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To: editor-surveyor
The Bible tells us that Faith is completed by works.

Don't you have that in your book of James?

James 2: 14-26
 
Faith and Works.* 14What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?i 15If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, 16and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?j 17So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

18Indeed someone might say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works. 19You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and tremble. 20Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless? 21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?k 22You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by the works. 23Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called “the friend of God.”l 24See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by a different route?m 26For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.


374 posted on 01/19/2012 9:10:04 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

Faith is answered with salvation, thus leading to works.

Works are a good indicator; if there are no works, then there wasn’t likely any salvation. That is Paul’s point of view, and Paul was the only one to receive direct infusion of the gospel from Christ himself; the others had to figure it out piecemeal.


377 posted on 01/19/2012 9:17:38 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: Salvation
Don't you have that in your book of James?

If you want to know what God says, you need to get a bible that includes the book of Ephesians...and Romans...

I hope you don't cook the same way you read the bible...

400 posted on 01/20/2012 6:19:52 AM PST by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailerpark...)
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