James 2:23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.
And yet Catholics continually neglect to include that verse when they address the faith vs faith plus works issue.
It's not that faith plus works save.
It's that faith that saves produces works, which is how you know you have saving faith.
Works are the evidence that saving faith exists. They don't *complete* it. They announce it.
And yet Catholics continually neglect to include that verse when they address the faith vs faith plus works issue.
It's not that faith plus works save.
It's that faith that saves produces works, which is how you know you have saving faith.
Works are the evidence that saving faith exists. They don't *complete* it. They announce it.
It is interesting that you did not include the verses immediately following:
See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And 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? For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. (James 2:24-26)I will stay with what the Bible actually. Peace.