Grace + the Sabbath (The Law) and obeyance to H.G.White writings 4-Oneness Pentecostal, Grace + baptism and speaking in tongues 5-Mormons, Grace + works and obeyance to Smith their prophet and his writings. . You see how easy is to ID a person who is a member of a sect or a cult, to a sect or cult God's grace (free undeserved gift) alone is not sufficient and must be followed by something that we must do to earn it!.If I must do something or pay for a pie that you are freely giving to me (putting it on my hands) it is no longer free and unconditional!.
But do we not have to RESPOND to His grace? If it was only God's grace, the whole world would be saved, but we know that the path is narrow. The Bible has SO many verses indicating that we should part from our fleshly desires, be baptized for the forgiveness of our sins, OBEY the gospel & the commands of Jesus Christ. We have to be transformed and be obedient to Him. You can't say that it's just God's grace, because what if a person refuses to repent of their sins, be baptized, and stop living their sinful lifestyle. Scripture makes it clear that these people will not be saved. Any thoughts? I'm very conflicted on this topic because I know there are many Scriptures that say we are justified by grace or faith, but there are also MANY scriptures that indicate what we should do. I don't believe the Bible contradicts itself, and I believe it's all the inspired word of God. So somehow, the two ideas have to mesh. Surely it's not all works, but surely it's not all faith either. My interpretation of James 2 is that faith SHOWS itself in works. If you have true, saving faith, you WILL be obedient to Scripture. I think that's why Paul wrote to so many churches to die to yourself and put off the desires of the flesh. We can't just say we believe, for even the demons believe & tremble (James 2:19). Of course, we will stumble into sin & we can ONLY hope for eternal life because Christ died for us. Too much focus on our own obedience takes the focus away from Christ & the fact that we cannot earn it. But, Jesus still calls us to repent and turn from our sins! Any thoughts?
@@anmcvey311 :You err in understanding the difference between grace and accountability. Grace (unworthy gift) vs accountability which is the free choice of the recepient. A king offers a $2000 cash gift to all his subjects , only condition is that they must come to his castle and ask for his son to claim it so he could give them the $2000. The king servants go out to the country side and spread the news. Some of the king's subject come to his son and claim it while others who did not liked the king or his son chose NOT to come and claim it. Both had the same offer (GRACE) and yet both had the same CHOICE to make therefore the king remained a just, loving and sovereign KING. Either if we choose to trust in Jehovah God or if we choose to reject His Son that does NOT change God's character and attributes!!!!!!. God's grace (opportunity) is for all but salvation is for those who after been touch by God (both the Father and the Son draws ALL sinners) choose to trust Jehovah God. Hope this simple analogy helps you understands how deep is God's love for ALL mankind.
@@matthewcurley6198 Notice that one thief acknowledged that he must die and Christ would live ("remember me when you come into your kingdom"). It was the other thief who wanted to live. He wanted Jesus to make it so he could escape rightful condemnation and keep his life, too. Friend, don't you fear God? Jesus didn't go on that cross so we could keep the life we love. We must die to self. Take up our cross and follow Him. Keep life. Lose it. ... Lose life. Find it. ...It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. It is not works. Easy believism is works. The unrepentant thief wanted off the cross. All the saved thief did was die. Death is freedom from all works. Christ who is raised in me...He works even now. You must die to self in order to be saved. He came to free us from sin's power.
Eve to the Snake: God said not to eat from the fruit of this tree. I am not gonna eat it. The Snake: Ssss.... Haven’t you read Paul? If you do not eat, that means you are trying to deserve your salvation. But if you eat, that means you are trusting in the grace of God. Ssssss! Eve: Ok. I guess I will have a bite.
James and Paul were talking about the same thing. James is not saying that good works save. He is saying that if the faith you say you have doesn't produce good works, your faith is dead. Your faith must produce good works. Your faith must bear good fruits.
After we are saved we "should" definitely bear good fruit but it is not necessary to get saved, to stay saved or to prove we are saved. Otherwise it brings us to a works salvation. Paul and James are talking about saving faith. But with Paul it's faith only in Christ's DBR alone but with James as he is talking to the 12 tribes of Israel (James 1:1) works WERE required by their faith. Under the kingdom gospel James (the 12 apostles) works were required in the form of being water baptized and keeping the commandments as Jesus said. Luke 18:18 KJV And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Luke 18:19 KJV And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Luke 18:20 KJV Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. th-cam.com/video/5goGu08nC-k/w-d-xo.html
James wrote to the 12 tribes of Israel, he was never given the gospel Paul received in Gal. 1:11 also the 12 Apostles said they would stay with the Jews & Paul could go to the gentiles Gal 2:9. Peter also backed Paul's gospel of grace in Acts 15:7-11 & 2 Peter 3:15,16. but also said it's sometimes hard to understand, for unlearned, & unstable.
James: “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.” (James 2:24) Paul: “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28) Who is right? What a theological pretzel.
This is all talking about work plus faith for earthly evidence to show others we follow Christ and the receive good things from Christ. Faith plus works has nothing to do with salvation. It’s either you trust in Jesus and the FINISHED WORK that he did on the cross to get you to Heaven or your half trust Jesus and add works.
Mike Manners you have to remember there’s judgement in this life and judgement in the afterlife. Not every scripture in the OT and NT is referring to salvation, Heaven & Hell. Many scriptures is talking about Salvation, Heaven & Hell and many scriptures is just talking about God’s wrath and judgement on people in this life. If every scripture was talking about salvation it wouldn’t be extremely hard for anyone to get into Heaven. But we who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our savior aren’t under that judgement but in this life we still have to repent and do good works to show man that we are followers of Christ and to receive blessings in the life from God and Heavenly rewards. Amen.
@@MessengerKeyson99 I totally agree. I plead the Blood all of the time over my family and myself. I try and maintain a constant state of repentance in my mind. I know I keep falling short and keep blowing it from time to time but as long as I look to Calvary for forgiveness there is hope. What is the stumbling block for so many is when the see the prosperity of the wicked and the unbelieving. Perhaps the Enemy gives material prosperity to those he knows he can lead straight to Hell. Peace brother.
Let's clear the confusion. I suggest the following: WORKS = OBEDIENCE. The Bible says "Faith without works is dead". In other words: "If your faith doesn't produce obedience then your faith is false (nonexistent).and therefore you're not saved, So don't fool yourself. Only those who have faith (the real one, the one that has obedience as a result) will inherent the kingdom of God. Very simple.
And nobody can judge us by outward appearance. God knows who has real faith. Man can only judge on outward appearance. We don't know who has real faith. For example, just because Jesus's disciples were afraid in the boat that was being flooded, doesn't mean that they had NO faith or trust in Jesus to save them from God's ultimate judgement. It just meant they had little faith; not enough faith to trust Jesus to save them from temporary trouble on this earth.
I think that if a man is on his "deathbed" and SAYS that he trusts in Jesus as his savior, then that could be counted as a work. Because why would he say it unless he truly believed it? What would motivate him? I can't know based on what he says, but God knows. And I'm saying it is possible to be saved even just for confessing that Jesus is Lord...is he not giving God glory? Would that not be considered a work?
But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART "-- that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. -Romans 10:8-10
Just because we have faith that only Jesus can save our SOULS from eternal judgement, doesn't mean that EVERYTHING we do will be in faith. Because that would mean that we never sin. (Whatever is not of faith is sin.) And if we say that we are without sin then we are calling God a liar and the truth is not in us.
Matthew 25:31-46 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Notice what Matthew 25: 31-46 does NOT say. It does not say, And the Son of man divided them, and said to those on his right, blessed are you who merely believed, no matter how cold, selfish, and lacking in good works you were, and no matter how dissolute your lives were.
"Faith alone" is not enough. Abraham was promised blessings if he would leave home and journey to the promised land. Without any faith, he would have shrugged off the promises as unreal and that would have been the end of the story. But even with faith Abraham could have said to himself, "Well, even though I trust God's promises I'd really rather stay home, in my comfort zone, so I'm not leaving." Would he have received the promises? Of course not. Abraham *_obeyed._* He acted on his faith. He left home, journeyed to the promised land and received the blessings: "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went" (Hebrews 11:8). *_By_* or *_through_* faith he realized he had a real choice to make, and he *_chose to obey._* The Lord explained to Abraham's son Isaac that Abraham received the promised blessings because of his *_obedience:_* "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws" (Genesis 26:5). The apostle James wrote "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and *_not by faith only"_* (James 2:24). Abraham's obedience was his "works." He *_believed_* in the true, complete sense of the word _believe:_ he *_acted_* on his faith. So it is with us today. We are called to confess and forsake sin, and to seek God and do His will. This is how we receive mercy: "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Proverbs 28:13). If we'll obey we'll be forgiven and redeemed, by grace, from the death penalty earned for past sins. We'll receive His spirit: God gives His spirit "to them that obey Him" (Acts 5:32). Jesus will lead us out of slavery to sin and into His righteousness IF we'll abide in Him, continuing in repentance. Jesus finished making a ransom available on the cross, but His work is not finished. Notice what Jesus said to the churches many years after His resurrection: "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." (Rev 3:19). It is this sanctification, this ongoing relationship with Him, which "yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby" (Hebrews 12:11). That's how we can overcome slavery to sin. That's how we're made into the "new man" Paul wrote about, who does good works automatically. That's how we're prepared, made ready, to inherit the Kingdom of God (re: 1 Cor 6:9,10). It is only through Him that we can be overcomers: "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." (Rev 21:7) "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." (Rev 2:11) "Easy believism" says "just have faith that Jesus did it all for you on the cross; you don't have to do anything more than that." But Jesus calls on us to follow His example and overcome, just as He overcame: "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." (Rev 3:21) Jesus is "the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him" (Hebrews 5:9). We are NOT saved *_by_* faith. We are saved by grace *_through_* faith (re: Eph 2:8). *_It is through faith that we can come to choose to repent and seek God._* Without faith that God exists and is responsive, no one would repent and seek Him: "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Hebrews 11:6). Sadly, many are being deceived, being told that Jesus did it all for you on the cross, so your sins - past present and future - have already been covered, forgotten, paid for. Sorry, but NONE of our sins are forgiven until we confess them. The apostle John's words make it very clear that our sins remain, and are not forgiven until we confess them: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). We have all earned death, perishing in death, as the penalty for our past sins (Romans 6:23). We can be redeemed from that death penalty by the ransom that Jesus finished on the cross, His death in place of ours. That redemption is available by grace if we'll choose to turn from sin, sin that earned us the death penalty in the first place. Jesus did not die to make it okay for us to continue in sin! If we choose not to turn from sin, we remain unredeemed and will surely perish in death for our past sins. That's why Jesus said "except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:3,5). "Faith alone" is not enough! Like Abraham, we must act on our faith and obey. God "now commands all men every where to repent" (Acts 17:30).
Saved = connected spiritually to Jesus and God. Faith = Belief . You will then be compelled by the spirit to do good works and bear fruit. That simple. You're going to be compelled by the weak flesh your human side. Nope , The powerful spirit of God is what compels you to do good works.
