Jesus and the Penitent Woman
Dear Bro. John,
Grace and Peace,
I am very busy these days as you can see in my Blog but we will refute this one. My assistant apologist who is an expert in Berean Forum Debates with Baptists will respond to this one. For the meantine here is my simple analysis of the text:
["..the purpose of this lesson is to clear up any confusion or misunderstanding that may be in your mind.]
Glad to know that they are aware that their own members are having confusions because of their confusing doctrine with the teachings of Sacred Scriptures. This confusion is brought by their invented doctrine: SOLA FIDE or FAITH ALONE which is unbiblical.
[Furthermore, it is to give you the needed tools to be able to state why you believe what you believe.]
What you believe is erroneous because Faith Alone is not a Biblical doctrine but man-made. It is invented by Martin Luther.
[Nothing we do will make us worthy of salvation.]
It is correct if work is seen outside of God's grace. But if we are under the grace of God and when our work is done with Faith then what we do can lead us to salvation. Jesus Himself proves this:
Mt 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but HE THAT DOETH the will of my Father which is in heaven.
See. The Lord Jesus categorically states that salvation shall be attained by those who DO the will of God. It is not just believing but "Doing". That is why it must be BELIEVING AND DOING or DOING AND BELIEVING. These Baptists are so blind that they have forgotten the fact that when Jesus was asked what is the required to gain eternal life the Lord DIDN'T SAY "BELIEVE IN ME ALONE" or "HAVE FAITH ONLY" or "Just believe in Me and you will be saved" or "Just accept Me as your personal Lord and Savior and you will be saved." Nothing of these sort. All these junks are not mentioned by Jesus and was not given. This is what has been given by the Lord:
Matthew 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
The Question is clear: "What good thing must One do in order to gain eternal life?" If DOING is not needed for Salvation the correct answer is: NONE! YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING or in Baptist formula: "Nothing we do will make us worthy of salvation."
O No, no, no... Jesus didn't answer the Baptist way. Because the Lord gave us things to DO! And they are listed below:
Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Indeed, GOD ALONE IS GOOD. However, the GOOD GOD gave us GOOD THINGS TO DO through the COMMANDMENTS.
Matthew 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
* DO NOT KILL.
* DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
* DO NOT STEAL.
* DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.
See, these are all DOING something. And these are Divine Commands. If the Baptists are correct then the Commandments of God becomes useless and unimportant for Salvation much more the Commandments shall become evil because God is asking us something that is actually non necessary. How can God demands something that is not necessary? On the contrary God gave us the Commandments because they are needed for our Salvation.
Matthew 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Imagine, even Honoring our fellow human beings such as our Parents is commanded and willed by God and LOVE OF NEIGHBOR IS A MUST.
Matthew 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Despite doing these things the young man still feels inadequate.
Matthew 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
What is lacking is not faith but more things to DO: GOING and SELLING, then GIVING, then COMING TO JESUS and FOLLOWING HIM. What is that? SACRIFICE + SELF-ABANDONMENT + FAITH + DOING GOOD.
[ Good works do not come before salvation; they follow salvation.]
This is is ILLOGICAL and DOWNRIGHT STUPID. Because Good works can be done by people who are not Christians and are non-believers or even animals. The Dogs can guard the house, the Horse can carry heavy loads, etc. Does it mean that they are already saved? That they believed in Jesus? They will make a lot of Animals Baptists by that standard. Ha, ha, ha...
How about the Non-Christians? Are they not doing good works? THEY DO. Only idiots will claim that good things are exclusive of Christians or of the Baptists. IN FACT, JESUS TAUGHT THAT EVEN EVIL MEN CAN DO GOOD THINGS:
Luke 11:13 "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"
See, the sinful men were also giving food to their children and are also capable of loving and caring. Why? BECAUSE GOODNESS IS INHERENT IN EVERY BEING... IN CREATION. IT IS GIVEN TO ALL CREATURES WHETHER THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BELEIVING OR NOT...
Gen 1:31 "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."
THIS CLAIM THAT GOOD WORKS DO NOT COME BEFORE SALVATION IS SIMPLY STUPID. THE BAPTISTS ARE ALREADY BECOMING INSANE AND OUT OF THEIR MINDS AFTER CONFRONTED BY CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS.
