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If I said that there is a thing called the work of God (done through the believer), you would not argue with me that the work of God is a part of God. But when we come to faith and works and we say the work of faith is not the faith then you start to contradict yourself.

No. Not every person who has been born again remains saved their whole life. In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, when the son came home and sought forgiveness with his father, he said of his son that he was “dead” and he is “alive AGAIN.” (See: Luke 15:11-32). The parable is speaking in...

1 John 1:7 says if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 2:9-11 says by its indirect wording that…. Walking in the light = Loving your brother. In other words, 1 John 1:7 is saying if love...

No. 1 John 3:7 says he that does righteousness is righteous (Note: This would be in our Sanctification AFTER we are saved by God’s grace in our Initial Salvation). Acts of the Apostles 10:35 says: “But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.” In...

There is a difference between… #1. The Initial Salvation by God’s grace by faith vs. #2. The Continued Faith in continuing to stand upon the gospel and in entering the Sanctification of the Spirit of God to live a holy life. Both stages require faith but both types of faith are not exactly the...

Then what was your point about how we need works when He returns?

Then you need works of faith as a part of salvation to enter the Kingdom.

Again, I already told you that I agree that James is talking about CONTINUED Faith and not the Initial Act of Faith in being saved by God's grace. But where your faith in Protestantism fails or self implodes is that you basically say: #1. A faith that does not have works means a person is not...

I agree, brother. But I do delight in the Lord by the opposition. It makes me want to obey the Lord all the more in all things. I just don't understand why they would speak against disobeying God's commands. That to me is puzzling. Anyways, thank you for the likes, and may God bless you and...

Do you have a verse or passage that says that works only need to be present only when Jesus comes back? Anyways, that kind of thinking really does not work with a normal reading on James 2. James says faith without works is dead as a point to those who were not loving the poor brethren...

Peace, blessings, and all good things be unto you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. First, I disagree with your support of the Protestant interpretation on 1 John 1:8 that says we must sin a little bit or we must always sin this side of Heaven (Which would include sins that lead unto death...

So you don’t believe God gives a person grace to do all these things in this life? When does God demand that we must do them daily or weekly or even monthly? Are these kinds of commands if broken the kind of sin that leads unto spiritual death? Can a believer help the poor in other ways and...

How do you know I commit sin regularly? You don’t know my heart, thoughts, or life. You are not God to be able to know all of what I do. Only God can truly make that determination.

Well, I didn’t write the Bible. God did. So I don’t demand anything. God’s Word demands things of us believers. I am just a messenger of God’s Word and I am simply relaying to you what it says. If you don’t like what the Bible says, then that’s on you. If you disagree with my...

Well, I don’t justify sin, dear sir; And I am willing to face the music if I don’t meet the standard in living properly or holy for the Lord in this life. I believe in working out my salvation with fear and trembling. You are not willing to do that. I believe in honoring God’s Word. You...

Who said that don’t believe it is possible? Doesn’t it bother you that you have to twist Scripture that talks about holy living as a part of salvation? Want about your twisting of Philippians 2:12? How do you sleep at night?

@mailmandan The problem in making the word “justified” as being non-salvific in James 2:24 is because that does not fit the context. Faith without works is dead (James 2:17). The whole of the context is salvation. James 2:14 says, “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath...

Faith without works is dead (James 2:17). We both agree that this would be a CONTINUED faith, and not our Initial Faith in being saved by God’s grace (without works). However, where we disagree is that you think these works are non-salvific. Yet, if one does not have these works in their...

The problem is that you try to separate faith from works. You say it is the evidence of faith (which is a contradictory statement by you), and if so… then it is not separate from the faith. For James says he will SHOW you his faith by his works (James 2:18). James says you can make your faith...

But James is not talking about a non-salvific discussion. He never changed his topic of discussion on the matter. James 1:12 says Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James...