no, please read James about faith and works and get back to me. we will discuss.then it is not of grace. it is of works.
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no, please read James about faith and works and get back to me. we will discuss.then it is not of grace. it is of works.
James?no, please read James about faith and works and get back to me. we will discuss.
James is simple;James?
what about paul and Jesus?
Did James contradict them
read these passages and get back with me when you can show me works required by these two
John 1: 11: 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12. But AS MANY AS HAVE RECIEVED HIM, to THEM he gave the right to become children, even TO THEM WHO BELIEVE 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (no works)
John 3, FOR God so loved the world he gave his only son that WHOEVER BELIEVES (trusts) in him will NEVER PERISH, and LIVE FOREVER (eternal life) for the son was not sent to judge, but that the world might be saved, he who BELIEVES is NOT CONDEMNED, he who does not believe is condemned already (no works)
John 4: 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will NEVER THIRST. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into EVERLASTING LIFE” (no works)
John 5: 24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he whoever HEARS MY WORD and BELIEVES IN HIM WHO SENT ME who sent Me HAS ETERNAL LIFE and SHALL NOT COME INTO JUDGMENT but HAS PASSED FROM DEATH TO LIFE (No works)
John 6: 35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. HE WHO COMES TO ME shall NEVER HUNGER and he who BELIEVES IN ME shall NEVER THIRST (NO WORKS)
John 6: 37: and THE ONE WHO COMES TO ME I WILL BY NO MEANS CAST OUT 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, thatof all He has given Me I SHAL LOSE NOTHING, but SHOULD RAISE IT UP ON THE LAST DAY. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that EVERYONE WHO SEES AND BELIEVES IN HIM MAY HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE AND I WILL (NOT MIGHT) RAISE HIM ON THE LAST DAY (NO WORKS)
John 6: 47 Most assuredly, I say to you, HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME HAS EVERLASTING LIFE. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that THAT ONE MAY EAT OF IT AND NOT DIE 51 am the living bread which came down from heaven. IF ANYONE EATS THIS BREAD HE WILL LIVE FOREVER (NO WORKS)
John 6: 63 It is the SPIRIT WHO GIVES LIFE ; the flesh profits nothing. THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK to you ARE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE (SIGNIFYING THE BREAD FROM HEAVEN, THE FLESH AND BOOD ARE THE WORDS JESUS SPOKE. NOT THE PHYSICAL FOOD OR WORKS,)
EPH 1: 13 In Him YOU ALSO TRUSTED , after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also ,HAVING BELIEVED YOU WERE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE 14 who IS THE GAURANTEE OF OUR INHERITANCE until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
THE INHERITANCE HE SAID WE ALREADY HAD IN THE 1ST 12 VERSES. (AGAIN, NO WORKS)
eph 2: 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses,MADE US ALIVE together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and RAISED US UP TOGETHER , and MADE US SIT TOGETHER IN HEAVENLY PLACES 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED (A COMPLETED ACTION) THROUGH FAITH , (AS MANY AS HAVE RECIEVED) and that NOT OF YOURSELVES ; it IS THE GIFT OF GOD, 9 NOT OF WORKS LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST (NO WORKS)
rom 4: 3 For what does the Scripture say? “ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND HE ACOUNTED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” 4 Now TO HIM WHO WORKS, THE WAGES ARE NOT COUNTED AS GRACE BUT DEBT (Works cancels out grace. and makes it a wage) 5 But TO HIM WHO DOES NOT WORK but BELIEVES ON HIM WHO JUSTIFIES THE UNGOLDY , his HIS FAITH IS ACCOUNTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS (AGAIN NO WORKS. PERIOD)
rom 4: 16 Therefore IT IF OF FAITH THAT IT MAY BE ACCORDING TO GRACE , so that THE PROMISE MAY BE SURE TO ALL THE SEED not only to those who are of the law, but also TO THOSE WHO ARE OF THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM , who is the father of us all (AGAIN, NO WORKS, IT IS OF GRACE THROUGH FAITH)
Rom 4: 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24 but ALSO FOR US, IT SHALL BE IMPUTED TO US WHO BELIEVE IN HIM WHO RAISED UP JESUS OUR LORD FROM THE DEAD , 25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was RAISED BECAUSE OF OUR JUSTIFICATION (AGAIN NO WORKS)
Rom 11: 6 And IF BY GRACE, THAN IT IS NO LONGER OF WORKS, ; otherwise GRACE IS NO LONGER GRACE.But IF IT IS OF WORKS, THEN IT IS NO LONGER OF GRACE. OTHERWISE WORK IS NO LONGER WORK (AS i HAVE SAID NUMEROUS TIME, GRACE + WORKS = WORKS.. GRACE AND WORKS CAN NOT MIX IN THE AREA OF SALVATION. ITS LIKE MIXING OIL AND WATER)
2 Tim 1: 9 who HAS SAVED US (A COMPLETED ACTION) and called us with a holy calling, NOT ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS , but ACCORDING TO HIS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE which was GIVEN TO US in Christ Jesus BEFORE TIME BEGAN (AGAIN, NO WORKS. BUT GRACE)
Titus 3: 4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (GOOD DEEDS) WHICH WE HAVE DONE , but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED USthrough the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE we should become HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE
(AGAIN, NO QUESTION HERE. PAUL LEAVES NO QUESTION. NO GOOD DEED CAN SAVE US,. WE ARE SAVED BY GODS MERCY, AND GIVEN THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. WHICH IS PROMISED BEFORE TIME BEGAN
Titus 1: 2 in HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE which GOD WHO CAN NOT LIE PROMISED BEFORE TIME BEGAN
this is what our faith is in, the grace and mercy of God. not our deeds.
