Type in "faith alone" to bible gateway or e-sword or some other Bible app and see what comes up
Heres the results:
BIBLE SEARCH RESULTS
- James 2:24
You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
Hmm. I was under the assumption that I was made righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ.
I’m not entering into this debate. In fact, my phone gets shut off in an hour or two and I won’t be turning it back on anytime soon, maybe August if ever. But I will give my own personal take on this issue. Not that it matters, from the comments I’ve read in this thread, it’s not the Truth that matters anyways, it’s not the grace of God, His mercy, the blood of Christ, our sanctification, the edification of our brothers and sisters etc, but who can score the most points while displaying their superior understanding. That’s just my opinion. My apologies to anyone who may be offended at my candor. I’m just a servant, not a judge.
All that aside.
I was chosen by God before the foundations of the world. I won’t bother posting any proof texts, you’re all obviously very scholarly and astute.
It was the grace of God that led me to repentance, it is the grace of God that leads me in repentance. It was the grace and mercy of God that kept me all those years I wandered, and it was the Grace and mercy of God that led me home.
What must I do to do the works of God?
This is the work of God, that I believe. Notice in the text, they asked a question regarding their own works. “What must we do? Notice also that Christ did not answer their question. “This is the work of God, that you believe…” It’s Gods work, not ours. He gets all the glory. He gets all the praise.
I’m a son destined for Glory. I don’t know the why. And I am past the point of trying to figure it out. I know only the how. And that is by the unfathomable depths of Christs love for me, His sinless life, His stripes, His blood, His humility and humiliation, His resurrection, and His ascension to the right hand of the Father where as my High Priest, He continually intercedes on my behalf.
My very faith, though it be as small as a grain of mustard seed, this too, is a gift from Almighty God. And it will suffice.
God chose me. He sought me out. He revealed Himself to me. And He did all of this for His own Glory. And I will give Him all the glory due His name, by and through His own power and strength, and none of my own. I will boast only in the cross of Christ. I will love Him because He first loved me. I will diligently seek His face, because He, in His loving kindness, long suffering, and infinite wisdom and mercy, made it possible for me to do so. And I am so very grateful that He has.
May the Lord richly bless you with the knowledge of His Son, it’s the only knowledge that matters. And may you one day find yourself seated at His loving right hand, as He Himself is seated at the right hand of our Loving Father.