[ This must be understood if you are going to enjoy the Christian journey as much as the final destination]
If you are implementing your Dogma of Faith Alone that is not a Christian Journey but a LUTHERAN JOURNEY. Better for them to join the band of Arnel Pineda – The Journey - than claiming that their man-made Sola Fide is Christian. It is demonic in origin. It is a fruit of Heresy. Luther demonically inserted ALONE in Romans 3:28 in the German translation of the Bible and thus altered the meaning of the text contrary to what was actually expressed by St. Paul [cf. Wikipedia on Martin Luther/ footnote #120 ^ Mullett, 148; Wilson, 185; Bainton, Mentor edition, 261. Luther inserted the word "alone" (allein) after the word "faith" in his translation of St Paul's Epistle to the Romans, 3:28. The clause is rendered in the English Authorised Version as "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law".
[Faith and works are often a source of confusion because of a misunderstanding of the book of James.]
There is no misunderstanding of the Epistle of James. The confusion arises when the Baptists demonically accepted Luther's insertion of ALONE in Romans 3:28 and they stupidly made a Dogma out of that Lutheran Distortion of the Sacred Scriptures. Instead of crying foul over the evil done by Luther they embraced it like mad dogs.
[In Ephesians 2:8-9, the Apostle Paul states that we are saved by grace through faith. It is NOT of works, lest any man should boast.]
"We are saved by grace through faith." YES that is the real one. But St. Paul didn't say "We are saved by grace through FAITH ALONE." The insertion of ALONE will change the meaning. ST. PAUL TEACHES THAT FAITH CAN SAVE BUT HE DOES NOT TEACH THAT 'ONLY FAITH CAN SAVE'. HE SAYS THAT 'WE WERE SAVED THROUGH FAITH BUT NOT "WE WERE SAVED THROUGH FAITH ALONE."
There lies the Baptists' Heresy. They are ADDING from the words of St. Paul. They are altering the meaning intended by St. Paul. Why did St. Paul didn't say "Faith Alone"? Because as a true Apostle he knows for a fact that "FAITH ALONE IS DEAD!" [James 2:26] and that Man is justified by WORKS ALSO AND NOT BY FAITH ALONE [James 2:24].
* FAITH ALONE IS GARBAGE.
* FAITH ALONE IS USELESS.
* FAITH ALONE IS DEAD.
This is very clear in Pauline Theology:
1 Corinthians 13:2 I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains---but if I have no love, I am NOTHING.
IF YOU ONLY HAVE FAITH AND HAVE NO LOVE THEN ITS NOTHING. FAITH ALONE IS NOTHING. THE BAPTISTS ARE NOTHING.
[James, on the other hand, states that faith without works is dead (James 2:20). What is this confusion? Is the Bible contradicting itself? Certainly not! What is needed is an understanding of each book.]
WHAT IS NEEDED IS REMOVAL OF 'ALONE'. IF 'ALONE' WILL BE REMOVED AS ORIGINALLY INTENTED BY ST. PAUL THEN THERE IS NO CONFLICT. AS LONG AS 'FAITH ALONE' IS THERE CONFUSION IS INEVITABLE.
[Paul was writing to a church that he loved dearly. He wanted them to understand that the body of Christ must be edified, but the body cannot be built unless the members are saved.]
Paul obviously wanted that the Body of Christ, the Church, be edified. But your claim that the Body cannot be built “unless the members are saved” is out of foundation with reality. Because the Lord Jesus built the Church when the Apostles themselves were still weak and sinners. The Body of Christ can be built regardless of the state of grace of the members because its establishment is not dependent on the individual Christian members but on the LORD JESUS WHO IS THE SPOTLESS LAMB.
Salvation is the goal of the Church. That is why the fullness of Salvation is promised to those who endured until the end and those who remained faithful until death:
Matthew 10:22 “And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that ENDURETH TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED.”
James 1:12 “Blessed is the man that ENDURETH temptation: for when he is tried, he shall RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE, which the Lord hath promised to them that LOVE him.”
