“This is exactly what Jesus taught.
Paul was only saying that we could not work our way to salvation through the law because works with out faith is also dead.”
Yes, exactly right. You can’t save yourself with works, as all our works are as filthy rags to God. So, how do you think God will judge us if He judges us based on those works?
“Jesus is going to raise all of those whose name is written in the book of life, the names written in the book of life are there or not there depending on their works.”
Actually, it doesn’t say that in the description of the second resurrection. It says those who are not found in the book of life are cast into the lake of fire. It is conspicuously silent about any who might be found in the book of life at that time, probably because they were already resurrected during the first resurrection.
It is conspicuously silent about any who might be found in the book of life at that time, probably because they were already resurrected during the first resurrection.
That is the reason for the books, if no one was going to be judged righteous by their works they would have all ready been judged.
I know a few men ( and thank God only a few )who help people for two reasons, one is that they want to be talked about as a good guy, and the other is because they want every one to owe them.
In this case god would owe them.
The pure hearted person will help some one with out thought of a reward of some kind or another.
Matthew 25:31-46
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
The ones on the right hand are the ones who,s names will be in the book of life
And if we keep on reading we can see that Jesus does expect us to do the works as he outlined them.