Matthew 19:16-17 And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain ETERNAL LIFE?” And He said to Him, “Why are you asking me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but IF YOU WISH TO ENTER INTO LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.” Leviticus 18:5 ‘So you shall KEEP MY STATUTES AND MY JUDGEMENTS, by which A MAN MAY LIVE IF HE DOES THEM; I am the Lord.’ Luke 10:25-28 ...”Teacher, what shall I do to inherit ETERNAL LIFE?” And He said to him, “What is WRITTEN IN THE LAW? How does it read to you?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE.” Deuteronomy 5:29 “Oh that they had such a HEART in them, that they would FEAR ME and KEEP ALL MY COMMANDMENTS ALWAYS, that it may go well with them and with their sons FOREVER!” Deuteronomy 5:33 You shall WALK IN ALL THE WAY WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD HAS COMMANDED YOU, that you may LIVE....” Deuteronomy 6:5-9 You shall love the Lord your God with all your HEART and with all your soul and with all your might. THESE WORDS WHICH I AM COMMANDING YOU TODAY SHALL BE ON YOUR HEART. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Matthew 5:19 “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these COMMANDMENTS, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but WHOEVER KEEPS AND TEACHES THEM, HE SHALL BE CALLED GREAT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.” Deuteronomy 30:9-11 “...for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; if you OBEY the Lord your God to KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS STATUTES WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW (Torah), if you turn to the Lord your God with all your HEART and soul. For THIS COMMANDMENT WHICH I COMMAND YOU TODAY IS NOT TOO DIFFICULT FOR YOU, nor is it out of reach.” John 14:15 “If you LOVE me, you will KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.” John 14:21 “He who HAS MY COMMANDMENTS AND KEEPS THEM is the one who LOVES ME; and he who LOVES ME will be LOVED by MY FATHER, and I will LOVE him and WILL DISCLOSE MYSELF TO HIM.” John 14:23-24 If anyone LOVES ME, he will KEEP MY WORD; and MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM, and WE WILL COME TO HIM AND MAKE OUR ABODE WITH HIM. He who does NOT love Me DOES NOT KEEP MY WORDS, and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. John 15:10 “If you KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, you will ABIDE IN MY LOVE; just as I have kept My Father’s Commandments and abide in His love. John 15:6 If anyone does NOT abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and THEY GATHER THEM, and CAST THEM INTO THE FIRE AND THEY ARE BURNED. Revelation 14:12-13 Here is the perseverance of the saints who KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THEIR FAITH IN JESUS. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may REST FROM THEIR LABORS, FOR THEIR DEEDS FOLLOW WITH THEM.” Psalm 119:44-45 So I will KEEP YOUR LAW continually, FOREVER AND EVER. And I will walk at LIBERTY (freedom), for I seek Your precepts. James 1:25 But one who looks intently at the PERFECT LAW, the LAW OF LIBERTY, and ABIDES BY IT, NOT having become a FORGETFUL HEARER, but an effectual DOER, this man WILL BE BLESSED in what he does. Psalm 119:47-48 I will delight in Your COMMANDMENTS, which I love. And I shall lift up my hands to Your COMMANDMENTS, which I love; and I WILL MEDITATE ON YOUR STATUTES. Psalm 119:97 Oh how I love Your LAW! It is my meditation all the day. Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but THE WORD OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER.
I look at these verses as the indwelling of the holy spirit. Any work to be done will and is being done buy the Spirit. Do we look for the work? I say no! If we do, its then something that the flesh desires to be a part in. This verse that draws me to this cnclusion is. James 2:26 KJV For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
When in scripture says that WORKS can't save you they are referring to THE LAW. Jesus superseded the Law and thru Him you are saved you can never keep perfect law so it can not save you BUT When they say WITHOUT WORKS YOU ARE NOT SAVED they are referring to Good Works of Love for others. Get away from Me I don't know you. Salvation can be lost. it is not a right. Thru sin and selfishness you lose your salvation. Satan believes in Jesus. Anyone can believe in Him and not be saved.
Hmmm, this conversation reminds me of the passage from Luke 13:26-27 where the unbelievers said, “Lord, lord open to us, we have eaten and drank from your table.” Then Jesus told them, “I don’t know you.” The always wise, pithy and relevant C.I. Schofield reference edition to the Bible adds the note: “Christian activity must not be equated with salvation, e.g., Judas Iscariot.”
thank you for your wisdom there are so many believers who think they will not be condemn living in sin all they have to do is just have faith they are against works if a believer as stop sin they call that works all of our righteousness is filthy rags & no one is righteous this is who they really are all who try to do it all by faith their faith is dead &all who try to do it by works they are the self righteous no not one righteous &their good deeds are filthy rags not ours we have faith + works
Without good works you don't have faith and if you don't have faith you can't be save. Titus 1:16 they profess they know me but in good works they deny me. If we don't have good works we deny Christ. Very simple
When Paul's teaches that we are no justify by works of Law he is referring to good works done in the absence of faith. Those are the works that he was condemning. People who are under the law are those who don't have faith. God's people are not under the law but under faith and grace.
The Jews were using circumcision as the means of justifaction and not by faith. They were forcing the gentiles to be circumcise in order to be justify.
Good Day, With ALL humility. A quick explainations of galations 5. 1. Notice is says - the works of the FLESH are evident 2. Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. (Corinthians) 3. Solution - we need to be born again spiritual birth. 4. Jesus said - what is born of Flesh is Flesh; what is born of spirit is spirit. My humble opinion - we need to keep grace/ works and flesh/spirit seperate "ralph yankee arnold why the unrighteous" - youtube - great sermon God Bless
Sir, James was talking about "justification" in Chapter 2. And it was the exact same justification Paul always talked about since James uses the exact same OT passage that Paul always used ("Abraham believed God and it was reputed to him unto justification.") But there is a difference between James and Paul: James said we are justified by good works -- as did Paul in Romans 2:5-11 -- but Paul emphasized that "works of the LAW" do not justify. These Law-works are the problem.
Just because Paul and James disagreed on how Christians should be living their lives, James through obedience to the mosaic law through works of endurance and repentance and Paul through the grace of God and in the inheritance that one has received, there is no bible contradiction there. They just disagreed according to faith and works or faith without works plain and simple.
Its real simple peoples. Getting baptised in the name of the father, son & holy spirit is a work and without this work your faith alone just simply will not justify your salvation.
Quotes Ephesians 2:8-9. Ignores Ephesians 2:10 - "For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good WORKS, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
The bible tells us how to be born again, born of God. It is not something we do, but what God does. First Corinthians 15:1-4 That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, that He was buried, and rose again on the third day, according to the scriptures. When we believe that gospel, that our sin debt has been paid, past, present, and future sins, and that we can no longer be condemned. John 3:18 Then we are sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 1:13 and 4:30. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE. God does not want us living in sin, but he paid for all the sins of the whole world, so that anyone who would believe He did it for them, would be saved. John 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE. Can you lose everlasting life? No, or it would not be everlasting life. Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also AFTER ye believed, ye were sealed by that Holy Spirit of promise. God can not go back on His word. God loved us so much that He was willing to send His own sinless Son to take the punishment for our sins so that any one who would believe He did it for them personally, He would give eternal life. Romans 11:6 it is all grace, not works. We can not save ourselves. We are all sinners, Romans 3:23 There is none righteous, no not one. Romans 3:10, But God in His mercy sent His own Son to die and pay our sin debt in full, so that we would not have to go to hell to pay for them. First John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that BELEIVE on the name of the Son of God, that ye may KNOW YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. You can not know until you believe. Then you will know. The Spirit of God who is our righteousness before God. We can only be saved by what Jesus did for us, not by anything we do or do not do. Our works. Ephesians 2:8-9 AMAZING GRACE, JESUS PAID IT ALL AND I PAID 0. IT IS FREE, or not at all. He will not pay part and let us pay part and take the glory from Him. Repentance for salvation is a change of mind, the Greek word metanoia, which means to change your mind from trusting in what we do to save us, to trusting totally in what He did to save us.
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. John 6:29 - I think "faith without works is dead" in conjunction with John 6:29 could read as "faith without believing on Him whom the Father hath sent is dead." Maybe James here is rebuking those who think simply believing in God saves? Besides, James even talks about how the demons also believe in God and tremble.
The favorite passage of religionists, but their case isn't supported by any parallel passage. Actually something of a circular argument. The two cases cited in the passage are simply examples of exercising faith. Faith must be expressed.
James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Can faith SAVE him? James was discussing faith without works, Paul was discussing works without faith. Both Paul and James rejects the idea that faith and works be separated.
Oh, but Paul definitely separates grace from works. After we are saved we "should" definitely bear good fruit but it is not necessary to get saved, to stay saved or to prove we are saved. Otherwise it brings us to a works salvation. Paul and James are talking about saving faith. But with Paul it's faith only in Christ's DBR alone but with James as he is talking to the 12 tribes of Israel (James 1:1) works WERE required by their faith. Under the kingdom gospel James (the 12 apostles) works were required in the form of being water baptized and keeping the commandments as Jesus said. Luke 18:18 KJV And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Luke 18:19 KJV And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Luke 18:20 KJV Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. th-cam.com/video/5goGu08nC-k/w-d-xo.html
Rom 11:6 KJV And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
This man is knowledgeable but his whole tone is one of frustration. I would prefer that he had a more forgiving delivery as so many of us are here because we want to learn. I grew up in an Atheist household, so even though I'm an adult, this is all news to me (Good News!)
James was written before Christ died. It's so obvious it's baffling that not many see it. Justification is by faith that God is One, and obedience to the law of Moses. After Christ died, Paul, John, and James made it clear as to what saves us: Peter: You were bought with the precious blood of Christ's death Paul: In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins John: The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin (James: Was not Abraham justified by works… ) We can learn a lot from James, but not about salvation.
@Infinite Adriann If Abraham simply told God he believed in Him, but refused to take Isaac and do what he was commanded to do, do you think Abraham would have still been justified before Him?
@Infinite Adriann Well just as James writes, the demons believe, and shudder. Today's believers "believe" without obedience and do not even fear Him. Demons actually have more respect for Him than today's so called believers.
James to Paul: You see how many brethren in Jerusalem believe (in Christ) and their all zealous for the law. James was safe in Jerusalem while Paul, who taught that the law was abolished, was almost killed. It was a time of transition. Didn't happen over night.
I really have to talk to James when I get to heaven. I know that his letter was of course inspired by the Holy Spirit, but I can sense something "funny" in his tone. I say this respectfully, he must have been a big fan of Moses & if it were up to him, we might all have had to be under that, but thank goodness he was spirit-led😂😂
Of course James is talking about salvation. That is beyond obvious. Its plainly written. "14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?" We are noi saved by works. Works is the fruit of saving faith.
Amen Brothers. Roman 11:6 Romans 4:4-5 Ephesians 2:8-9 It is clear we can not earn salvation. Matthew 7:21-23 They boasted in all their good works, but never did the will of His Father. John 6:40. To many churches mix salvation with discipleship. Salvation is a free gift, discipleship is works for profit/rewards in heaven for believers. Never for salvation which is to say Jesus died in vain and we can save ourselves.
Jesus paid for all our bad deeds with his life period.Grace of God. Is all you need. Undeserved kindness is saving sinners punishing Jesus so that Gods wrath is satisfied by Christs sacrifice. Christ took the hell we all deserve. One must just fully trust that. Wouldn't be kindness if god took the gift back or if you owe afterwards. God doesnt force anything on anyone. So it's up to any person to accept or reject the gospel. Possibly most people reject God because people dont understand grace through the gospel of God. God already paid for it you just have to accept gods free gift of atonement. Jesus died so we can be saved (go to heaven).
Wow... how the Pauline dispensationalist must contort the Word to making justification sola fida, faith alone. Show me one verse where God judges us on how strong your faith is?
