Yet Paul said if abraham was justified by works he has somethign to boast about. And that salvation would be a wage, not a grace gift (romans 4)
Did James contradict paul?
Or are paul and james in agreement, and can you explain how, with your interpretation of james. they agree?
Friend, You are asking all the right questions!
Danthemailman is the one causing the contradiction between Paul and James.
As I have taught you both before,
What works is Paul teaching against in the book of Romans?
Answer, the works of the law of Moses!
Friend, Romans 4 is teaching those Jews that works of the law of Moses cannot save!
Paul is also using Abraham as the example that Abraham was not saved by ever keeping the law of Moses!
Also in Romans Paul is teaching that meritorious works do not save,
Paul taught about meritorious works also in Ephesians 2:8-9.
Paul in Romans 4 never taught that Abraham was righteous because of a dead faith that was alone.
Paul was teaching those Jews that Abraham's faith was not in the law of Moses but in God!
That is the faith that Paul and James taught saves us.
True Biblical faith believes God, therefore it trusts God. That trust is why Abraham left his country, and did works of obedience.
Martin Luther inserted that Paul was teaching faith without works in Romans.
But listen to Paul teach the same faith that James teaches in,
Galatians 5:6.
Paul tells you the only kind of faith that profits a man is a faith that works from love of God.
Did you know that faith alone is dead and has no love?
You are trying to be saved by a loveless fath friend.
Jesus teaches us that love for Him is when we obey His commandments.
John 14:15-31
Saving faith loves God because it obeys Him.
The faith that saved A Abraham was an obedient faith