Not By Works
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You can confront them with truth, Name calling is never going to convince anyone, nor is lieing about people belief, nor is is attacking others who happen to to try to talk to them civily
There is nothing better than the truth, God in the OT told his people to go and give truth, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not hear. He did not say attack them.
I am not saying you or anyone are doing this, I am just saying we need to be careful how we represent God.
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Thank you Dan, and all else 
There are wonderful resources online Sometimes they are hard to find as they get intermixed with false teachings on the information super highway, so discernment is needed, just as it is to realize we will not always see the good works of others, nor is it our responsibility to be fruit inspectors of all, as someone used to say... Not seeing the good works of another does not automatically equate to that other not being saved. The way some people talk, you would think it did. Only God knows the heart
There are wonderful resources online Sometimes they are hard to find as they get intermixed with false teachings on the information super highway, so discernment is needed, just as it is to realize we will not always see the good works of others, nor is it our responsibility to be fruit inspectors of all, as someone used to say... Not seeing the good works of another does not automatically equate to that other not being saved. The way some people talk, you would think it did. Only God knows the heart There is no Jew or Gentile in the body of Christ.
James specifically writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad. In every case throughout Scripture, twelve tribes always means the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel as a whole, and never is it used for a called out group of that nation. It is never a reference to Jewish believers. This would contradict every other usage in Scripture. I'm not willing to do that. I want to be honest with the words and not build in my own theology to make it fit.
James specifically writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad. In every case throughout Scripture, twelve tribes always means the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel as a whole, and never is it used for a called out group of that nation. It is never a reference to Jewish believers. This would contradict every other usage in Scripture. I'm not willing to do that. I want to be honest with the words and not build in my own theology to make it fit.
The Bible can be trusted, but we need to listen to Paul's command to rightly divide the word of truth so we don't get truth crossed over different audiences. God has been dispensing truth to man throughout human history. Some truths are not meant to be obeyed by other audiences than the one intended. All truth to the body of Christ, we should observe. Truth given to the Jew, we need to be careful about how we proceed.
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Rom 4: [FONT="]What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?[a] [/FONT][FONT="]2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. [/FONT]3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”[b] 4 Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.[h=3]David Celebrates the Same Truth[/h][FONT="]5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:[/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”[c][/FONT]
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[h=3]Abraham Justified Before Circumcision[/h][FONT="]9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised,
You resolve the contradiction (supposed)
I already have, Until you do, You will never resolve James, but continue to make paul contradict james[/FONT]
Do you mean when He warned against false prophets and false christs?
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand. Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it’ ” (Matthew 24:23-26, NKJV).
Or do you mean Matt 7:15-20, regarding false prophets?
Or Matthew 16:11-12, regarding the mixing in of the leaven of Pharisees and Sadducces?
Or do you mean Matt 7:15-20, regarding false prophets?
Or Matthew 16:11-12, regarding the mixing in of the leaven of Pharisees and Sadducces?