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Paul's Epistle Verses James Epistle by gud4vvvvv: 10:36am On Nov 29, 2020 |
I'm confused here... in Paul's epistle to the Galatians, that is in chapter 2 he wrote about people being put right with God by not our righteousness but by Christ's sacrifice on the cross.he went on to write about people receiving what God promised as far as they belong to Jesus but James in James chapter 2vs20 it's written thus: you fool! do you want to be shown that faith without work is dead? He went on to write about Abraham's offering of Isaac. in verse 22 he wrote about Abraham's offering and faith being the reason why God blessed him. This two seems to be contradictory to me or do you think the word of God suppose to be contradictory? your genuine clarification is needed here. thanks in advance. |
Re: Paul's Epistle Verses James Epistle by Heartbender: 1:01pm On Nov 29, 2020 |
Nothing contradictory here. You too have said it. Our righteousness is not a result of our work but the ultimate sacrifice of God, the Son, Jesus Christ. However, faith has nothing to do with righteousness. It is putting your beliefs to work. While Paul was talking about salvation and redemption through Christ alone, James is talking about your belief. How you express it. Do you get? gud4vvvvv: |
Re: Paul's Epistle Verses James Epistle by senjutsu(m): 1:29pm On Nov 29, 2020 |
Heartbender:Correct! 1 Like |
Re: Paul's Epistle Verses James Epistle by madegreatbygrace(m): 1:42pm On Nov 29, 2020 |
[quote author=gud4vvvvv post=96552691]I'm confused here... in Paul's epistle to the Galatians, that is in chapter 2 he wrote about people being put right with God by not our righteousness but by Christ's sacrifice on the cross.he went on to write about people receiving what God promised as far as they belong to Jesus but James in James chapter 2vs20 it's written thus: you fool! do you want to be shown that faith without work is dead? He went on to write about Abraham's offering of Isaac. in verse 22 he wrote about Abraham's offering and faith being the reason why God blessed him. This two seems to be contradictory to me or do you think the word of God suppose to be contradictory? your genuine clarification is needed here. thanks in advance. The two apostles wrote about two different things and so one didn’t contradict the other. Paul wrote about justification by faith before God while James wrote about “justification“ by works before man. When James wrote that faith without works is dead, he meant if a man claims to have faith, yet without works, such faith is dead, that is barren or unproductive with respect to the man in need. This he tried to illustrate in James 2:14-16 |
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