Contort? Lol we just know james was written to Israel under law James 1:1 and Paul alone was given the message of this dispensation of the grace of God. Being obidient to Gal 2:7-9 kjv makes religious people sick
DO YOU ACTUALLY STUDY THE WORD OF GOD OR DO YOU GET YOUR DOCTRINES FROM MAN. ROMANS IS THE GOSPEL OF JUSTIFICATION FOR GENTILES, IT THE BOOK ON SALVATION, SANCTIFICATION, GLORIFICATION. ROMANS WAS WRITTEN FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE THAT FAITH IS THE ONLY BRIDGE TO SALVATION. Roman's 4 describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Roman's 3 describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the FAITH which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father OF ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE, THOUGH THEY BE NOT CIRCUMCISED; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that FAITH of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH. 14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
1. "The work of God is this, to believe..." Surely, for faith is faithfulness to the will of God, the good work of none other then the indwelling Spirit. 2. We are saved the moment we enter into a love relationship with God by a gift that he cannot refuse, as it is something that he cannot create, a gift that only we can create, namely a grateful and contrite heart. 3. When 12 Bible Text claim that we are saved by faith alone, while on the other hand, 40 Bible Text claim that we are chosen only by grace, the only way that we can know the truth is to have the indwelling Holy Spirit that comes after we create a grateful and contrite heart. 4. To except the Bible definition of salvation, when it is comprised of 62 Bible contradictions, let us not be an ingrate so blinded by pride. 5. Saved by faith or chosen by grace, they are two pride inflating concepts that appeal only to pride filled and ego driven ingrates. For how could I keep by humility if I thought that my good thoughts saved me, or that God chose me because he foreknew how wonderful was my inner goodness? 6. Saving myself by faith is not a true love relationship with God, as only I do the choosing. 7. God saving me only by grace, this also is not a true love relationship as only God has the eagerness, only God does the choosing and God must force himself upon us against our will. 8. "We love because he first loved us," now that is a true love affair between a grateful contrite heart and the Creator of life.
FAITH --- "The work of God is this, to believe..." FAITH --- Good works performed by the Spirit after justification. FAITH --- Faithfulness that comes only after a grateful contrite heart. FAITH --- Faithfulness to the will of God. A fruit of the indwelling Spirit. FAITH --- Faithfulness to the Lord's example: “You have read that it was spoken by Moses, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ I now say to you, Do not use force to overcome evil. Instead, whenever you are slapped on the right cheek you must turn to them also the other. And one prosecuting you in court, in order the cloak of yours to take, give him also your coat.” Mt 5:38 FAITH --- Faithfulness to the Lord's example: “Jesus answered, ‘If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’” Mt 19:21
How does your statements here deal with the real issue - is James talking about eternal salvation or as the video says, temporal judgement only in this lifetime?
To objective viewers: Grace - a gift only... or, an undeserved kindness? (Ps 144:3 - KJV 2000) "LORD, what is man,... that you make account of him!" (He 2:6 - KJV 2000) "What is man, that you are mindful of him?" (Ps 103:10 - KJV 2000) "[God] has NOT dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities." (Ro 5:18; 6:23 - KJV 2000) "By the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation... For the wages of sin is death." (2 Co 6:1 - CEV) "We beg you to make good use of God's gift of UNDESERVED grace." (2 Co 6:1 - GWT) "We urge you not to let God's kindness be wasted on you." How saved? (Ro 6:15 - KJV) "Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid." (Eph 2:10 - KJV) "For we are... created in Christ Jesus unto good WORKS, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." [Paul] (Ac 26:20 - KJV) "Turn to God, and do WORKS meet for repentance." [Paul] (2 Php 2:12 - KJV) "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." [Paul] (Lu 13:24 - KJV) "Strive [KJV Lexicon - "struggle"] to enter in at the strait gate." (1 Pe 4:18 - NIV) "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly?" (Mt 24:13 - KJV) "He that shall endure unto the end... shall be saved." So, does Paul, who just above emphasized "works," contradict himself? 🤔 Not really. Note which works were overrided by faith: (Ga 2:16; 3:24, 25 - KJV) "A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.... The law WAS our tutor to bring us to Christ.... After faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor." (Ro 3:28 - NIV) "A person is justified by faith apart from the works ["deeds" - KJV] of the law." (Ro 3:29 - NKJV) "Or is He the God of the Jews only?" Though Jews would automatically discern which works Paul was referring to, Christians today would have to be educated on the "works of the law" of Moses, which, as shown here scripturally, applied to "the Jews only." On the other hand, the faithful abound in Christian works, as admonished in above verses, and beyond. IS it not advantageous to compare "all Scripture", which "is profitable for doctrine,... for instruction," (2 Ti 3:16 - KJV) to gain a more accurate understanding of God's word - rather than to simply trust in man-made dogmas, based on certain passages which merely appear to attribute to all works that which Paul applied only to "works of the [Mosaic] law?" (Eph 2:10 - KJV) "For we are... created in Christ Jesus unto GOOD WORKS, which God hath before ordained that WE should walk in them." Thus, entirely compatible with James' words: (Jas 2:24) "A man is to be declared righteous by works and not by faith alone." - Christian works indeed! Not just faith.
James 2, the salvation-by-works view is contradictory with Romans 4:4-8, yet both are true - in different contexts. James is speaking to "brethren", a word he uses 17 times, so he's talking to the already saved; therefore, if works naturally followed faith, then saying that "faith without works is dead" is nonsense to saved brethren! Unless there is a such thing as "faith without works". Verse 18 sums it up. James is writing about witness, and service to the Lord, not salvation, which Paul wrote about in Romans. Verse 26 gives us a clear analogy. In the Greek, he says "Exactly like a body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead" . So is a body without a spirit, still a body? Yes Is a body without a spirit a false body? No. So is faith without works still faith? Yes. Is faith without works a false faith? No. It's just lifeless and stinks.
Amen brothers. Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Irrevocable. Can not be changed back. John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the children of God, even to them that believe on His name. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, physical death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. I do love the KJV bible. It is full of Gods promises to us. Once we have received the free gift, we should live for the Lord for rewards in heaven and to keep from the chastening of the Lord. But the GIFT of God is eternal life. That has nothing to do with how we live or what we do, our works. Ephesians 2:8-9 SInce the gift of God is eternal life, and we did nothing for it, we have nothing to boast in. You can not boast in free. Free means the absence of work. Already paid in full. Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt. But to Him that worketh not, but believe on Him who justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. God can not be in debt to us. We are in debt to him big time, a debt we could never pay. That is why it can only be free. If salvation was not a free gift, no one could be saved. A condemned sinner can not redeem himself. John 3:18 I love Gods word. John 6:47 AMAZING GRACE, JESUS PAID IT ALL AND WE PAID 0. IT IS FREE.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- Faith is a gift from God granted to those who have repented first. 9not by works, so that no one can boast. Our works we've done regardless of how noble or much (Outside of Christ) are as filthy rags in God's eyes. Paul makes clear that we are to do works in Christ Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Jesus says we are to do works (bear fruit) in His name. John 15:1-6 Matthew 10:8 Matthew 28:19 John 14:12 And More. James and Paul are on the exact same page. Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God,(Believe) and do works meet for repentance. Show your faith through your works (actions) James 2:14 What doth it profit,my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? James 2:17-19 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. James 2:21-24 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Without works Abraham's faith would have been meaninglessThat is why Jesus and Paul say to repent first which is evidence of faith.
It has nothing to do with works. You listed Ephesians 2: 8-9, it says it right there "not of works". Remember, scripture also tells us "God is not the author of confusion" so if you think Ephesians 2: 8-9 doesn't mean what it says, do you not think that would be a tad bit.. oh I dunno... *CONFUSING* ??? How would a kid reading the Bible ever except to understand what it meant if nothing God listed directly as his word meant as it says? Why oh why oh why oh why must people always try to justify their works? Oh I know.. the pride of man has no bounds. The gospel was designed to be a direct assault on man's pride
The verse of james and paul are connected, they do not contradict, remember they must come together, true love of God is by grace, when your heart is full of love by God, then the works will always be there, Faith = loving God, If you have this two then that is called true faith If one is missing it is called hypocricy
The devils know Jesus, but are condemned, they do no good works. Those who are known by God, know Jesus ,hear Christ and do, Luke 6 : 46,"And why call Me,Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"
"In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16)
Amen, James was asking them where is your faith and gave an example, he wasn’t condemning them. He was saying you should be acting on it, live out your faith don’t be passive. Paul was saying God has work prepared for you. We should be looking to serve at any time looking to do the Will of God, glory hallelujah to our King and Father in Heaven.
Ephesians 2:10
James 2:15
Jesus talks about treasures in Heaven, I think we should consider that too
I truly feel sorry for those that believe in Jesus + good works will get them to heaven. They can have no peace, or rest to their soul. For today they may be saved but tomorrow their work's may be insufficient for salvation. They do good works out of fear in the power of the flesh, rather than out of love by the Spirit. They hold themselves up to idolatry, trusting in themselves rather than the grace of God.
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All James 2 says is that works evidence faith. In Matthew 25 Jesus speaks of the separation of the sheep and goats. The sheep enter eternal life on the basis of their works, not their faith. We are saved by faith alone but, as John Calvin said, not by a faith that remains alone.
@@fractalcabbage 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Some actually interpret the Sheep and Goats as those that weren't saved and redeemed and justified by faith on the Cross, but on judgement day the Sheep are saved because they were friends of the persecuted believers. That is an interesting interpretation that gave me second thought.
@@igloozoo3771 The Bible is very clear that salvation is by faith in Christ alone so I don't think the sheep in Matthew 25 are anyone but those who have believed. It simply describes how believers behave. The faith that saves comes from a born-again, changed heart and works are the product of that changed heart.
@@fractalcabbage I think the point is that the living risen Christ is the one who saves and yes salvation was completed on the Cross and anyone who does get saved on Final Judgement is solely because their sins were also wiped clean because of the Cross. I don't think the interpreters are saying the unbelievers are being saved outside of the Cross.
You do good works cause you are saved not because you want to be saved.
Meaning you are saved? Against your will?
@@daddada2984 no you coose to be saved. You have to accept the holy spirit in order for it to work on ya a fix ya heart to make ya a better person
@@JJFrostMusic so its not all about grace or faith alone.. you have to choose & after choosing, accept the Holy Spirit & work with Him.
@@daddada2984 yeah. You getting it.
@@JJFrostMusic but how do you know your saved? And save from what? Is saved = salvation? Why Paul is not claiming it (Phil 3:13-14) until just his death (2 Tim 4:7).
Also, i do good works to follow God's will (Eph 2:10) so i can be save.
And why we are judged according to our works (Rev 22:12)
Faith is doing what you believe. What you do in this life is the result of your faith. He who doesn't do anything of what he believes is the same as not believing anything at all.
Believing is someone receiving something as true; it has nothing to do with works or obedience by very definition:
1 John 5:10 - He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
1 John 5:11 - And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:12 - He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1 John 5:13 - These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
This man is worded and grounded. The only American I have seen and heard that dissects the word of God with the help of the Holy Spirit. I wish i know his name.
People need to stop isolating this passage in James and read the whole thing in context. otherwise it will lead to mass confusion.
I agree. In context with the rest of the New Testament, it is clear that BOTH faith AND good works are necessary for salvation. See Matthew 25: 31-46.
@@georgepenton6023 it doesn't say that.
@@georgepenton6023 NO ONE declares ONLY works is required for salvation. But the followers of that demonic doctrine of Calvin want to eradicate the very purposes of God, that we TRULY in deed become righteous as Christ is righteous. Anyone want to oppose me on this? I will prove him a fool with one passage. :-) Come on OSAS! Come at me! Come on Luther worshipers? Faith aloners! Come at me! Notice how similar Luther is to Lucifer? The Devil was hiding in plain sight on that one.
@@TheRootedWord
simmer down and study your bible James is not a soterioligical passage, it is not a SALVIFIC epistle it is a descipling epistle to saved brethren who are Jewsnot gentiles.
james is about justification before man and Paul is justification before God.