Revelation 3:5 He that OVERCOMETH, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
The glory of the Church as the Bride of Christ comes only at the end time as St. John narrated in the Book of Revelation. Prior to that it was a struggle between good and evil in the Church and in the World. The members of the Church was first tried by trials and tribulations before the fullness of life or salvation is given.
[Therefore, Paul told them how Christ saves a man by his grace through our faith in Him. Paul started at salvation in dealing with these believers.]
PAUL DIDN’T SAY THAT SALVATION IS THE BEGINNING OR THE START. SALVATION IS THE GOAL. PAUL STARTED WITH GRACE, WITH FAITH, WITH HOPE, WITH LOVE, WITH OBEDIENCE... THROUGH WHICH ONE SHALL BE SAVED. FAITH CAN SAVE. BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY MEANS TO SALVATION.
PAUL DIDN'T TEACH 'FAITH ALONE' IN HIS EPISTLES. He merely stated that man is saved by grace through faith. Fine. But it is not Faith Alone. Because there are other things beside needed by man beside Faith.
[James was writing to Hebrew Christians who were scattered abroad.]
It’s very likely. But the Holy Spirit who inspired James was speaking to the Universal Church regardless of nationality and race.
[He wrote at an earlier time than Paul, when Christianity was still viewed as a branch within Messianic Judaism.]
Modern scholarship attests that St. Paul is the first Apostle to write in the New Testament. The alleged contradiction is not based on date of composition but on the content of the texts that they had written. Paul says "saved by grace through faith" and James says "justified by works also and not by faith alone" [James 2:24]. There is no contradiction if there is no "Faith Alone" in Paul. If you will insert "Alone' in Paul's text then there will be obvious, direct, categorical and specific contradiction.
That is the reason why their members are confused. Their confusion is based on solid reason. The root of that Confusion is their demonic Dogma: "Justification by Faith Alone"!
[James was concerned that his readers were yielding to temptation and going back to a dead, orthodox faith. He did not bein at salvation, but rater when right to the point in his letter to these Jewish believers.]
This is too much reading between the lines. James was explaining to his Jewish readers and to all Christians the doctrine of Justification which was started by Paul. He was simply giving further reflection on the issue and is enriching the explanation of Paul without contradicting it. As St. Paul explains that we are saved through faith St. James added that "works also" can justify and not by faith alone. It means that the two must go hand and hand: FAITH + WORK.
Jas 2:22 Can't you see? His FAITH and his ACTIONS worked TOGETHER...
For that reason the Catholic Church teaches Justification by Faith and Good Works. We do not teach Work Alone and we do not teach Faith Alone. Both these alone impregnated terms are unbiblical.
That is why our suggestion to the Baptists is that they should leave the word 'alone'... ALONE. He, he, he...
[His first point was that tempteation would come, and that you should count it as joy. Your faith should be strengthened because of the temptation. In his mind, a dead faith was worse than no faith at all.]
A dead faith is worse than no faith at all. But WHAT IS A DEAD FAITH for James? "FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD." [James 2:20 & 24]. James teaches that Faith must have Works but JAMES DO NOT TEACH THAT WORK IS A FRUIT OF FAITH. Where is that? Nothing.
They are inventing ideas out of their hallucinations in order to justify their demonic FAITH ALONE. Ha, ha, ha... Because the DEAD FAITH IS ACTUALLY ‘FAITH ALONE’.
[He stressed that true faith produces action;]
Where is that? St. James is not teaching that. In fact, the entire James 2 is focused on the necessity and importance of Good Works such as helping the Poor and doing the Commandments [James 2:1-11].
St. Paul even reminds us that the Devil has faith:
James 2:19 Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe---and tremble with fear.
The Devil believes. It trembles in fear and it believes in God... WHAT IS LACKING IN THE DEVIL? GOOD WORKS. That is why Satan and his legions are EVIL. They don't have good works. THAT IS WHY THE FAITH ALONE OF THE BAPTISTS IS PROPER ONLY FOR DEVILS. That is why Faith Alone is Heretical.
The Devil only have faith but no good works.
[it makes us doers of the Word, not just hearers only.]
