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Tom, I have formatted and uploaded 5 sermons I have composed and preached this year from James 2. They are: James 2:1-7 (NIV): Faith and playing favourites in church, Part 1 James 2:8-9 (NIV): Faith and playing favourites in church, Part 2 James 2:10-13 (NIV): Break one law and you’ve...

The quote from John Piper, the Baptist Protestant, agrees with Scripture. There's no need to shout at me. Oz

There was no need to mention James 2 when I was dealing with justification by faith in Rom 3:28; 5:1 (ESV). I'm not back-peddling. I'm clarifying the teaching. However, today (Saturday) I'll upload my sermons on James 2 so that you understand clearly what I teach. Justification by works can...

Tom, I have never said that; I don't teach that and I don't believe that. It seems as though I may need to put my sermons on James 2 on my homepage for you to see that I am convinced from the Scripture of James 2 that genuine faith is always accompanied by good works. Otherwise, the faith is...

Tom, You have failed to read John Piper, the Baptist Protestant, accurately. James 2:26 (ESV) reads, ‘For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead’ (ESV). 1. Just as the body apart from the spirit is dead (v. 26) What happens when your spirit...

I also know how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Tom, See, Does James Contradict Paul? by John Piper. I'm on the Bible's side of the justification truth. Oz

'Christians are cannibalistic, incestuous, ass-worshiping magicians who practice dangerous superstitions. Or at least that is what early critics thought' (source).

I showed you how Exodus 7:1-13 (ESV) was God's miracle in action and not sorcery. God performed signs and wonders and that included devouring what the sorcerers had conjured.

You still miss the point. My being far from righteous is not dealing with the biblical teaching on justification by faith. God declares me righteous by faith. He's the judge in the court and had already determined I'm righteous before him. It's a forensic act by God. Romans 3:28 (ESV) and...

You don't seem to be able to differentiate between miracles and magic. When you understand the nature of God, you 'll see that miracles demonstrate the power of God, not the power of sorcery. Read the whole of Tobit and you read weird things that are contrary to other parts of Scripture. Oz

God, the Judge, has declared me righteous before him by his action through my faith in Jesus Christ. It's a result of God's instantaneous action when I place my faith in Jesus. There is none of Oz's theory here, but all of God's teaching on justification by faith (Rom 5:1 ESV). It doesn't make...

Mungo, This is what happens when you don't read the text in context. This is what Exodus 7:1-13 (ESV) states: There is not a word here about magic. It is all about the Lord acting on Pharaoh with signs and wonders. How dare you attribute to an occult source what God has stated HE did. You...

You don't understand Romans 5:1 (ESV), 'Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.' Christians 'have been justified by faith'. The verb for 'have been justified' is dikaiwthenies, the aorist, passive participle of didaiow. it refers...

Angelina, It would be impossible for me to imagine such as situation as I only know this world from the perspective of sinful consequences chosen by Adam and Eve. In addition, in the sovereign plan of God, what we have today is what God knew would happen or intended to happen. If we were to...

Nice try, Mike, but it's nothing more than your self-created hypothesis that needs testing with the evidence. To this point, what you've stated here contains your presuppositions that need testing. As for 'no recognised biblical authority' frequently Christian forums, that is not based on...

Mike, Those are profound questions. Thank you for asking them. I eagerly await an answer from Tom. Oz

Tom, I have reconsidered and am providing a more detailed response to your points: 1. Thank you for making my point. I agree with you. "Jesus repeats a truth" which means it was important which is why he repeated it. Oz: You are not referring to the truth to which I referred. I’ll repeat...

Tom, I'm not the slightest bit interested in articulating my theory. I spent a lot of time exegeting the Scripture for you to demonstrate that you can't understand basic exegesis of the text. I will not be discussing further with you as we are not on the same page of Scripture and are...

Tom, That is not the Roman Catholic understanding of apostolic succession which states: Now to those 'pieces of plastic' that have such real value to the RCC people in prayer. There is not a shred of evidence in support of rosary beads in Scripture. ZERO. :P Regarding the worship of Mary...

Tom, Your claim is: Let's check who is really right or wrong. It's an issue of biblical interpretation in context. If you are WRONG then you are divisive. When Jesus says this is my flesh/blood and you then say it isn't....you are being divisive. One of us is right and the other is wrong. No...