Roman's 4
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; "BUT NOT BEFORE GOD"
JAMES 2
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
HOW MANY TIMES DID ABRAHAM OFFER ISSAC?
A) ONCE
B) EVERYDAY
C) NEVER
JAMES SAYS SHOW ME YOUR FAITH
BEFORE MAN NOT GOD.
LET ME ASK YOU CAN YOU SHOW ME YOUR FAITH, CAN YOU SHOW ME YOU ARE A TRUE BELIEVING IN THE LORD JESUS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW ME.
STUDY THE BIBLE AND STOP BASHING THE BRETHRENS WHOM CHRIST DIED FOR.
ROMAN CATHOLICS HAVE FAITH IN THEIR DEAD WORKS NOT CHRIST
@@georgepenton6023 Consider my post Jared Heideman. This should clear the confusion. When you rightly divide the bible has no contradictions. If you dont we would be offering animal sacrifices. Right division does not stop as soon as you turn into matthew 1:1
The evidence that James is just talking about earthly salvation is that he talks of a fellow believer being cold and hungry. So he means for this life. The other things he delineates are also for this life, like how asking for wisdom, helping a sinner, helping a sick person or even what "work" goes with joy--sing a hymn. Down to earth advice about how to ask God for things and bridle your tongue. Good stuff.
I think debating whether we get the Salvation by Faith alone or by Faith with good works is toxic to certain point. Let us just believe our lord Jesus Christ & do good works of spreading the gospel for the kingdom of God😎☝🏾
This back & forth bickering is like pre tribulation rapture vs Post tribulation rapture endless debate.
Allowing a faith plus works gospel is perverting the gospel.
St. John Chrysostom put it this way on works and faith...
“Not that God has forbidden works but that He has forbidden us to be justified by works. No one, Paul says, is justified by works, precisely in order that the grace and benevolence of God may be apparent.”
Excellent passage. Thanks for sharing. ❤
"Regarding the debate about faith and works: It’s like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important."
Quote by C.S. Lewis
Lewis was a lost, unsaved heretick. I wouldn't be so quick to quote anything regarding his theology.
filoIII This is known as Ad Hominem.
Chonn23 Explain.
filoIII You are attacking C.S. Lewis and not the argument. This is a logical fallacy known as Ad Hominem.
yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem
Chonn23 The person used Lewis as an example of Christianity. I simply said Lewis knew nothing of Christianity. Hardly an Ad Hominem attack or fallacy.
Ephesians 2:10 simply states we are saved to do good works, however we are saved by faith alone.
Eternal life not temporary life.
John 11:25,26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?
I admire Bob Wilkin’s commentary here with his superb patience...he is so very well read and knowledgeable in the Word of God. Reminds me of reading Lewis S. chafer’s work, Systematic Theology, yet another great man of God. So many have a shallow understanding of the Bible.....would that they listen.....thanks!
What kind of knuckle heads give this a thumbs down???
Where is your faith in Christ alone?
Why would you even watch this if your mind is closed to your particular works based soteriology?
Just go back to your videos from John MacArthur!
Whatever happened to listening to two different perspectives? People today and perhaps always are too quick to be 100% right and must have everything detail all nailed down and leave no room for any difference of opinion or interpretation! I take great comfort in many of the seemingly contradictory passages in scripture. They reassure me that this is communication from the mind of God. If the Bible was of human origin if would easily make sense to mere mortals. Apparent contradictions would be non existent. There is a peace and satisfaction that comes from wrestling with hard sayings in holy script and working out yout own salvation with fear and trembling.
Peace to all!
I didn't give it a thumbs down, but the answer was not good enough.
A lot of Christians think that all they have to do is to believe. But Satan himself believes in God, so that bar is miserably low. I think it is a deadly thing to convince Christians to think this. It's clearly not correct.
If belief is all that is required, then Jesus didn't have to do anything at all.
He had to die for our sins, and the only way we can sin is if there is a law to begin with. With no law, there can be no sin. With no sin, Jesus died for nothing. The law is crystal clear, it is written in the bible.
The real reason Christians are misled about all of this is because they want to take a shortcut, and not have to make any real sacrifice. They deny God's law, and then they even deny any works at all. That's as lazy as it gets.
Then again, the vast majority of christians remember the sun day, and keep it holy, in direct flagrant violation of the most fundamental of the laws.
Oh, and peace be unto you, brother.
@@FelonyVideos You ONLY need to believe on the Lord Jesus, and you are saved, you don't need works to be saved.
"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Romans 4:5 KJV
The person in question here, did not have ANY works, yet he still goes to Heaven
@@estebanblanco2001I agree that works will not get us into heaven, but instead, faith alone.
But I think it is more complicated than that. What did Jesus die for? Did he die to pay for our sins? If so, name a sin, and explain why it is a sin. I assume you would quote a verse of scripture. That is what the law is. If we try to follow the law, then we are performing works. We do this, not to get into heaven, but because it pleases God, and we seek to please God and live the life he wishes that we would live voluntarily, of our own desire. Of course, we can never ever comply with the law perfectly, and so, we call upon God to forgive us and thank Jesus for dying for our many failures.
Some of those failures, we even deny, or simply don't realize where and how we failed.
Complying with the law is a TINY INFINITESIMAL way that we can reciprocate to God's grace upon our lives. I believe that we should all try, at the very least, even though it serves us no advantage. Perhaps all it does is make God smile? I'm OK with that.
@@FelonyVideos Yeah, I'm with you in that, even though we're not perfect, we should strive to obey God's commandments. I'm not saying that's wrong.
What I'm saying is that we do that AFTER we're saved, and even if we don't obey even 1 of God's commandments until our death, we would still be saved by our faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wait if faith without works is dead.. Then that means it exist. If my dog is dead that means he still existed. If you read the whole thing james is explaining how if a brethren has no works but has faith in Jesus it does not profit unbelievers. We are "suppose" to be a paculiar people. He is pretty much saying.. Why be like you if your acting like me. That's why james keep saying brethren. Because the people whom he is speaking to are saved. But they are not getting people saved due to their works. A good motivation speach to get the believers fired up to soul win. Pls heed these words and check the scriptures of the kjv to see what I'm saying is true. Compare that verse in james to Romans 4:5. "But to the man that workth not but believes in him that justify the ungodly his faith is counted for rightousness". God bless brothers and sisters in Christ!
Hallelujah! I love you lord God in Jesus name!
THANK you dear God!
THANK you dear Lord Jesus Christ!
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Salvation is by grace alone and faith alone.
We do works to show him we want to continue in the faith and to perfect our faith. and to be santificed and experice great joy and receive more blessings
we cannot confuse the gospel with other parts of scripture
The Bible says salvation is by grace and faith, but where does it say grace alone or faith alone? Using the principle of allowing scripture to interpret scripture, and taking the New Testament as a whole, it is clear that BOTH faith AND good works are necessary for salvation.
Without God's grace we can do no good works worthy of anything. And faith in Christ means faith in everything that Christ taught---and Jesus certainly did teach that good works are necessary for salvation---see Matthew 25: 31-46.
George Penton, Maybe you need to take another look at Matthew 7:21-23. Leaning on your works means you are not fully trusting in Jesus and are thus short on belief. I do not think you want to be in the positions of those people who Jesus says, "Depart from me you workers of iniquity. I never knew you." They were not sent to hell for not working enough. They were sent to hell for unbelief. Be careful as this gets very deceiving. Good works will naturally flow out of being born again due to thanks for God's mercy in many cases, though at different rates for all believers and maybe not at all for some, but do not use works to earn salvation. That is saying Christ's payment on the cross was insufficient and that is pure heresy.
I was rescued from Lordship salvation and I thank God I was. What a delusion it is. Grace and works are mutually exclusive. Isaiah 64:6 - 'But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.' Psalm 51:5 - 'Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.' Romans 7:18 - 'I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.' Everyone knows Romans 3:10 - 'As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.' No one means no one no matter how many works you do and if you let it creep into your salvation you will receive no justification. God bless.
@Tim Welch Jesus is the author and perfectly of our faith
Galatians 2:21 1 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”
Why do people misinterpret? I guess not everyone is qualified to teach. This scripture used to scare me but now I'm feeling peace of mind thanks to this interpretation. Thanks to those who rightly discern God's word😢
Saved Christians who are full of faith have the natural impulse and desire to do good works yet they are taught , reminded and advised to do the same for the sake of the poor , especially needy Christians . This is very true as in the case of Jewish Christians who were being exhorted on the matter by James in James C-2
Good works do not always flow naturally from faith. Good works often take a lot of effort.
I believe in faith alone thru Christ alone..if you believe that faith without works is unsaving faith how many works do I have to do to have saving faith and what kind of works does the bible tell me I have to do...people say I believe in faith BUT faith without works is dead. please list the works I have to do and how many works and where in the bible does it say it in....people say easy believism but it seems like more people don't truly believe.
True. Its typical of Calvinism. Its called "backloading the Gospel" with works and it ends up as a works Salvation.
And they will never tell you how many works or how many sins do you have to repent of. Thats why Piper (7 point Calvinist) said the Christian could never know if he/she is really ever saved until the end of they're life and even that is not for sure. Does this sound like the "Good News"??
Roman 4:5 But to the one that worketh not, but believeth on Him who justifieth the ungodly, (all of us) his faith is counted for righteousness. You nailed it elgriego331. In effect both Arminians and Calvinists are trusting in their works and not grace. Romans 11:6 You can not mingle law or works with grace, other wise grace is no more grace.
I am afraid they will hear the Lord say, depart from me I never knew you. Not I did know you and now I don't I never new you. Why? Because they trusted in their works and not on the will of the Father. John 6:40 And this is the will of Him who sent me, that all that seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
Grace plus works cancels grace. We are saved by faith alone without works. Period. Ephesians 2:8-9 Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also AFTER ye believed, ye were sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise. Unto the praise of His glory, unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30 and Second Timothy 2:19 God knows us because we have His seal in us, the Holy Spirit. That is why we can never be lost. God can not send His own Spirit to hell. And we can never loose the Spirit like in the old testament. Hebrews 13:5 says, He will never leave us or forsake us. I love the promises of God where we know we have assurance of salvation because of what He has done for us, and not by anything we do or do not do, our works. AMAZING GRACE BRO. JESUS PAID IT ALL AND WE PAID 0. IT IS FREE.
And this is why the gate to Heaven is narrow
Keep the commandments. How hard is it to not kill?
Purple Clouds it’s not hard to not kill. But how hard is it not to be angry? That is Jesus point in the sermon on the mount. ““You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’ But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.”
Matthew 5:21-22 NLT
Anyway, we are not under the old covenant (10 commandments) anymore.
God does not have to wait for one's good works to show before HE forgives and saves him . It is enough for the Savior to justify his faith in his heart when HE sees or reads it to be genuine .
That's good enough for starters, for beginners in the spiritual life, but after awhile God expects some fruit, some good works, or otherwise he cuts off the branch from the vine and throws it into the fire. See Matthew 25: 31-46.
@George Penton the branches that are cut off are not believers and never were. Jesus goes on to compare the branches to the goats, to whom He'll say "depart from me, I NEVER knew you" He also continues to describe them as a house who was built on a foundation other than Himself. true believers will bear fruit because Jesus said whoever is in Me will bear much fruit. You cannot lose salvation. He said His sheep never perish and I give them eternal life. I will lose none out of My hand. I will never leave them or forsake them. The Holy Spirit never leaves somebody. When somebody is born again, they are born of God by an incorruptible seed that never faded or perishes. They are already seated in Heavenly places. The Bible says whoever believes Jesus is the Christ/Son of God, is born of God and whoever is born of God overcomes the world and whoever overcomes the world, their name will NEVER be blotted out of the book of life.