ON THE CONTRARY, THE EPISTLE OF JAMES SHOWS THAT HAVING FAITH DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCES GOOD ACTIONS. NO, NO, NO. BECAUSE THE DEVILS BELIEVE BUT THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THE WILL OF GOD. CONTRARY TO THE CLAIM OF THE BAPTISTS FAITH AND WORKS CAN BE SEPARATED. An unbelieving atheist can be a good scientist or a good worker like a good house pet. And there are also believers who are doing evil like Judas Iscariot.
[Verbal faith will suffice for James. Mental faith is not enough. Faith must be visible; it must manifest itself in action.The action validates the faith.]
FAITH WHICH IS MANIFESTED IN ACTION IS NO LONGER FAITH ALONE BUT FAITH + GOOD WORK. When one gives food to the hungry that is FAITH + LOVE.
I think these Baptists are becoming mental. Ha, ha, ha... Their explanation is backfiring on them. They are trying to present good works as a fruit of faith that is stupid because FAITH CAN ALSO BE FRUIT OF GOOD WORKS:
Rom 10:17 So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ.
Ha, ha, ha... FAITH COMES FROM HEARING... HEARING OR LISTENING IS GOOD WORK. AND OF COURSE YOU CAN ONLY HEAR THE WORD OF GOD WHEN SOMEONE PREACHES TO YOU. When the preachers of the faith teach the people and they listen then they are acquiring Faith in God and in the Lord Jesus. Then, it is Faith + Good Works = Good Works... Faith.
[When James told his readers that faith without works is dead, he was not referring to salvation.]
O NO, NO, NO... JAMES 2:14 IS VERY CLEAR THAT JAMES IS SPEAKING OF SALVATION... THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORK CANNOT SAVE. HE EVEN SPEAKS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT IN JAMES 2:13. THE JUDGMENT OF GOD IS OF COURSE REFERRING TO SALVATION WHEREIN HE WILL DECIDE IF ONE IS WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN OR NOT. V. 13 STATES THAT MERCY IS NEEDED FOR MAN TO RECEIVE MERCY FROM GOD. AND IN JAMES 2:24-25 HE SPOKE OF JUSTIFICATION. ALL IN ALL IT REFERS TO SALVATION.
[His whole epistle is used to stress the fact that if we have faith in God, there should be works that naturally flow from our faith.]
LIAR, LIAR, LIAR... ST. JAMES ON THE CONTRARY TEACHES THAT FAITH or WORKS CAN BE PRESENT WITHOUT THE OTHER. IN FACT, HE EVEN CHALLENGED HIS READERS TO SHOW HIM HIS FAITH WITHOUT WORK AND HE WILL SHOW HIS FAITH WITH WORKS OR ACTIONS:
James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
[The works come after, and as a result of, the faith.]
NO. THAT IS JUST YOUR SCAPEGOAT. THAT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE TEXT. HA, HA, HA... IN WHAT VERSE DID ST. JAMES STATE THAT WORKS ARE RESULT OF FAITH? WHERE? CHAPTER AND VERSE PLEASE. HA, HA, HA...
[ Properly understanding the context of each writer does away with all of the confusion.]
YOU ARE OUT OF CONTEXT. YOU ARE INVENTING IDEAS NOT FOUND IN THE CONTEXT AND NOT SUPPORTED BY THE TEXT. EITHER IN CONTEXT OR IN TEXT THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR BAPTISTS' JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE.
YOUR EXPLANATION DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE CONFUSION BECAUSE IT IS MORE PROBLEMATIC FOR YOU. HA, HA, HA... YOU ARE TWISTING THE TEXTS TO SUIT YOUR ALIBI. REGARDLESS OF YOUR VERBAL CALISTHENICS THE POINT IS THAT ‘MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY WORKS ALSO AND NOT BY FAITH ALONE’. HA, HA, HA...
IF WORKS MENTIONED BY JAMES ARE FRUIT OF FAITH THEN IT IS ILLOGICAL FOR ST. JAMES TO SAY ‘NOT BY FAITH ALONE’. HE SHOULD HAVE STATED: “SINCE MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY WORKS ALSO THEN IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCE MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH ALONE.” NO, NO, NO... CLEARLY, CATEGORICALLY AND DIRECTLY ‘JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE’ IS VOMITED BY ST. JAMES AS REJECTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT INSPIRED HIM.
[Now that we understand the purpose of each writer, it is time to see how the book of James applies to us.]
