you have made many words but not answered my question!
I do not believe that an answer given by me will be accepted so I will forget your question.
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you have made many words but not answered my question!
Correct. James was giving us the mind of Christ in this verse.
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. (James 1:27)
So, before God and the Father, there is such a thing as pure religion.
hmmmmm, your rational is peculiar. I deduct from your previous reply to my question in the light of what you have just said that you then deliberately avoided it....hmmmm!I do not believe that an answer given by me will be accepted so I will forget your question.
Has anyone else noticed what these scriptures says? It says for us not to call no man on Earth 'Father'? Does that mean I am not suppose to call my physical male parent 'Father'? Am I sinning if I do?But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren.
9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
10 And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.
This why the believer needs a continual cleansing through the precious blood, as s/he walks in the light in fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (John's First Epistle).That is the point. No man can keep himself unspotted from the world. Religions ran by men become corrupt.
You have jumped to a false concussion. What James wrote was specifically written to the Jews (James 1:1) teaching the law. But the religious say that since it is in the Bible it is written to the Gentiles too. That is a false concussion. Either it was written to the Jews only or James 1:1 is a lie.
Again you refuse to admit that those believing Jews were only mad a Paul and not James. Common sense tells me that James was teaching that the Jews were still under the Law and Paul was teaching that they were not.
But the religious stick their heads in the sand and say they were teaching the same things when common sense says they were not.
As was the epistle to the Hebrews, which clearly taught them that the Old Covenant was null and void. James was fully aware of this since He met the resurrected Savior personally.Yes James is written to the Jewish people...
A clear understanding of Hebrews 8 will tell you that while the Old covenant was vanishing away, the New Covenant contains aspects of the Old.As was the epistle to the Hebrews, which clearly taught them that the Old Covenant was null and void.
Does that include tattoo's?This why the believer needs a continual cleansing through the precious blood, as s/he walks in the light in fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (John's First Epistle).
This why the believer needs a continual cleansing through the precious blood, as s/he walks in the light in fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (John's First Epistle).