Loss of salvation???
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Actually, no. He wasn't, and it was indeed about justification, not sanctification. I'm not sure how you got that so backward, so here is what James actually said...in brief:
James 2:14, 17, 20-22, 24
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? ...
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. ...
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? ...
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Sanctification isn't even mentioned in the entirety of the book of James that I can find using Blue Letter Bible online.
Perhaps you didn't mean to say it that way, and therefore have a clarification?
MM
James 2:14, 17, 20-22, 24
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? ...
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. ...
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? ...
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Sanctification isn't even mentioned in the entirety of the book of James that I can find using Blue Letter Bible online.
Perhaps you didn't mean to say it that way, and therefore have a clarification?
MM
James 2:24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
YOU see sanctification and believers works as evidence. Sanctified and working for the Lord.
God sees, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved. Justified, through faith alone.
The believers who do not advance.......Sin unto death. Discipline. Loss of rewards. Loss of reign. Saved as if through fire. Shame.
YOU see sanctification and believers works as evidence. Sanctified and working for the Lord.
God sees, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved. Justified, through faith alone.
The believers who do not advance.......Sin unto death. Discipline. Loss of rewards. Loss of reign. Saved as if through fire. Shame.
This is long after Paul's conversion:
Acts 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
According to James, it was only faith and works for salvation, with works continuing for reward, and yes, adherence to the commandments, which is the Law, as is stated by the counsel of the apostles reporting such to Paul. They did not hold back on the continuation with the Law. That is the nature of the Kingdom Gospel that most Gentiles don't like to hear because that destroys their desire for the rudiments of replacement theology. They don't want to be back under what the Jews celebrated and boasted about to Paul.
MM
Acts 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
According to James, it was only faith and works for salvation, with works continuing for reward, and yes, adherence to the commandments, which is the Law, as is stated by the counsel of the apostles reporting such to Paul. They did not hold back on the continuation with the Law. That is the nature of the Kingdom Gospel that most Gentiles don't like to hear because that destroys their desire for the rudiments of replacement theology. They don't want to be back under what the Jews celebrated and boasted about to Paul.
MM
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Ok, I'm not sure what you missed in what James stated with emphatic and clear language, but he was in fact talking exactly about salvation:
James 2:14, 17, 20-22, 24
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? ...
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. ...
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? ...
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
We all know that faith is one of the two most crucial of the elements for salvation, with the Blood of Christ being THE most important.
Paul, not once, even hinted at the requirement for water baptism for salvation as did Peter when speaking to all those Jews in Acts 2, many of whom were from many different countries with varied language barriers among them.
James at no point ever draw back from the requirement for works for salvation. Nowhere did James speak of sanctification.
For all who are reading, justification and sanctification are not at ALL the same thing...just in case anyone is mixing them up. Justification is an event, where sanctification is a process.
MM
James 2:14, 17, 20-22, 24
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? ...
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. ...
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? ...
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
We all know that faith is one of the two most crucial of the elements for salvation, with the Blood of Christ being THE most important.
Paul, not once, even hinted at the requirement for water baptism for salvation as did Peter when speaking to all those Jews in Acts 2, many of whom were from many different countries with varied language barriers among them.
James at no point ever draw back from the requirement for works for salvation. Nowhere did James speak of sanctification.
For all who are reading, justification and sanctification are not at ALL the same thing...just in case anyone is mixing them up. Justification is an event, where sanctification is a process.
MM