Mar_16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
A perfect example of FAITH + WORKS = SAVED.
We are saved through faith, NOT WORKS (Ephesians 2:8,9). Your true colors have now fully surfaced. You are a works salvationist.
This explains a lot!
You are Saved by Faith and Works. Tell me, in order to be SAVED, must a person confess? Must they repent? Must they call upon the Lord? All of these things are Works.
As to you comment on me being a works salvationist. i know not what that is. But if it is a {Faith + Works = Salvation} belief, Than i most certainly am. But if it is a {Works = Salvation} belief, Than i am most certainly NOT.
Believing is the Faith part, the getting baptised is the WORK part, but this generation thinks FAITH ONLY is enough, they believe the one verse above, and ignore, void, or interpret away all the other verses that teach what it means to be SAVED.
No, you ignore the context of Mark 16:16 and a multitude of verses that make it clear that we are saved through belief/faith "apart from additions or modifications" - (Luke 8:12; John 1:12; 3:15,16,18,36; 5:24; 6:29,40,47; 11:25,26; Acts 10:43; 13:39: 16:31; Romans 1:16; 3:22-28; 4:5; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:8 etc..).
Do you have ears and not hear what i have said to you repeatedly? i 100% believe all those verses which teaching Believing to be Saved. What you fail to understand, is we are talking about all the other verses which plainly teach ________ to be SAVED also. Confessing is not believing now is it. Scriptures teach that you must confess in order to be Saved. Therefore that in and of itself is a WORK, which for some reason you seem to be unable to grasp. i believe all those verses 100% which teach Believing to be Saved. The difference between you and i, (it seems) is you ONLY believe those verses and not believe all the other verses which plainly teach believing ONLY is not enough. That is the problem.
What a genuine believer means by salvation through "faith in Christ alone" and what James means by "faith only" is NOT the same message.
James plainly teaches that Faith without Works is dead. You can't or won't believe that, because that does not line up with the Truth that you hold on to, does it. So this is yet another verse that you will need to explain away in order to feel good about yourself not believing it. i mean if it means something else other than what it says, then that is what you need to do, right. God forbid you have to change your belief to fit Scriptures. NO, much easier to change Scriptures to fit what you believe. Hence the reason we have over 120 different denominations in the Christian Faith alone. Scriptures teach to : Have one mind, to : Think the same thing. NO not this generation let us change this verse or that verse to fit into what we believe is the TRUTH. much weeping and gnashing of teeth. It would be better for a person to change what they believe to line up with Scriptures, than to change the Word of God to line up with YOUR belief.
In James 2:14, we read of one who says-claims he has faith but has no works (to back up his claim). This 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. *Please listen closely - *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!
The word "alone" in regards to salvation through faith "in Christ alone" conveys the message that Christ saves us through faith based on the merits of His finished work of redemption "alone" and not on the merits of our works. It is through faith "in Christ alone" (and not by the merits of our works) that we are justified on account of Christ (Romans 3:24; 5:1; 5:9); yet the faith that justifies is never alone (solitary, unfruitful, barren) if it is genuine (James 2:14-24). *Perfect Harmony.*
What i seen in all that you say here, is a brother desperately trying to change Scriptures and what it plainly and clearly says into something that will line up with what YOU believe.
Faith without works is dead. is so simple that children could understand it. But for those who don't believe it, well what is their options
1) ignore the verse.
2) interpret the verse to mean something else
3) go to the Hebrew and Greek and see if they can change the meanings of each one of the words
4) Do what Mailmandan has done above.
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††† In His Holy and Precious Name, Jesus Christ †††
DiscipleDave