Let us see how you will distort it.
[ According to chapter one, Christian are going to face trials and temptations. Our faith will be tested, but true faith will grow into endurance as God gives us wisdom.]
Faith when tested results to Endurance:
James 1:3 for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure.
And Endurance shall lead us to perfection:
James 1:4 Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
But, it is wrong to claim that Endurance is dependent only in Faith because a believer may fail to endure. This is dangerous also for Salvation because FAITH WITHOUT ENDURANCE SHALL LEAD TO FALLING AWAY:
Luke 8:13 The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who hear the message and receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them; they believe only for a while but when the time of testing comes, they fall away.
See. There are believers who will not endure the times of trials. FAITH ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE US. WE NEED ENDURANCE AND ST. PAUL ALSO ADVISES THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN GOOD CONSCIENCE:
1 Timothy 1:19 "Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck"
ST. PAUL ADVISES US TO BE CAREFUL AND HE ENLISTED THOSE THAT MUST BE KEPT BESIDES FAITH:
1 Timothy 6:10-11 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and FOLLOW after RIGHTEOUSNESS, GODLINESS, FAITH, LOVE, PATIENCE, MEEKNESS.
IT IS NOT FAITH ALONE THEN. WE NEED RIGHTEOUSNESS, GOODNESS, LOVE, PATIENCE, MEEKNESS as well as FAITH. IT IS TOO ILLOGICAL IF THEY WILL CLAIM THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS, GODLINESS, LOVE, PATIENCE AND MEEKNESS ARE ALL PRODUCTS OR FRUITS OF FAITH. HA, HA, HA...
[Not only does James mention the test of faith, he also give the traits of our faith.]
O NO THESE ARE NOT TRAITS OF FAITH RATHER THEY ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF GOOD WORKS WITH FAITH.
[It obeys the Word (1:19-27).]
OBEDIENCE IS NOT ONLY A TRAIT OF FAITH. IT IS A DISTINCT VIRTUE FROM FAITH:
Matthew 28:19-20 Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to OBEY everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."
THE COMMAND TO BE A DISCIPLE [i.e., BELIEVER] IS DISTINCT FROM THE COMMAND TO OBEY. ONE CAN BE A BELIEVER BUT CHOOSES NOT TO OBEY THE LORD:
Matthew 7:26 "But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
THAT IS WHY ‘FAITH ALONE’ IS FOOLISHNESS. THE LORD IS NOT FOOLISH THAT IS WHY HE DIDN’T TEACH FAITH ALONE. ST. PAUL IS A WISE MAN THAT IS WHY HE DIDN’T WRITE ‘FAITH ALONE’ AND ST. JAMES IS THE SAME AND HE REJECTED ‘FAITH ALONE’.
DEAR BAPTISTS GET AWAY FROM YOUR FOOLISHNESS.
[It removes favoritism, discrimination, and prejudice (2:1-13). Faith controls the tongue (3:1-12), and produces wisdom (3:13-18) and humility (4:1-12). Finally, faith will also produce a depedence upon God (4:13-5:20)]
ST. JAMES CLEARLY DIDN’T PUT IT THAT WAY. YOU MADE FAITH AS THE ROOT VIRTUE OF ALL OTHER VIRTUES. IT CANNOT BE. BECAUSE GOOD WORKS SUCH AS CONTROLLING THE TONGUE IS NOT JUST A FRUIT OF FAITH. IN FACT, THERE ARE NON-BELEIVERS WHO HAS NO FAITH IN JESUS WHO PRACTICE VOWS OF SILENCE LIKE FOR INSTANCE THE TAOIST MONKS OR THE LAMAS OF TIBET OR THE YOGA MASTERS OF HINDUISM. HA, HA, HA...
GOOD WORK IS DISTINCT FROM FAITH BECAUSE IT IS ALSO A GRACE FROM GOD:
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS unto GOOD WORKS, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
As proven by Ephesians 2:10 the root of our Goodness and Good work is the grace of God wherein He made us capable of doing good. It is rooted in CREATION OF MAN as cited above in the Book of Genesis.
[For faith to be real, James told his Hebrew readers that these traits should be manifested in our walk with Christ.]