@George Penton "Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"
Galatians 3:3
@@georgepenton6023 mathew doesnt say God throws the branch into the fire read it again.it says men throws in the fire.
mathew 25 is not about the branches. and mathew is a jewish book not for gentiles
I believe we are saved by grace through faith alone. The funny thing about this whole argument is all Christians believe in doing good works not just catholics. The difference is one side believes that the good work help justify them before God and the side believes that only the blood of Jesus justifies us. I have 100% faith in the work of Jesus and zero in myself.
Also for those who say Paul only meant works of the law, well Abraham wasn’t under the law of Moses. So how do you work that one out? Obedience are works of righteousness and titus 3:5 says we are saved by him and not by works of righteousness. So how do we work this out?
Exactly. It's hilarious when Roman Catholics say that Abraham wasn't justified by specifically mosaic works. I don't remember the mosaic law existing at that time.
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:
Romans 4:1-6 ESV
The covenant of works has always been there even before the mosaic law. Since Adam and Eve. the covenant of works is a covenant of obedience as opposed to the covenant of grace where righteousness is imputed to the sinner by mercy. Both covenants have always been there. This is the point Paul was trying to make
I think James 1:3 clears up this whole Paul(faith) vs James(works) debate. It states that "the trying of your faith worketh patience", and patience=longsuffering which is virtuous according to the bible. To me, that sounds like James telling us that maintaining your faith even when it's being tried (challanged) is a work in itself. Makes sense because Ive heard of unbelievers confessing Jesus in a "just in case" attitude, which sounds closer to "dead faith" than a genuine believer that doesn't do as many good works as a another believer, which seems to be the popular interpretation. Works can mean many things, and I believe James says that includes the act of maintaining and staying solid in our faith even when it's being questioned.
BOTH faith. AND good works are necessary for salvation. If faith alone were enough the devil would be saved because Luke 4:34 says the devil believes in Christ.
There is a difference between performing " works" in order to somehow " earn" salvation and obeying the gospel plan of salvation stated by Peter in Acts 2:38 to recieve the free gift of salvation. The word " recieve", in the new testaments' original Greek, means " to take hold of".
Even a free gift must be recieved in order for it to be ours.
I love this! Phenomenal!
I feel blessed by the blood of christ ❤❤❤
No cap, I truly mean it
The question in James is... What does it profit? Does faith save? Answer: YES! Faith saves. Your faith profits YOU because it saves you. Does your faith save anybody? No. Nobody can piggy back on your faith and claim salvation because you believed.
So, if your faith doesn't have works it doesn't profit anybody else. Why? Because nobody can SEE your faith. Your faith and your works won't save anybody. But, your works can profit others by leading them to believe and be saved.
The problem is unbelievers can have works just like believers can have works. Works doesn't save anybody and works don't prove that anybody's saved.
Abraham was justified by works... but, not before God. Abraham's works justified him before man. Only God could see Abraham's faith. People just saw his works and then 'knew' he was saved.
Those who think works are a big deal are the ones spoken of in...
Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful WORKS? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Paul, you actually wrote this: "Abraham was justified by works... but, not before God. Abraham's works justified him before man." James says Abraham's works actually completed his faith and he was therefore declared righteous. Then the obvious conclusion to what you are teaching is that a person's works before man will make him righteous before God and he will be justified. Perhaps you should think that through a little more..........
Yes sir, you're so right or rather the holy Scriptures are correct if one interprets them correctly.
We need the faith producing good deeds, by which we are justified. We are not justified by faith and works, but by true faith resulting in good works.
Daniel Haskins Well, true faith is defined by its result: Good works. Yes, we are not save by works, but we know that our faith is true if good works are the result of our faith.
revelations 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Yes u probbaly get rewarded for ur works
James high point about faith without works is When you know the Good that ought to be done and you don't do it...you are sinning. Its good behavior towards our fellow man.
We see this in the examples James has describe. IT IS CLEAR AND SIMPLY EXPLAINED. The 2 Apostles are revealing two different levels- Paul reveal the Above: Christ Jesusand His Completed Wotk and James the below: mankind- how to love one another.
Thank you so much for your videos!! God bless you!!
A note about Ephesians 2:8,9 IN CONTEXT: For by grace are ye saved through faith, and not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of CERIMONIAL WORKS lest any man should boast.
Paul wrote of two different laws. See Romans 3:27 and 8:2. Most of the time, Paul wasn't descriptive as to which law he was referring to.
We are told we used to be dead because of our sin and acts and lated on after the verse I put below It practically says we became a part of Israel heirs to the promise and therefore the commandments aswell.
Your works are actions of obedience and love to God because of your faith.
Ephesians (Eph) 2:1-10 CJB
You used to be dead because of your sins and acts of disobedience. You walked in the ways of the ‘olam hazeh and obeyed the Ruler of the Powers of the Air, who is still at work among the disobedient. Indeed, we all once lived this way - we followed the passions of our old nature and obeyed the wishes of our old nature and our own thoughts. In our natural condition we were headed for God’s wrath, just like everyone else. But God is so rich in mercy and loves us with such intense love that, even when we were dead because of our acts of disobedience, he brought us to life along with the Messiah - it is by grace that you have been delivered. That is, God raised us up with the Messiah Yeshua and seated us with him in heaven, in order to exhibit in the ages to come how infinitely rich is his grace, how great is his kindness toward us who are united with the Messiah Yeshua. For you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God’s gift. You were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast. For we are of God’s making, created in union with the Messiah Yeshua for a life of good actions already prepared by God for us to do.
We must remember that Paul did not teach against the law and the bible even says that the idea were false accusations against him.
Works are evidence of the faith as if your faith was truly there you would have the works to show such
Man, i can never come up with his interpretations if i simply read the bible myself 100 times and relying on the Holy Spirit to understand its meaning..
Mike Rems what you’d come to is the Bible contradicts itself if you read it like you say. Do all other Christians not have the Holy Spirit? Only you? Paul says the one who works not but believes is justified and speaks of Abraham the same way but James says it’s faith plus works. So how would you work it out?
That's what I used to do. And I got totally confused. But then I converted to Catholicism and learned that the Bible is meant to be interpreted by the Church. The Church's interpretations are as clear as a bell, and century after century go by and they never change.
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@@georgepenton6023 Wrong.
James 2 is not teaching justification before God by works. Justification before God for eternal life is by grace through faith apart from works of any kind - Eph 2: 8-9, Galatians 2:16, 2:21, Gal 3:1-14. James is teaching that there are 2 types of JUSTIFICATION: Justification before God is by FAITH,and justification before people is by our WORKS. People cannot see our faith in God visually. People judge us by our ACTIONS. We put our faith into ACTION to show our love to fellow believers and to
Bible is clear, most forget the obedience portion of faith. Faith is not simple belief.
@@klausmkl thas a slippery slope. How much obidince before it becomes law keeping to be saved and you might as well throw away the book of Romans. Paul is very clear. If it be of works( of law keeping) it is no longer grace and if it is of grace it is no longer by works or the one cancels out the other. I mean he repeats himself over and over on this point and is so explicit. Obidience in the faith is to obey what God has said about His Son. That is to put ALL of your trust in Him for salvation and not your works. His promise is that he will guide us and take us through life and have good works prepared for us that do not keep or give us salvation. It is by the obidince of ONE and we are not the one.
Wrong on all accounts. You quote Ephesians 2 by truncating the one last verse on that very issue of faith and works, verse 10, and by this you fall into error. Also, JESUS judges based on works in the Sheep and the Goats, the Two Sons, the Talents, etc... every teaching and parable that regards Judgment by God is ALWAYS without exception judging based on works. It does not exclude the necessity of faith, but the faith is required to get the works that are required for the FINAL salvation. Saving faith cannot exist alive without actions. The man in the video is an idiot on these matters. His mouth spews deceit. Jacob (aka James) is talking about salvation. Period. It is not salvation from things in our life that are physical apart from salvation spiritually. Jacob is most concerned with our eternal salvation and knows that it is not given to those who do not live the actions of a persuaded faith. The man in the video is establishing a Gnostic interpretation, which is wicked. Psuche is soul and has everything to do with our eternal salvation.
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Our Lord and Savior even Jesus Christ Judah of Nazareth (8 B.C. - 33 A.D.) NEVER taught JUSTIFICATION or SANCTIFICATION! When a wealthy young man (who was a ruler) had run towards and asked our Lord and Savior even Jesus Christ Judah (8 B.C. - 33 A.D.) "What must I do to gain everlasting life?" the Messiah told the young man to do a work (an act) to gain his salvation:
Matthew 19: 1 - 30 (16 - 30, 16 - 22)
Mark 10: 1 - 52 (17 - 30, 17 - 22)
Luke 10: 1 - 42 (25 - 37, 25 - 28)
Luke 18: 1 - 43 (18 - 30, 18 - 23)
Luke 19: 1 - 48 (1 - 10)
Jesus himself has consistently stated that both faith and works are equally important:
Matthew 22: 1 - 46 (34 - 40, 37 - 40)
Mark 12: 1 - 44 (28 - 34, 28 - 31)
Luke 10: 1 - 42 (25 - 37, 25 - 28)
Luke 18: 1 - 43 (18 - 30, 18 - 23)
Luke 19: 1 - 48 (1 - 10)
JST Matthew 22: 1 - 44 (33 - 49, 36 - 39)
JST Mark 12: 1 - 50 (33 - 40, 33 - 36)
JST Luke 10: 1 - 43 (26 - 38 (26 - 29)
JST Luke 18: 1 - 43 (18 - 30, 18 - 23)
JST Luke 19: 1 - 47 (1 - 10)
When Jesus was asked "Which is the greatest commandment of all?" our Lord and Savior quoted two (2) commandments and not one (1) commandment that one must follow to in order to gain everlasting life:
Deuteronomy 6: 1 - 25 (1 - 9, 4 - 5 (5))
Leviticus 19: 1 - 37 (17 - 18, 18)
JST Deuteronomy 6: 1 - 25 (1 - 9, 4 - 5 (5))
JST Leviticus 19: 1 - 37 (17 - 18, 18)
This principle of faith and works is a consistent principle that is maintained throughout much of the Holy Scriptures!
LDS BoM 2 Nephi 25: 1 - 30 (23 - 25, 23)
LDS BoM Moroni 10: 1 - 34 (32)
RLDS-CoC BoM 2 Nephi 11: 1 - 160 (43 - 47, 43 - 44) RLDS-CoC BoM Moroni 10: 1 - 31 (29)
Our acts and works do not automatically come as a result of our faith, but they are a product of our thoughts and reflections:
Matthew 4: 1 - 25 (1 - 11)
Mark 1: 1 - 45 (9 - 13, 12 - 13)
Luke 4: 1 - 44 (1 - 13)
Luke 19: 1 - 48 (1 - 10)
Philippians 2: 1 - 30 (12 - 18, 12 - 13)
JST Matthew 4: 1 - 24 (1 - 11)
JST Mark 1: 1 - 40 (7 - 11, 10 - 11)
JST Luke 4: 1 - 44 (1 - 12)
JST Luke 19: 1 - 47 (1 - 10)
JST Philippians 2: 1 - 30 (12 - 18, 12 - 13)
Good works are never the effect of salvation, but they are a necessary ingredient in order to obtain salvation.
Matthew 25:31-46
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’ “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’
“And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’
“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”
Salvation is just a matter of well-established FAITH being read by the Savior in one's heart.
Faith alone does not save period. No where in Scripture is that taught.
