The love of God

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Of course rather than admit that he is contradicting the appostles, easy way out.

The contradictions are all yours sir.

Curious though how you take irritating people, to the point of not wanting to communicate with you, as some kind of victory.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
The contradictions are all yours sir.

Curious though how you take irritating people, to the point of not wanting to communicate with you, as some kind of victory.

Rajk: we are saved by works...
The Bible: we are not saved by works...

His irritation is with the Bible.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Rajk: we are saved by works...
The Bible: we are not saved by works...

His irritation is with the Bible.

Tell it to James buster:

"You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead."

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Tell it to James buster:

"You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead."

Not by works alone either which is what Rajk is saying.

Rahab was "justified"--which means "seen as righteous"--by faith in God and His provision of salvation (note Hebrews 11:31). The righteousness of Christ, who did keep perfectly the law of God, is imputed to believers by faith (Romans 4:3-5). God sees him or her as "in Christ," and so they are justified (recognized as righteous) solely through faith.

However, other men cannot see our faith, and therefore we must be justified in the sight of men by our works. True saving faith inevitably will manifest itself in works of righteousness. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: . . . For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:8, 10).