No I don't see a yes/no answer to the specific point of the thread, and your teaching about it doesn't answer it plainly:
How can faith alone, never be alone? And if faith alone is really not alone, then how so without works?
I'm just curious to hear anyone answer the question simply. I say the statement is of course false and a silly attempt to make someone faith alone have some substance and evidence to it without works.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Faith alone, can never not be alone, except it be with works.
In any case, I do want to commend you on separating yourself from OSAS hypocrisy in several important ways:
1. You do acknowledge Scripture teaching us we can ensure we never fall in sinning, by adding to our faith the things that accompany salvation in spiritual works first, and also in the flesh. (
2 Peter 1)
2. You also acknowledge the truth of Scripture that only past sinning is forgiven, and if, not when, we do sin, then we must and can confess with godly sorrow to be forgiven by Jesus, even as when we first confessed unto forgiveness of all our past sinning. (
Romans 3) (
1 John 1-2)
The importance of acknowledge these two things, is that you continue in the fear of the Lord not to go on sinning, which OSAS casts away by declaring all men are sinners from cradle to grave, including Christians, who are not different than sinners when it comes to sinning in works of the flesh. The OSAS ones just declare themselves non-condemned while doing so. When they are not being justified by good works of faith, they continue to justify themselves during sinful works of the flesh.
Your OSAS errors however, I believe are in words only with you:
1. Your teaching of remaining perfect in God's sight while sinning with the devil is false of course, but you don't really believe that with the heart, else you would not be teaching the truth, that if we sin, we must confess such sinning unto forgiveness by Jesus.
If we are not condemned while sinning like the world, and are still judged righteous and perfect in His sight, then there is no condemnation nor need of forgiveness. And so, to try and confess such sinning with godly sorrow to be forgiven, would become unbelief and forbidden.
2. I also believe you're teaching salvation by faith alone without works, is in words only, and for you is nothing but a doctrinal distinction without a practical difference. You do believe and practice the truth of obtaining eternal salvation in the end
by obeying Jesus, and not just by only believing He is the one true God, even as the devils also believe.
I have heard from righteous saints as yourself trying to teach some sort of initial salvation by faith alone, which must be followed with works of righteousness by faith, and condemn sinning in the flesh, even as Jesus did on earth. I just don't except there are two salvations, initially by faith alone, and then with works of faith. Since any and all faith alone is dead, especially when it comes to saving any man.
The error of initial faith alone without works, is in only seeing works as the natural man. The natural man does not see the spiritual things, but only the flesh, and so believes there must always be a certain temporal timeline between faith and works. However, in your teaching oabout faith and works, you need to consider the first works of our faith and fighting our spiritual warfare within. We must do these spiritual first works with Jesus' help, to resist the devil's temptations in our renewed mind of Christ, that we may not fall to temptation in the flesh.
I know you do these spiritual works within with Jesus, for your own soul sake, else you could not possibly believe you have power and assurance not to fall. Carnal OSAS believers won't even acknowledge cleansing our spirit first, much less agree anyone can cleanse the flesh thereby:
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.