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...But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, Philippians 1:18
... As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. James 2:26
DEAD AND WITHOUT POWER...CANNOT SAVE.
... But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. 1 Corinthians 4:19-20
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. James 2:26 There's a comma between the both I understand that the body without the spirit is dead in about two different ways...the other states as the the other scripture where the Samaritan seen a person lying in his path hurt and took him to the inn and gave some currency to help the man then said if you need more apply it to my account when I get back I will pay you..then another if you see someone cold and tell him to go and keep warm but don't give him anything such as a jacket..what good is that? Faith and works need to work together. But you are saying a dead faith ...it has my head circling around that either you have faith in the lord or you don't. Faith apart from knowing the word is diffrent..such as someone who has fallen but knows the word he can still pass his knowledge on to someone else..no credit to him he was probably under attack and fell...but he still knows the word.
In James 2:26, the comparison of the human spirit and faith converges around their modes of operation. The spirit (Greek pneuma) may also be translated "breath." As a breathless body emits no indication of life, so fruitless faith exhibits no indication of life. The source of the life in faith is not works; rather, life in faith is the source of works (Ephesians 2:5-10).
In James 2:14, we read of one who says/claims he has faith but has no resulting evidential works to validate his claim. That is not genuine faith, but a bare profession of faith. So when James asks, "Can that faith save him?" he is saying nothing against genuine faith, but only against an empty profession of faith/dead faith.
*So James does not teach that we are saved "by" works. His concern is to show the reality of the faith professed by the individual (James 2:18) and demonstrate that the faith claimed (James 2:14) by the individual is genuine. Simple!
In James 2:14, we read of one who says/claims he has faith but has no resulting evidential works to validate his claim. That is not genuine faith, but a bare profession of faith. So when James asks, "Can that faith save him?" he is saying nothing against genuine faith, but only against an empty profession of faith/dead faith.
*So James does not teach that we are saved "by" works. His concern is to show the reality of the faith professed by the individual (James 2:18) and demonstrate that the faith claimed (James 2:14) by the individual is genuine. Simple!
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In James 2:26, the comparison of the human spirit and faith converges around their modes of operation. The spirit (Greek pneuma) may also be translated "breath." As a breathless body emits no indication of life, so fruitless faith exhibits no indication of life. The source of the life in faith is not works; rather, life in faith is the source of works (Ephesians 2:5-10).
In James 2:14, we read of one who says/claims he has faith but has no resulting evidential works to validate his claim. That is not genuine faith, but a bare profession of faith. So when James asks, "Can that faith save him?" he is saying nothing against genuine faith, but only against an empty profession of faith/dead faith.
*So James does not teach that we are saved "by" works. His concern is to show the reality of the faith professed by the individual (James 2:18) and demonstrate that the faith claimed (James 2:14) by the individual is genuine. Simple!
In James 2:14, we read of one who says/claims he has faith but has no resulting evidential works to validate his claim. That is not genuine faith, but a bare profession of faith. So when James asks, "Can that faith save him?" he is saying nothing against genuine faith, but only against an empty profession of faith/dead faith.
*So James does not teach that we are saved "by" works. His concern is to show the reality of the faith professed by the individual (James 2:18) and demonstrate that the faith claimed (James 2:14) by the individual is genuine. Simple!
Amen........except for the religionists, Cainologists and Pharisees that must devalue Christ by injecting self.....!
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I don't know who I would die for till the moment comes a preacher once told me a story that a man his son and his sons friend went out on a boat ride, it capsized and both children were drowning knowing that his son was saved and the other wasn't he saved the other boy and his son died..I know that might have been off course...but if I know I am dying for the Lord by doing what I think is in his will I could in any case and for anyone...but I would not die for something other..Jesus gives us Salvation and a place for us with him if we believe John 3:16 He also said do not fear the one who can destroy the body, but the one who can destroy the body and soul...I have everything to pick me up when I die for the Lord.
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Another part of the story, is THEY WERE NOT KINGS. The Magi were HIRED to conduct the CORONATION CEREMONIES of most of the MID-EAST Kings. They were NOT KINGS, they were KING MAKERS.
Makes the Christmas song "WE THREE KING OF ORIENT ARE" a Joke.
REALITY was more like THIS:
Makes the Christmas song "WE THREE KING OF ORIENT ARE" a Joke.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .This is a MYTHREALITY was more like THIS:
Another part of the story, is THEY WERE NOT KINGS. The Magi were HIRED to conduct the CORONATION CEREMONIES of most of the MID-EAST Kings. They were NOT KINGS, they were KING MAKERS.
Makes the Christmas song "WE THREE KING OF ORIENT ARE" a Joke.
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REALITY was more like THIS:
Makes the Christmas song "WE THREE KING OF ORIENT ARE" a Joke.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . .This is a MYTHREALITY was more like THIS:
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Another part of the story, is THEY WERE NOT KINGS. The Magi were HIRED to conduct the CORONATION CEREMONIES of most of the MID-EAST Kings. They were NOT KINGS, they were KING MAKERS.
Makes the Christmas song "WE THREE KING OF ORIENT ARE" a Joke.
View attachment 192292
REALITY was more like THIS:
Makes the Christmas song "WE THREE KING OF ORIENT ARE" a Joke.
View attachment 192292
. . . . . . . . . . . . .This is a MYTHREALITY was more like THIS:
Another part of the story, is THEY WERE NOT KINGS. The Magi were HIRED to conduct the CORONATION CEREMONIES of most of the MID-EAST Kings. They were NOT KINGS, they were KING MAKERS.
Makes the Christmas song "WE THREE KING OF ORIENT ARE" a Joke.
View attachment 192292
REALITY was more like THIS:
Makes the Christmas song "WE THREE KING OF ORIENT ARE" a Joke.
View attachment 192292
. . . . . . . . . . . . .This is a MYTHREALITY was more like THIS:
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