Justified/Saved by Faith & Faith Alone

It means that whoever perseveres to the end of the tribulation and is living when Christ returnes will have their physical lives saved.

what does that have to do with eternal salvation?

The Bible actually teaches that it is possible for one who is eternally saved by God’s grace to:

1) Commit idolatry and apostasy (1 Kgs. 11:1-10)
2) Believe only for a while (Luke 8:13)
3) Not continue in the Word of Christ (Jn. 8:31)
4) Not abide in Christ (John 15:1-8)
5) Become disqualified in the race of the Christian life (1 Cor. 9:24-27)
6) Resist God’s chastening and correcting to the point of physical death (1 Cor. 11:30-32)
7) Stray from the faith (1 Timothy 1:5-6)
8) Shipwreck faith (1 Timothy 1:18-20)
9) Fall away from the faith (1 Timothy 4:1-3)
10) Deny the faith (1 Timothy 5:8)
11) Cast off initial faith and follow Satan (1 Timothy 5:12-15)
12) Stray from the faith by loving money (1 Timothy 6:9-10)
13) Stray from the faith by professing false doctrine (1 Timothy 6:20-21)
14) Deny Christ and be faithless (2 Timothy 2:11-13)
15) Have faith overthrown (2 Timothy 2:14-18)

Really? What about the grace of God? What about Jesus? Is not He the one who saves us?

I disagree. A dead faith has no life, which is no faith at all. Just a CLAIMED FAITH

I agree. That's why outward works are so undependable as a barometer of faith. But the work of God which result in the fruit of the Spirit can only be produced by God, and, if present, are sure.

So mental assent then is not personal it is just facts.
This is not dead faith neither, it is a lack of knowledge, the full picture.

So saved here is a "physical" salvation, are their times when salvation is about the salvation of one's soul too like in James and in Paul, the book of Hebrews?

As in "work out your salvation?"

James was not speaking about saving faith.

James does not mean that the faith is false or nonexistent.

You are basically saying Abraham's faith was non-existent until many years later when he went to offer up his son.

No point going further then, no where is the word in Greek for "death" used to mean non-existent, James had a word for non-existent but he could have used but he did not.

So you have a problem with the verbiage, but you want to deny this problem not much I can do.

Work out your salvation. You have it. So take what you have and work it out.
What other salvation could James be talking about? Saving your physical life? Where is that in context?

I really do not think you are willing to even consider the meaning of "dead" in the book of James as meaning "useless, inoperative" which is semantically 100% the correct view.

To equate "dead" with non-existent/mere denies the actual meaning of words and redefines them.

Word meanings matter in context.

Have a good day. I have snow to shovel.

If a man has no works...is he saved? How many works justifies a man? I thank God I'm justified by the faith of Jesus Christ. He accomplished all the works. I'm simply asked to believe. Should a believer go on to good works? Of course, but some do not and will be judged accordingly at the JSOC. Their works will be burned, but they will be saved.

I agree. That's why outward works are so undependable as a barometer of faith. But the work of God which result in the fruit of the Spirit can only be produced by God, and, if present, are sure.

Which brings us to a point.

If the work of God is in us. Why do we never do anything he says or become more like him, and continue to be like we were before we claimed faith?

Did God fail? (He who began a good work will complete it)

or did our faith fail? Because it was dead

Ultimately, it is because no grace was extended in the first place.
I see this debate as being over semantics moreso than substance.
I'm more of a substance guy than semantical. For the most part, the one's debating agree.

Actually. I interpret dead exactly that way. As James did

Can that CLAIMED faith save you if it is dead?

It is useless.

Paul was we are saved by GRACE through faith. And those saved WILL produce works (eph 2: 8-10)

if someone’s faith is dead (useless) it can nt save them. And one way to determin if our faith is dead is to examine ourselves. If we claim we have faith. But have no works. Are we really saved?

James says no.. we better re-evaluate our thinking

The meaning of words is important, actually very important.

Ultimately, it is because no grace was extended in the first place.
I see this debate as being over semantics moreso than substance.
I'm more of a substance guy than semantical. For the most part, the one's debating agree.

James is writing to saved people, that is the starting point.

Believe you me @HeIsHere and myself are not even on the same page nor do we even remotely agree

Nope, that’s where you err, he is writing to the Jews his brothers and sisters. Many who are saved. Some who are not.

I am here to tell you, if you think a person can just believe and have a dead faith and be saved, you teach a licentious gospel, you are one of the people James is trying to wake up