That's because the OSAS peoples are not being led by the Holy Spirit....
If they were, they wouldn't be following OSAS and instead would be going by the whole counsel of God...
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If you were going by the whole counsel of God, you would not be teaching salvation by works and you would also not be a false accuser of the brethren through your slanderous remarks. 1 Peter 2:1 -
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. You continue to suffer from a severe case of anti-OSAS derangement syndrome and your childish troll behavior doesn't help your case one bit. You need to repent.
Obviously according to God's Word ....one is justified by faith AND by works.... and the man that believes justification is by faith only is a "vain" man.
So you teach that man is
justified (accounted as righteous) by faith AND works? Salvation by works is not the whole council of God. It's a perversion of the gospel. (Romans 4:2-6; 5:1-2; 11:6; Ephesians 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; 2 Timothy 1:9)
As I explained to you before, "faith only" per James equates to an
empty profession of faith/dead faith that "remains alone" - barren of works. (James 2:14) Not to be confused with faith that "trusts in Jesus Christ alone" for salvation and not in works. (Romans 4:5-6; Ephesians 2:8,9)
James does not use the word "justified" to mean "accounted as righteous" but is
shown to be righteous. James is discussing the
evidence of faith (
says-claims to have faith but has no works/I will show you my faith by my works - James 2:14-18) and
not the initial act of being accounted as righteous with God. (Romans 4:2-3) Works bear out the justification that already came by faith.
Man is saved through faith and not by works (Romans 4:5-6; Ephesians 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; 2 Timothy 1:9); yet genuine faith is (evidenced) by works. (James 2:14-24)
Christ saves us through faith based on the merits of His finished work of redemption "alone" and not based on the merits of our works.
It is through faith "in Christ alone" (and not based on the merits of our works) that we are justified on account of Christ (Romans 3:24; 5:1; 5:9); yet the faith that justifies does not remain alone (unfruitful, barren) if it is genuine. (James 2:14-24) *Perfect Harmony*