+Xanhnha Luu FAITH IS THE Cure AND THE Act Of RECEUVING THE Cure REQUIRES WORKS. Cure vs act of receiving the cure two different things. The act of receiving the cure does not add anything to the cure.
EPHESIANS 2:8-9 DOES teach faith ALONE
Ephesians doesn't say "faith alone." The only place the Bible says that is in James, where he actually refutes your argument.
We are saved by Baptism initially (John 3:1-5), and then we are saved by continually running the race until the end and working hard for God's will to be done (1 Cor 9:24). Faith, of course, is integral to this salvation, and it is a gift. But, we must "work out [our] salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12-13).
-Catholic
+Greg S , You are very blind.
Romans 4:2-4 "And if Abraham was justified of works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God"
For what saith the scriptures? Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worked is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt."
works and salvation have nothing to do with each other god is not a god of confusion .
Glory to God. Apostle Paul was right.
Apostle Paul is right all the time
A very particular point that identifies a sect or a cult from the main stream Protestant Christianity is exactly that: it is always God's grace + something that man must do to be saved.
Example:
1-Jehovah Witnesses , Grace + works and obeyance to the Watchtower
2-Catholics, Grace + works and obeyance to the Pope
3-Seventh day Adventists, Grace + the Sabbath (The Law) and obeyance to H.G.White writings
4-Oneness Pentecostal, Grace + baptism and speaking in tongues
5-Mormons, Grace + works and obeyance to Smith their prophet and his writings.
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You see how easy is to ID a person who is a member of a sect or a cult, to a sect or cult God's grace (free undeserved gift) alone is not sufficient and must be followed by something that we must do to earn it!.If I must do something or pay for a pie that you are freely giving to me (putting it on my hands) it is no longer free and unconditional!.
But do we not have to RESPOND to His grace? If it was only God's grace, the whole world would be saved, but we know that the path is narrow. The Bible has SO many verses indicating that we should part from our fleshly desires, be baptized for the forgiveness of our sins, OBEY the gospel & the commands of Jesus Christ. We have to be transformed and be obedient to Him. You can't say that it's just God's grace, because what if a person refuses to repent of their sins, be baptized, and stop living their sinful lifestyle. Scripture makes it clear that these people will not be saved.
Any thoughts? I'm very conflicted on this topic because I know there are many Scriptures that say we are justified by grace or faith, but there are also MANY scriptures that indicate what we should do. I don't believe the Bible contradicts itself, and I believe it's all the inspired word of God. So somehow, the two ideas have to mesh. Surely it's not all works, but surely it's not all faith either. My interpretation of James 2 is that faith SHOWS itself in works. If you have true, saving faith, you WILL be obedient to Scripture. I think that's why Paul wrote to so many churches to die to yourself and put off the desires of the flesh. We can't just say we believe, for even the demons believe & tremble (James 2:19). Of course, we will stumble into sin & we can ONLY hope for eternal life because Christ died for us. Too much focus on our own obedience takes the focus away from Christ & the fact that we cannot earn it. But, Jesus still calls us to repent and turn from our sins! Any thoughts?
@@anmcvey311 :You err in understanding the difference between grace and accountability. Grace (unworthy gift) vs accountability which is the free choice of the recepient. A king offers a $2000 cash gift to all his subjects , only condition is that they must come to his castle and ask for his son to claim it so he could give them the $2000.
The king servants go out to the country side and spread the news. Some of the king's subject come to his son and claim it while others who did not liked the king or his son chose NOT to come and claim it. Both had the same offer (GRACE) and yet both had the same CHOICE to make therefore the king remained a just, loving and sovereign KING.
Either if we choose to trust in Jehovah God or if we choose to reject His Son that does NOT change God's character and attributes!!!!!!. God's grace (opportunity) is for all but salvation is for those who after been touch by God (both the Father and the Son draws ALL sinners) choose to trust Jehovah God.
Hope this simple analogy helps you understands how deep is God's love for ALL mankind.
I can easily say that faith without works isn't faith.
Tell that to the thief on the cross...
@@matthewcurley6198 Notice that one thief acknowledged that he must die and Christ would live ("remember me when you come into your kingdom"). It was the other thief who wanted to live. He wanted Jesus to make it so he could escape rightful condemnation and keep his life, too. Friend, don't you fear God? Jesus didn't go on that cross so we could keep the life we love. We must die to self. Take up our cross and follow Him. Keep life. Lose it. ... Lose life. Find it. ...It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. It is not works. Easy believism is works. The unrepentant thief wanted off the cross. All the saved thief did was die. Death is freedom from all works. Christ who is raised in me...He works even now. You must die to self in order to be saved. He came to free us from sin's power.
Eve to the Snake: God said not to eat from the fruit of this tree. I am not gonna eat it.
The Snake: Ssss.... Haven’t you read Paul? If you do not eat, that means you are trying to deserve your salvation. But if you eat, that means you are trusting in the grace of God. Ssssss!
Eve: Ok. I guess I will have a bite.
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James and Paul were talking about the same thing.
James is not saying that good works save. He is saying that if the faith you say you have doesn't produce good works, your faith is dead.
Your faith must produce good works.
Your faith must bear good fruits.
After we are saved we "should" definitely bear good fruit but it is not necessary to get saved, to stay saved or to prove we are saved. Otherwise it brings us to a works salvation.
Paul and James are talking about saving faith. But with Paul it's faith only in Christ's DBR alone but with James as he is talking to the 12 tribes of Israel (James 1:1) works WERE required by their faith. Under the kingdom gospel James (the 12 apostles) works were required in the form of being water baptized and keeping the commandments as Jesus said.
Luke 18:18 KJV And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:19 KJV And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Luke 18:20 KJV Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
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James wrote to the 12 tribes of Israel, he was never given the gospel Paul received in Gal. 1:11 also the 12 Apostles said they would stay with the Jews & Paul could go to the gentiles Gal 2:9. Peter also backed Paul's gospel of grace in Acts 15:7-11 & 2 Peter 3:15,16. but also said it's sometimes hard to understand, for unlearned, & unstable.
Amen! Bother.
Who's speaking to who, James writing to the 12 tribes of Israel, Paul writing to the Gentiles the church the body of Christ 2nd Timothy 2:15.
James: “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.” (James 2:24)
Paul: “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)
Who is right? What a theological pretzel.
This is all talking about work plus faith for earthly evidence to show others we follow Christ and the receive good things from Christ.
Faith plus works has nothing to do with salvation. It’s either you trust in Jesus and the FINISHED WORK that he did on the cross to get you to Heaven or your half trust Jesus and add works.
@@MessengerKeyson99 Maybe these verses could be translated better.
Mike Manners you have to remember there’s judgement in this life and judgement in the afterlife. Not every scripture in the OT and NT is referring to salvation, Heaven & Hell. Many scriptures is talking about Salvation, Heaven & Hell and many scriptures is just talking about God’s wrath and judgement on people in this life. If every scripture was talking about salvation it wouldn’t be extremely hard for anyone to get into Heaven. But we who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our savior aren’t under that judgement but in this life we still have to repent and do good works to show man that we are followers of Christ and to receive blessings in the life from God and Heavenly rewards. Amen.
@@MessengerKeyson99 I totally agree. I plead the Blood all of the time over my family and myself. I try and maintain a constant state of repentance in my mind. I know I keep falling short and keep blowing it from time to time but as long as I look to Calvary for forgiveness there is hope.
What is the stumbling block for so many is when the see the prosperity of the wicked and the unbelieving. Perhaps the Enemy gives material prosperity to those he knows he can lead straight to Hell. Peace brother.
Mike Manners are you saved??
romans 4:2 for if abraham were justified by works he hath wearof to glory but NOT BEFORE GOD
that's the key verse " NOT BEFORE GOD"
people miss that and cant understand James " show me your faith" BEFORE MEN"
Let's clear the confusion. I suggest the following: WORKS = OBEDIENCE. The Bible says "Faith without works is dead". In other words: "If your faith doesn't produce obedience then your faith is false (nonexistent).and therefore you're not saved, So don't fool yourself. Only those who have faith (the real one, the one that has obedience as a result) will inherent the kingdom of God. Very simple.
but in saying this your also saying that works are a necessary part of the salvation equation...
And nobody can judge us by outward appearance. God knows who has real faith. Man can only judge on outward appearance. We don't know who has real faith. For example, just because Jesus's disciples were afraid in the boat that was being flooded, doesn't mean that they had NO faith or trust in Jesus to save them from God's ultimate judgement. It just meant they had little faith; not enough faith to trust Jesus to save them from temporary trouble on this earth.
I think that if a man is on his "deathbed" and SAYS that he trusts in Jesus as his savior, then that could be counted as a work. Because why would he say it unless he truly believed it? What would motivate him? I can't know based on what he says, but God knows. And I'm saying it is possible to be saved even just for confessing that Jesus is Lord...is he not giving God glory? Would that not be considered a work?
But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART "-- that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. -Romans 10:8-10
Just because we have faith that only Jesus can save our SOULS from eternal judgement, doesn't mean that EVERYTHING we do will be in faith. Because that would mean that we never sin. (Whatever is not of faith is sin.) And if we say that we are without sin then we are calling God a liar and the truth is not in us.
Matthew 25:31-46
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Daniel Haskins
Uhhhhh no...
Notice what Matthew 25: 31-46 does NOT say. It does not say, And the Son of man divided them, and said to those on his right, blessed are you who merely believed, no matter how cold, selfish, and lacking in good works you were, and no matter how dissolute your lives were.
"Faith alone" is not enough. Abraham was promised blessings if he would leave home and journey to the promised land. Without any faith, he would have shrugged off the promises as unreal and that would have been the end of the story. But even with faith Abraham could have said to himself, "Well, even though I trust God's promises I'd really rather stay home, in my comfort zone, so I'm not leaving." Would he have received the promises? Of course not.
Abraham *_obeyed._* He acted on his faith. He left home, journeyed to the promised land and received the blessings:
"By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went" (Hebrews 11:8).
*_By_* or *_through_* faith he realized he had a real choice to make, and he *_chose to obey._* The Lord explained to Abraham's son Isaac that Abraham received the promised blessings because of his *_obedience:_*
"Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws" (Genesis 26:5).
The apostle James wrote "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and *_not by faith only"_* (James 2:24). Abraham's obedience was his "works." He *_believed_* in the true, complete sense of the word _believe:_ he *_acted_* on his faith.
So it is with us today. We are called to confess and forsake sin, and to seek God and do His will. This is how we receive mercy:
"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).
If we'll obey we'll be forgiven and redeemed, by grace, from the death penalty earned for past sins. We'll receive His spirit: God gives His spirit "to them that obey Him" (Acts 5:32). Jesus will lead us out of slavery to sin and into His righteousness IF we'll abide in Him, continuing in repentance. Jesus finished making a ransom available on the cross, but His work is not finished. Notice what Jesus said to the churches many years after His resurrection:
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." (Rev 3:19).
It is this sanctification, this ongoing relationship with Him, which "yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby" (Hebrews 12:11). That's how we can overcome slavery to sin. That's how we're made into the "new man" Paul wrote about, who does good works automatically. That's how we're prepared, made ready, to inherit the Kingdom of God (re: 1 Cor 6:9,10). It is only through Him that we can be overcomers:
"He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." (Rev 21:7)
"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." (Rev 2:11)
"Easy believism" says "just have faith that Jesus did it all for you on the cross; you don't have to do anything more than that." But Jesus calls on us to follow His example and overcome, just as He overcame:
"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." (Rev 3:21)
Jesus is "the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him" (Hebrews 5:9).