JUSTIFICATION IS NOT BY FAITH ALONE. THAT IS THE MAIN POINT. MAN IS BEING JUSTIFIED NOT JUST BY FAITH BUT ALSO BY GOOD WORKS. GOOD WORKS ARE NOT PRODUCTS OR FRUITS OF FAITH ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT DENY THAT FAITH CAN LEAD ALSO TO GOOD WORKS... BUT NOT ALWAYS. THERE ARE EVIL BELIEVERS AS WELL.
BUT, THAT IS NOT THE TOPIC OF ST. JAMES RATHER THE INEFFICIENCY OF FAITH IF IT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY WORKS. ST. JAMES TEACHES US THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FAITH AND WORKS, AND THE USELESSNESS OF FAITH APART FROM WORK. THUS, FAITH ALONE IS DEAD, USELESS. YOUR DOGMA OF FAITH ALONE THEN IS EVIL.
[ James closes the book with triumph of faith. Faith is able to endure until the return of Christ (5:7-12) It is able to pray for the afflicted.... Faith is the victory that overcomes the world!]
THESE BAPTISTS ARE LYING BECAUSE IT IS NOT FAITH THAT IS EXALTED THERE BUT PATIENCE WHICH IS ALSO GOOD WORKS. IT IS THE EFFORT OF MAN UNDER THE GRACE OF GOD TO REMAIN FAITHFUL DESPITE THE TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES:
James 5:7 Be PATIENT therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman WAITETH for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long PATIENCE for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
James 5:8 Be ye also patient; STABLISH your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
James 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
James 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which ENDURE. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
James 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, SWEAR NOT, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
LOOK AT THE WORDS OF ST. PAUL:
· BE PATIENT
· WAIT
· BEHOLD
· ESTABLISH YOUR HEART
· GRUDGE NOT
· TAKE THE EXAMPLE
· SUFFERING AFFLICTION AND PATIENCE
· ENDURE
· HAVE HEARD THE PATIENCE OF JOB
· SWEAR NOT
· LET YOUR YES BE YES AND YOUR NO BE NO
WHAT ARE THESE? THESE ARE ACTIONS. THESE ARE GOOD WORKS. THESE ARE NOT ADMONITION TO FAITH BUT EXHORTATION TO DO GOOD THINGS.
[Faith and works are perfectly balanced.]
IT IS PERFECTLY BALANCED. BUT YOUR DOGMA OF FAITH ALONE MADE IT IMBALANCED. BECAUSE THE DOGMA OF FAITH ALONE NEGATES THE WORK INSTEAD OF MAKING IT A PARTNER.
THE CATHOLIC DOGMA OF ‘FAITH AND GOOD WORKS’ IS THE ONE THAT SUSTAINS THE BALANCE.
LUTHER REMOVED THE BALANCE WITH THE INSERTION OF ‘ALONE’ IN ROM 3:28 AND THE BAPTISTS HAVE KEPT LUTHER’S IMBALANCE.
[One does not work to earn salvation.]
THIS IS DISPROVEN BY THE LORD JESUS:
Mt 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Mt 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Mt 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Mt 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Mt 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Mt 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
WHAT IS THE CRITERIA WHY THE DAMNED ARE REJECTED? THEY DIDN’T GIVE FOOD AND DRINKS AND CLOTHES. THEY DIDN’T VISIT THE PRISONERS AND TOOK GOOD CARE OF THE SICK. THEY ARE NOT DOERS OF GOOD WORKS... THEN THEY ARE NOT RIGHTEOUS. THE RIGHTEOUS ARE THOSE WHO DID ALL THESE GOOD THINGS AND WERE ACCEPTED IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
[Rather because one is saved, he will work.]
THOSE WHO DO NOT WORK SHALL NOT BE SAVED. THE CRITERIA FOR SALVATION ARE ACTIONS, DEEDS, and WORKS... NOT FAITH ALONE:
1 Kings 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his WAYS, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his WAYS, and according to the fruit of his DOINGS.
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall REWARD every man according to his WORKS.
Rom 2:5-6 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Who will render to every man according to his DEEDS...
Rev 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your WORKS.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their WORK.