So it’s you saving yourself ? And not God keeping you like he promisedits conditional as long as we abide in Christ YES
OkJames is simple;
Jas 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
some versions as BSB use deeds instead of works.
Please read James 2 for full context.
James explains also to be doers of the words and not listeners only.
Jas 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
it is not just about believing, Jesus and James are clear on this.
Jesus is simple also as he said, "if you love me keep my commandments" he also explains deeds and how important they are. When Jesus said, “I was hungry and you gave Me food… inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me” (Matthew 25:35, 40), He showed that our deeds matter. These are not just random acts of kindness—they are the natural fruit of a heart changed by God, a life walking in obedience to His commandments. Helping the poor, welcoming strangers, and visiting the sick are deeds of love, and love is the foundation of God’s law. Those who truly follow Him will live this love in action. Their works do not earn salvation, but they prove their faith is real. In the judgment, Jesus does not ask what we believed only, but what we did. Our deeds reveal whether we have obeyed His call to love.
Paul also said to keep the commandments in a few verses somewhere.
The issue is this is the most important issue in our faithWithout Judgement and Critics, there is nothing to really provide discussion.
This is why this so called doctrine is debated, but also many others. That is why dissension happens, and that is just of the flesh.
The issue is this is the most important issue in our faith
Dies God save completely or does he not?
James is not an Apostle
His works doctrine directly contradicts the Apostle Paul in Roman 11:6
Every one of the 47,000 Christian Denominations claim exactly what you claim when you stated that your views are supported by Gods Word. The problem I see with such a statement, is many of those 47,000 Denominations have radically different and opposing views. But they all claim what you claim, while we know that opposing views can't all be Gods Word.My views were given, and supported according to Gods Word.
I didn’t speak to THAT point…
However Scripture Does.
* Records of Evidence precludes A Judgement.
* Gods Evidence…IS Recorded IN HIS BOOKS (records)
* The Accused Shall stand Before the Judge.
* The Books of Evidence are Opened.
* According TO the Evidence Revealed…
* The Judge Pronounces JUDGEMENT upon the Accused.
Actually, Scripture Reveals, God IS ALL Knowing… human men ARE Not All Knowing.
Nothing NEW, is Revealed to God.
What “was, is, shall be”…is continuously Revealed / Manifested to Man!
Yikes… You are projecting A Declarative Judgement AND Sentence IS carried out… “without Evidence Revealed or Considered”…
That is False…
What God Knows is not in debate.
When God Knew is not in debate.
* It is “some” men, who KNOW NOT, what “Evidence” is Against Them… UNTIL…
Gods Books OF Evidence ARE OPENED, Revealed, ARE the Facts, Truths, FOR each INDIVIDUALS “Judgement” the ”Judge Shall Pronounce.”
Regardless OF What, When, Gods Knows…
“Judgement” HAS NOT come to pass, been manifested, Yet Revealed.
You completely Skip over… the JUST importance of Evidence Against “the Accused…
With the Lord God …AND…Without the Lord God”.
What iS YOUR EVIDENCE, that I made that Claim?
Quote me.
What is your Evidence that I made that Claim”?
Quote me.
Again make your Accusation against me, with My quote of Evidence, to prove YOUR Accusation.
The Reformers all believed OSAS, so I have no idea what your late father in law was on about. It sounds like he may have been suffering from some mental disease, because everyone who holds to Reformed Theology knows OSAS is one of the five points of T.U.L.I.PAha, Reformed Theology.
I have been raised in a back then Calvinistic country. When I came to Christ I went to the Reformed church of my wife. Her father, my dear father in law was an elder and sometimes we had a discussion, and I said, I am saved, and he said no no no, you can't say that, nobody can know that, God decides who is elected. And I said, look here in the Bible, and there, and there, I believe what Jesus says..... But he kept shaking his head. And as a reformed believer he was right, it's what Reformed Theology teaches. And as a reformed believer he lived in fear, not knowing where he would end up after death. And on his death bed his eyes were full of fear, my wife praying with and for him, signing his favorite psalms. An awful sight it was.
So, as a Reformed believer I don't understand why you would even talk about a man-made doctrine like OSAS.
No, no, no nobody has free choice. That "free choice" movement came directly from the pits of hell. I have nomore choice than a prisoner of SatanHave it your way, it's your choice!

Let me answer with a question.Let me ask you a question: Which truly belongs to God—life or death? If life belongs to God, how can He then use death to judge humanity? Wouldn’t that mean Satan and the devil have won?"
are you not Human? Did God not make you in his image?No, no, no nobody has free choice. That "free choice" movement came directly from the pits of hell. I have nomore choice than a prisoner of Satan![]()