We are NOT saved *_by_* faith. We are saved by grace *_through_* faith (re: Eph 2:8). *_It is through faith that we can come to choose to repent and seek God._* Without faith that God exists and is responsive, no one would repent and seek Him:
"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Hebrews 11:6).
Sadly, many are being deceived, being told that Jesus did it all for you on the cross, so your sins - past present and future - have already been covered, forgotten, paid for. Sorry, but NONE of our sins are forgiven until we confess them. The apostle John's words make it very clear that our sins remain, and are not forgiven until we confess them:
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
We have all earned death, perishing in death, as the penalty for our past sins (Romans 6:23). We can be redeemed from that death penalty by the ransom that Jesus finished on the cross, His death in place of ours. That redemption is available by grace if we'll choose to turn from sin, sin that earned us the death penalty in the first place. Jesus did not die to make it okay for us to continue in sin!
If we choose not to turn from sin, we remain unredeemed and will surely perish in death for our past sins. That's why Jesus said "except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:3,5). "Faith alone" is not enough! Like Abraham, we must act on our faith and obey. God "now commands all men every where to repent" (Acts 17:30).
Very well put.
So good!
Saved = connected spiritually to Jesus and God. Faith = Belief . You will then be compelled by the spirit to do good works and bear fruit. That simple. You're going to be compelled by the weak flesh your human side. Nope , The powerful spirit of God is what compels you to do good works.
Salvation can be lost by sin, not by failing to believe.
Matthew 19:16-17
And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain ETERNAL LIFE?”
And He said to Him, “Why are you asking me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but IF YOU WISH TO ENTER INTO LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.”
Leviticus 18:5
‘So you shall KEEP MY STATUTES AND MY JUDGEMENTS, by which A MAN MAY LIVE IF HE DOES THEM; I am the Lord.’
Luke 10:25-28
...”Teacher, what shall I do to inherit ETERNAL LIFE?”
And He said to him, “What is WRITTEN IN THE LAW? How does it read to you?”
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE.”
Deuteronomy 5:29
“Oh that they had such a HEART in them, that they would FEAR ME and KEEP ALL MY COMMANDMENTS ALWAYS, that it may go well with them and with their sons FOREVER!”
Deuteronomy 5:33
You shall WALK IN ALL THE WAY WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD HAS COMMANDED YOU, that you may LIVE....”
Deuteronomy 6:5-9
You shall love the Lord your God with all your HEART and with all your soul and with all your might. THESE WORDS WHICH I AM COMMANDING YOU TODAY SHALL BE ON YOUR HEART. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Matthew 5:19
“Whoever then annuls one of the least of these COMMANDMENTS, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but WHOEVER KEEPS AND TEACHES THEM, HE SHALL BE CALLED GREAT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.”
Deuteronomy 30:9-11
“...for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; if you OBEY the Lord your God to KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS STATUTES WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW (Torah), if you turn to the Lord your God with all your HEART and soul. For THIS COMMANDMENT WHICH I COMMAND YOU TODAY IS NOT TOO DIFFICULT FOR YOU, nor is it out of reach.”
John 14:15
“If you LOVE me, you will KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.”
John 14:21
“He who HAS MY COMMANDMENTS AND KEEPS THEM is the one who LOVES ME; and he who LOVES ME will be LOVED by MY FATHER, and I will LOVE him and WILL DISCLOSE MYSELF TO HIM.”
John 14:23-24
If anyone LOVES ME, he will KEEP MY WORD; and MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM, and WE WILL COME TO HIM AND MAKE OUR ABODE WITH HIM. He who does NOT love Me DOES NOT KEEP MY WORDS, and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
John 15:10
“If you KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, you will ABIDE IN MY LOVE; just as I have kept My Father’s Commandments and abide in His love.
John 15:6
If anyone does NOT abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and THEY GATHER THEM, and CAST THEM INTO THE FIRE AND THEY ARE BURNED.
Revelation 14:12-13
Here is the perseverance of the saints who KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THEIR FAITH IN JESUS.
And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may REST FROM THEIR LABORS, FOR THEIR DEEDS FOLLOW WITH THEM.”
Psalm 119:44-45
So I will KEEP YOUR LAW continually, FOREVER AND EVER. And I will walk at LIBERTY (freedom), for I seek Your precepts.
James 1:25
But one who looks intently at the PERFECT LAW, the LAW OF LIBERTY, and ABIDES BY IT, NOT having become a FORGETFUL HEARER, but an effectual DOER, this man WILL BE BLESSED in what he does.
Psalm 119:47-48
I will delight in Your COMMANDMENTS, which I love.
And I shall lift up my hands to Your COMMANDMENTS, which I love; and I WILL MEDITATE ON YOUR STATUTES.
Psalm 119:97
Oh how I love Your LAW! It is my meditation all the day.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades, but THE WORD OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER.
I look at these verses as the indwelling of the holy spirit. Any work to be done will and is being done buy the Spirit. Do we look for the work? I say no! If we do, its then something that the flesh desires to be a part in. This verse that draws me to this cnclusion is.
James 2:26 KJV
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
When in scripture says that WORKS can't save you they are referring to THE LAW. Jesus superseded the Law and thru Him you are saved you can never keep perfect law so it can not save you BUT When they say WITHOUT WORKS YOU ARE NOT SAVED they are referring to Good Works of Love for others. Get away from Me I don't know you. Salvation can be lost. it is not a right. Thru sin and selfishness you lose your salvation. Satan believes in Jesus. Anyone can believe in Him and not be saved.
Hmmm, this conversation reminds me of the passage from Luke 13:26-27 where the unbelievers said, “Lord, lord open to us, we have eaten and drank from your table.” Then Jesus told them, “I don’t know you.” The always wise, pithy and relevant C.I. Schofield reference edition to the Bible adds the note: “Christian activity must not be equated with salvation, e.g., Judas Iscariot.”
thank you for your wisdom there are so many believers who think they will not be condemn living in sin all they have to do is just have faith they are against works if a believer as stop sin they call that works all of our righteousness is filthy rags & no one is righteous this is who they really are all who try to do it all by faith their faith is dead &all who try to do it by works they are the self righteous no not one righteous &their good deeds are filthy rags not ours we have faith + works
Without good works you don't have faith and if you don't have faith you can't be save. Titus 1:16 they profess they know me but in good works they deny me.
If we don't have good works we deny Christ. Very simple
When Paul's teaches that we are no justify by works of Law he is referring to good works done in the absence of faith. Those are the works that he was condemning. People who are under the law are those who don't have faith. God's people are not under the law but under faith and grace.
The Jews were using circumcision as the means of justifaction and not by faith. They were forcing the gentiles to be circumcise in order to be justify.
Abraham was justify before he was circumcise. Paul use that example that as proof that you don't need circumsion to be justify.
Good Day,
With ALL humility. A quick explainations of galations 5.
1. Notice is says - the works of the FLESH are evident
2. Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. (Corinthians)
3. Solution - we need to be born again spiritual birth.
4. Jesus said - what is born of Flesh is Flesh; what is born of spirit is spirit.
My humble opinion - we need to keep grace/ works and flesh/spirit seperate
"ralph yankee arnold why the unrighteous" - youtube - great sermon
God Bless
Sir, James was talking about "justification" in Chapter 2. And it was the exact same justification Paul always talked about since James uses the exact same OT passage that Paul always used ("Abraham believed God and it was reputed to him unto justification.") But there is a difference between James and Paul: James said we are justified by good works -- as did Paul in Romans 2:5-11 -- but Paul emphasized that "works of the LAW" do not justify. These Law-works are the problem.
Just because Paul and James disagreed on how Christians should be living their lives, James through obedience to the mosaic law through works of endurance and repentance and Paul through the grace of God and in the inheritance that one has received, there is no bible contradiction there. They just disagreed according to faith and works or faith without works plain and simple.
Its real simple peoples. Getting baptised in the name of the father, son & holy spirit is a work and without this work your faith alone just simply will not justify your salvation.
Baptism is indeed a good work but it is hardly the only good work we are called to do.
Quotes Ephesians 2:8-9. Ignores Ephesians 2:10 - "For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good WORKS, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
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The bible tells us how to be born again, born of God. It is not something we do, but what God does. First Corinthians 15:1-4 That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, that He was buried, and rose again on the third day, according to the scriptures. When we believe that gospel, that our sin debt has been paid, past, present, and future sins, and that we can no longer be condemned. John 3:18 Then we are sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 1:13 and 4:30.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE. God does not want us living in sin, but he paid for all the sins of the whole world, so that anyone who would believe He did it for them, would be saved. John 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE. Can you lose everlasting life? No, or it would not be everlasting life.
Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also AFTER ye believed, ye were sealed by that Holy Spirit of promise. God can not go back on His word.
God loved us so much that He was willing to send His own sinless Son to take the punishment for our sins so that any one who would believe He did it for them personally, He would give eternal life.
Romans 11:6 it is all grace, not works. We can not save ourselves. We are all sinners, Romans 3:23 There is none righteous, no not one. Romans 3:10, But God in His mercy sent His own Son to die and pay our sin debt in full, so that we would not have to go to hell to pay for them.
First John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that BELEIVE on the name of the Son of God, that ye may KNOW YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. You can not know until you believe. Then you will know. The Spirit of God who is our righteousness before God. We can only be saved by what Jesus did for us, not by anything we do or do not do. Our works. Ephesians 2:8-9
AMAZING GRACE, JESUS PAID IT ALL AND I PAID 0. IT IS FREE, or not at all. He will not pay part and let us pay part and take the glory from Him.
Repentance for salvation is a change of mind, the Greek word metanoia, which means to change your mind from trusting in what we do to save us, to trusting totally in what He did to save us.
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
John 6:29
- I think "faith without works is dead" in conjunction with John 6:29 could read as "faith without believing on Him whom the Father hath sent is dead." Maybe James here is rebuking those who think simply believing in God saves? Besides, James even talks about how the demons also believe in God and tremble.
The favorite passage of religionists, but their case isn't supported by any parallel passage. Actually something of a circular argument. The two cases cited in the passage are simply examples of exercising faith. Faith must be expressed.
James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Can faith SAVE him?
James was discussing faith without works, Paul was discussing works without faith. Both Paul and James rejects the idea that faith and works be separated.
Oh, but Paul definitely separates grace from works.
After we are saved we "should" definitely bear good fruit but it is not necessary to get saved, to stay saved or to prove we are saved. Otherwise it brings us to a works salvation.
Paul and James are talking about saving faith. But with Paul it's faith only in Christ's DBR alone but with James as he is talking to the 12 tribes of Israel (James 1:1) works WERE required by their faith. Under the kingdom gospel James (the 12 apostles) works were required in the form of being water baptized and keeping the commandments as Jesus said.
Luke 18:18 KJV And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:19 KJV And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Luke 18:20 KJV Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
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Rom 11:6 KJV And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
For anyone who is interested in rightly dividing the word of truth a couple good sources would be the berean bible society or Les feldick.
This man is knowledgeable but his whole tone is one of frustration. I would prefer that he had a more forgiving delivery as so many of us are here because we want to learn. I grew up in an Atheist household, so even though I'm an adult, this is all news to me (Good News!)
James was written before Christ died. It's so obvious it's baffling that not many see it. Justification is by faith that God is One, and obedience to the law of Moses. After Christ died, Paul, John, and James made it clear as to what saves us:
Peter: You were bought with the precious blood of Christ's death
Paul: In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins
John: The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin
(James: Was not Abraham justified by works… )
We can learn a lot from James, but not about salvation.
Danke
Amen. Jesus is Lord.