THERE ARE ALOT OF STATEMENTS FROM THE BIBLE STATING “EVERY ONE SHALL BE JUDGED OR BE REWARDED ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS OR DEEDS” BUT NEVER A SINGLE STATEMENT THAT ONE SHALL BE JUDGED “ACCORDING TO FAITH ALONE”. NOTHING, NADA, NUNCA... IN RUSSIAN: “NYET NYET.” HA, HA, HA...
[No Christian was saved to sit. He was saved to be actively involved in the work of the Lord. There is a purpose for all of us in the body of Christ. There is a specific task that we have been saved to accomplish.]
THIS IS SUPPORTIVE OF OUR POSITION THAN THEIRS. IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC TASK TO ACCOMPLISH THEN FAITH ALONE IS ERRONEOUS BECAUSE IT DISREGARDS THE TASKS GIVEN.
[We do not work to earn salvation. we work because we are saved.]
YOU CANNOT BE SAVED BY FAITH ALONE BECAUSE THE LORD JESUS AND THE APOSTLES DIDN’T TEACH THAT. LUTHER SIMPLY DISTORTED THE WORD OF GOD TO REACH THAT FAITH ALONE DOGMA.
O NO, NO, NO... YOU ARE NOT SAVED. THERE IS SALVATION BY FAITH BUT THERE IS NO BIBLICAL TEACHING FOR SALVATION IN FAITH ALONE.
BESIDES IF THE BAPTISTS ARE SAVED HOW COME THERE ARE GROUPS OF BAPTISTS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ACCEPTED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ‘OFFICIALLY’... THOSE ABOMINABLE SIN IS UNACCEPTABLE IN HEAVEN.
[So you can see that there is really no confusion with faith and works.]
THERE IS NO CONFUSION IN THE BIBLE BETWEEN ST. PAUL AND ST. JAMES. BUT THERE IS CONFUSION BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE BAPTIST’S DOGMA OF ‘JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE’ BECAUSE IT IS CONTRARY TO THE BIBLE: WORD FOR WORD, SPECIFICALLY, CATEGORICALLY: “JUSTIFIED BY WORKS ALSO AND NOT BY FAITH ALONE” [JAMES 2:24]
[They are just two sides of the same coin, perfectly balanced; they complement one another.]
THE EPISTLES OF JAMES AND PAUL ARE PERFECTLY BALANCED; THEY ARE TWO SIDES OF THE COIN. BUT THE BAPTISTS DOGMA OF FAITH ALONE IS OUT OF THE BALANCE AND OUT OF THE COIN. IT IS A DISTORTION OF PAULINE TEXT AND IT IS WORD FOR WORD CONTRARY TO THE EPISTLE OF JAMES. FAITH ALONE IS NOT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF HELL. IT IS HERETICAL, A MAN-MADE DOCTRINE, AN INVENTION, A TRADITION OF MAN.
[Faith without works is dead.]
YES. THAT IS WHY ‘JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE’ IS A FARCE.
[Works without faith is legalism]
LEGALISM FOR MOSAIC LAW. HOW ABOUT THE GOOD WORKS OF NON CHRISTIANS HOW CAN IT BECOME LEGALISM? THEY ARE NOT UNDER THE MOSAIC LAW.
THEY CAN DO GOOD WORKS BECAUSE OF GOD’S GRACE GIVEN THEM IN CREATION. THEY WERE MADE GOOD THUS THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING GOOD.
GOOD WORKS JUST LIKE THOSE DONE BY MAHATMA GANDHI OR DALAI LAMA ARE NOT LEGALISM. THEY ARE EFFECTS OF GOD’S GRACE... THE GOODNESS INFUSED IN THEIR BEING WHEN THEY WERE CREATED HUMANS.
[An active faith produces works that bring glory to the Lord.]
YOUR FAITH ALONE IS NOT ACTIVE FAITH. IT IS AN INVENTED FAITH. A FAKE FAITH, A DISTORTED FAITH. SUCH IS THE BAPTIST FAITH... A FARCE.
[A faith that is dead is not worth having.]
THAT IS ‘FAITH ALONE’. IT IS DEAD.
[ Is your faith producing works in your life?]
YES, BECAUSE IT IS ‘JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH AND GOOD WORKS’!
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