James 2 is not teaching that we can have faith without works, but rather having faith without good works does not save nor justify any man.
There is no such thing as having faith without works, because it's not possible for any man to be without works at all, so as to neither be doing good or evil. In such a case, there would be no works for God to judge and justify or condemn. Which is never possible, since God does judge every man by his works.
There is no 'neutral' ground with God. We are either on the Lord's side by our deeds, or the devil's. We are either doing works in the light or of darkness.
Only babes have no works, neither any faith.
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth)
And so, the whole gospel of being saved or justified by faith without works, is a Christian canard, that hides claiming to be saved and justified by faith with evil works.
By the examples given, God in James 2 is talking about faith without good works, not about no works at all. By not doing good when we can, it is judged by God as an evil work of omission.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
And so we see that man is never 'without works', neither doing good or evil, whether by commission or omission. That is true only for babes.
There is no doctrine of having faith alone without works. God says that is a dead issue. What some unrepented Christian sinners do preach, is being saved and justified by God, while sinning against God and man.
There is no such thing as having faith without works, because it's not possible for any man to be without works at all, so as to neither be doing good or evil. In such a case, there would be no works for God to judge and justify or condemn. Which is never possible, since God does judge every man by his works.
There is no 'neutral' ground with God. We are either on the Lord's side by our deeds, or the devil's. We are either doing works in the light or of darkness.
Only babes have no works, neither any faith.
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth)
And so, the whole gospel of being saved or justified by faith without works, is a Christian canard, that hides claiming to be saved and justified by faith with evil works.
By the examples given, God in James 2 is talking about faith without good works, not about no works at all. By not doing good when we can, it is judged by God as an evil work of omission.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
And so we see that man is never 'without works', neither doing good or evil, whether by commission or omission. That is true only for babes.
There is no doctrine of having faith alone without works. God says that is a dead issue. What some unrepented Christian sinners do preach, is being saved and justified by God, while sinning against God and man.