Not that convincing I’m afraid . He left out the Abraham quote. Clearly James is talking about salvation
@Infinite Adriann If Abraham simply told God he believed in Him, but refused to take Isaac and do what he was commanded to do, do you think Abraham would have still been justified before Him?
@Infinite Adriann Well just as James writes, the demons believe, and shudder. Today's believers "believe" without obedience and do not even fear Him. Demons actually have more respect for Him than today's so called believers.
James to Paul: You see how many brethren in Jerusalem believe (in Christ) and their all zealous for the law. James was safe in Jerusalem while Paul, who taught that the law was abolished, was almost killed. It was a time of transition. Didn't happen over night.
I really have to talk to James when I get to heaven. I know that his letter was of course inspired by the Holy Spirit, but I can sense something "funny" in his tone. I say this respectfully, he must have been a big fan of Moses & if it were up to him, we might all have had to be under that, but thank goodness he was spirit-led😂😂
Of course James is talking about salvation. That is beyond obvious. Its plainly written.
"14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?"
We are noi saved by works. Works is the fruit of saving faith.
By our human works no. But after we are saved, we are transformed, if not , you are not born again yet. We belive we have Gods spirit in us do we?
Amen Brothers. Roman 11:6 Romans 4:4-5 Ephesians 2:8-9 It is clear we can not earn salvation. Matthew 7:21-23 They boasted in all their good works, but never did the will of His Father. John 6:40. To many churches mix salvation with discipleship. Salvation is a free gift, discipleship is works for profit/rewards in heaven for believers. Never for salvation which is to say Jesus died in vain and we can save ourselves.
This guy Jim Kraft newborn babies commit sin when they are born. Watch out for him.
Jesus paid for all our bad deeds with his life period.Grace of God. Is all you need.
Undeserved kindness is saving sinners punishing Jesus so that Gods wrath is satisfied by Christs sacrifice.
Christ took the hell we all deserve.
One must just fully trust that.
Wouldn't be kindness if god took the gift back or if you owe afterwards.
God doesnt force anything on anyone.
So it's up to any person to accept or reject the gospel. Possibly most people reject God because people dont understand grace through the gospel of God. God already paid for it you just have to accept gods free gift of atonement.
Jesus died so we can be saved (go to heaven).
Someone had to die.
Roman's 6:23
Wow... how the Pauline dispensationalist must contort the Word to making justification sola fida, faith alone.
Show me one verse where God judges us on how strong your faith is?
The thief on the cross was planned by God and in scripture for a reason.
Contort? Lol we just know james was written to Israel under law James 1:1 and Paul alone was given the message of this dispensation of the grace of God. Being obidient to Gal 2:7-9 kjv makes religious people sick
luke 18:18
King James Version
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find FAITH on the earth?
DO YOU ACTUALLY STUDY THE WORD OF GOD OR DO YOU GET YOUR DOCTRINES FROM MAN. ROMANS IS THE GOSPEL OF JUSTIFICATION FOR GENTILES, IT THE BOOK ON SALVATION, SANCTIFICATION, GLORIFICATION. ROMANS WAS WRITTEN FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE THAT FAITH IS THE ONLY BRIDGE TO SALVATION.
Roman's 4
describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Roman's 3
describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the FAITH which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father OF ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE, THOUGH THEY BE NOT CIRCUMCISED; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that FAITH of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH.
14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
The issue is the word: Works. James was only saying faith never expressed or activated is impotent. We need a better common sense understanding.
Mathew 7:21 refers to doing the will of the father. Works seems to be involved. People please don't think the work is all about you.
OFF TOPIC --- For it is impossible to know if our fickle mind is into a fickle faith.
Surely, for we know that we are saved only by our good works.
1. "The work of God is this, to believe..." Surely, for faith is faithfulness to the will of God, the good work of none other then the indwelling Spirit.
2. We are saved the moment we enter into a love relationship with God by a gift that he cannot refuse, as it is something that he cannot create, a gift that only we can create, namely a grateful and contrite heart.
3. When 12 Bible Text claim that we are saved by faith alone, while on the other hand, 40 Bible Text claim that we are chosen only by grace, the only way that we can know the truth is to have the indwelling Holy Spirit that comes after we create a grateful and contrite heart.
4. To except the Bible definition of salvation, when it is comprised of 62 Bible contradictions, let us not be an ingrate so blinded by pride.
5. Saved by faith or chosen by grace, they are two pride inflating concepts that appeal only to pride filled and ego driven ingrates. For how could I keep by humility if I thought that my good thoughts saved me, or that God chose me because he foreknew how wonderful was my inner goodness?
6. Saving myself by faith is not a true love relationship with God,
as only I do the choosing.
7. God saving me only by grace, this also is not a true love relationship as only God has the eagerness, only God does the choosing and God must force himself upon us against our will.
8. "We love because he first loved us," now that is a true love affair between a grateful contrite heart and the Creator of life.
FAITH --- "The work of God is this, to believe..."
FAITH --- Good works performed by the Spirit after justification.
FAITH --- Faithfulness that comes only after a grateful contrite heart.
FAITH --- Faithfulness to the will of God. A fruit of the indwelling Spirit.
FAITH --- Faithfulness to the Lord's example:
“You have read that it was spoken by Moses, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ I now say to you, Do not use force to overcome evil. Instead, whenever you are slapped on the right cheek you must turn to them also the other. And one prosecuting you in court, in order the cloak of yours to take, give him also your coat.” Mt 5:38
FAITH --- Faithfulness to the Lord's example:
“Jesus answered, ‘If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’” Mt 19:21
Can somebody tell me where that guy gets his hair cut?
This is serious stuff, and you talk about hairstyles. I suggest you switch to another channel.
How does your statements here deal with the real issue - is James talking about eternal salvation or as the video says, temporal judgement only in this lifetime?
To objective viewers: Grace - a gift only... or, an undeserved kindness?
(Ps 144:3 - KJV 2000) "LORD, what is man,... that you make account of him!"
(He 2:6 - KJV 2000) "What is man, that you are mindful of him?"
(Ps 103:10 - KJV 2000) "[God] has NOT dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities."
(Ro 5:18; 6:23 - KJV 2000) "By the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation... For the wages of sin is death."
(2 Co 6:1 - CEV) "We beg you to make good use of God's gift of UNDESERVED grace."
(2 Co 6:1 - GWT) "We urge you not to let God's kindness be wasted on you."
How saved?
(Ro 6:15 - KJV) "Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid."
(Eph 2:10 - KJV) "For we are... created in Christ Jesus unto good WORKS, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." [Paul]
(Ac 26:20 - KJV) "Turn to God, and do WORKS meet for repentance." [Paul]
(2 Php 2:12 - KJV) "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." [Paul]
(Lu 13:24 - KJV) "Strive [KJV Lexicon - "struggle"] to enter in at the strait gate."
(1 Pe 4:18 - NIV) "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly?"
(Mt 24:13 - KJV) "He that shall endure unto the end... shall be saved."
So, does Paul, who just above emphasized "works," contradict himself? 🤔 Not really.
Note which works were overrided by faith: (Ga 2:16; 3:24, 25 - KJV) "A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.... The law WAS our tutor to bring us to Christ.... After faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor."
(Ro 3:28 - NIV) "A person is justified by faith apart from the works ["deeds" - KJV] of the law."
(Ro 3:29 - NKJV) "Or is He the God of the Jews only?"
Though Jews would automatically discern which works Paul was referring to, Christians today would have to be educated on the "works of the law" of Moses, which, as shown here scripturally, applied to "the Jews only."
On the other hand, the faithful abound in Christian works, as admonished in above verses, and beyond.
IS it not advantageous to compare "all Scripture", which "is profitable for doctrine,... for instruction," (2 Ti 3:16 - KJV) to gain a more accurate understanding of God's word - rather than to simply trust in man-made dogmas, based on certain passages which merely appear to attribute to all works that which Paul applied only to "works of the [Mosaic] law?"
(Eph 2:10 - KJV) "For we are... created in Christ Jesus unto GOOD WORKS, which God hath before ordained that WE should walk in them."
Thus, entirely compatible with James' words: (Jas 2:24) "A man is to be declared righteous by works and not by faith alone." - Christian works indeed! Not just faith.
James 2, the salvation-by-works view is contradictory with Romans 4:4-8, yet both are true - in different contexts. James is speaking to "brethren", a word he uses 17 times, so he's talking to the already saved; therefore, if works naturally followed faith, then saying that "faith without works is dead" is nonsense to saved brethren! Unless there is a such thing as "faith without works".
Verse 18 sums it up. James is writing about witness, and service to the Lord, not salvation, which Paul wrote about in Romans.
Verse 26 gives us a clear analogy. In the Greek, he says "Exactly like a body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead" .
So is a body without a spirit, still a body? Yes
Is a body without a spirit a false body? No.
So is faith without works still faith? Yes.
Is faith without works a false faith? No.
It's just lifeless and stinks.
+N0TS0SUBTLE It's the same word as Jesus used in John 3.
www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G4100&t=KJV
The Bible, taken as a whole, is clear---BOTH faith AND good works are necessary for salvation.
Amen brothers. Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Irrevocable. Can not be changed back. John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the children of God, even to them that believe on His name. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, physical death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
I do love the KJV bible. It is full of Gods promises to us. Once we have received the free gift, we should live for the Lord for rewards in heaven and to keep from the chastening of the Lord.
But the GIFT of God is eternal life. That has nothing to do with how we live or what we do, our works. Ephesians 2:8-9 SInce the gift of God is eternal life, and we did nothing for it, we have nothing to boast in. You can not boast in free. Free means the absence of work. Already paid in full. Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt. But to Him that worketh not, but believe on Him who justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. God can not be in debt to us. We are in debt to him big time, a debt we could never pay. That is why it can only be free.
If salvation was not a free gift, no one could be saved. A condemned sinner can not redeem himself. John 3:18 I love Gods word. John 6:47 AMAZING GRACE, JESUS PAID IT ALL AND WE PAID 0. IT IS FREE.
Well I think we should forget that word works and concentrate instead on fruit
Yes, you did, but not with understanding where it all started.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-
Faith is a gift from God granted to those who have repented first.
9not by works, so that no one can boast.
Our works we've done regardless of how noble or much (Outside of Christ) are as filthy rags in God's eyes.
Paul makes clear that we are to do works in Christ Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Jesus says we are to do works (bear fruit) in His name.
John 15:1-6
Matthew 10:8
Matthew 28:19
John 14:12
And More.
James and Paul are on the exact same page.
Acts 26:20
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God,(Believe) and do works meet for repentance.
Show your faith through your works (actions)
James 2:14 What doth it profit,my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
James 2:17-19
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
James 2:21-24
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Without works Abraham's faith would have been meaninglessThat is why Jesus and Paul say to repent first which is evidence of faith.
It has nothing to do with works. You listed Ephesians 2: 8-9, it says it right there "not of works". Remember, scripture also tells us "God is not the author of confusion" so if you think Ephesians 2: 8-9 doesn't mean what it says, do you not think that would be a tad bit.. oh I dunno... *CONFUSING* ??? How would a kid reading the Bible ever except to understand what it meant if nothing God listed directly as his word meant as it says?
Why oh why oh why oh why must people always try to justify their works? Oh I know.. the pride of man has no bounds. The gospel was designed to be a direct assault on man's pride
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Is changing one's conduct works?
The verse of james and paul are connected, they do not contradict, remember they must come together, true love of God is by grace, when your heart is full of love by God, then the works will always be there,
Faith = loving God,
If you have this two then that is called true faith
If one is missing it is called hypocricy
The devils know Jesus, but are condemned, they do no good works.
Those who are known by God, know Jesus ,hear Christ and do, Luke 6 : 46,"And why call Me,Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"