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To: MurphsLaw; Old Yeller; ConservativeMind; ealgeone; Mark17; fishtank; boatbums; Luircin; ...
"Where is the Love? So what is one to make of this legal process you describe without Love? Love seems to take a backseat in this explanation. St. Paul clearly cautions in his 1 Cor 13 Love dissertation the centralness of Love- In fact you could say it carries more importance than even Faith for him: “So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” This summarizes what St. Paul is clear about a few verses earlier as he writes...that: "and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I AM NOTHING. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I GAIN NOTHING. The strong use of the word "nothing" here by St. Paul - to me - does not seem to fit very well at all into your description. "Nothing" as stated - to me - would mean a breach of any Justification... How is this reconciled then?"

Maybe if you read more of the article, then maybe you might have perceived - by the grace of God - that the qualifying clarification, "saving faith must demonstrate itself to be the genuine article by producing good works. It is possible to profess saving faith but not possess saving faith (James 2:14-25). What distinguishes true faith from a mere claim to faith is the presence of good works (Gal. 5:6)" encompasses love, even as the last verse quoted states, "For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love." (Galatians 5:6)

Thus while this expression of faith and which faith effects can be elaborated on in a longer article, there is no contradiction ("does not seem to fit very well") as you seem to imagine.

[Charity] rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; (1 Corinthians 13:6)

12 posted on 07/13/2021 6:02:23 AM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: daniel1212
I was hoping to drill down on 1 Cor 13....

And what it should mean for us...
17 posted on 07/13/2021 1:15:06 PM PDT by MurphsLaw ("If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.")
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