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Yes, Because James was not focused on how to become a child of God. But about being a child of God.. There is nothing I read or see in James which would have caused him to need to put the crucifixion in there.. It can be said, the people he wrote to knew all about the gospel.. Whether they were current believers or not..
So why the address, "to the twelve tribes scattered abroad"? The term twelve tribes is never in Scripture representative of the saved group of people out of the nation of Israel. In Scripture, twelve tribes is always a reference to the entire nation of Israel, all that would be part of the twelve tribes. To make it Jewish Christians would contradict every other usage in Scripture.
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That is very correct but did you know that James opposed Peter and Paul?
James conveyed a council to question why Peter had to go into Cornelius's house with the gospel! he did not only questioned Peter but Paul as well!! Were it not for peter's testimony, the burden of circumcision would have been placed on the gentile churches then!
According to James one is not a true Christian unless they are circumcised and obey the law of Moses!
In fact history has it that James hid his conversion and still worshiped at the temple for many many yrs! And it was only when some Jewish Christians were brought to him( James) at the temple to pass judgement, that he declared that he himself was a christian!
why am bring this out is for us to see that James letter is law based! And we know that by the law, non is justified!
I am by no means saying that the book of James is not important! I am saying that when we study the book of James we should rightly divide it; to get what belongs to the new creation and set aside what belongs to the law!!
James conveyed a council to question why Peter had to go into Cornelius's house with the gospel! he did not only questioned Peter but Paul as well!! Were it not for peter's testimony, the burden of circumcision would have been placed on the gentile churches then!
According to James one is not a true Christian unless they are circumcised and obey the law of Moses!
In fact history has it that James hid his conversion and still worshiped at the temple for many many yrs! And it was only when some Jewish Christians were brought to him( James) at the temple to pass judgement, that he declared that he himself was a christian!
why am bring this out is for us to see that James letter is law based! And we know that by the law, non is justified!
I am by no means saying that the book of James is not important! I am saying that when we study the book of James we should rightly divide it; to get what belongs to the new creation and set aside what belongs to the law!!
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Its a good thing that you brought this up. Now let use the example of the prophecy concerning the coming of Christ through Mary.
If you happen to find a woman this day and age claiming to be the one through whom the messiah will d come, what would you call her? Heretic right? why? because that prophecy had been FULFILLED!!
So when Christ fulfilled the law it was fulfilled indeed; never to be taken into consideration again!!!!!!!!
If you happen to find a woman this day and age claiming to be the one through whom the messiah will d come, what would you call her? Heretic right? why? because that prophecy had been FULFILLED!!
So when Christ fulfilled the law it was fulfilled indeed; never to be taken into consideration again!!!!!!!!
This is a better question that I realized at first. Actually great question, my heart is literally racing!!!! Now I have to check which council it was for sure (but I do not feel like it) but I believe if memory serves me correct it is the same as the Council of Nicaea canonizing The Book of Ester. Ester does not mention G-d’s name at all but reading it there is no denying it belongs in the canyon. Same with James. The “New” Testament is not a works of what Y-shua did it is the completion of the “Old” Testament. It takes all 66 Books, with that beautiful scarlet of thread of Y-sha’s blood that runs all thru them that makes the complete Work of the Master. If it sounds “Old” Testament, it’s because Y-shua is Old Testament too.
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One more to try to explain it. It would be like someone ignoring that we are to think of things above and the detailed instruction about how money is to be viewed and then trying to become as rich as we can anyways and entertaining ourselves in sinful entertainment and just assuming we are ok with God because we heard some preacher said something about faith along time ago.
I know what you are trying to say but the problem is that people don't interpret scripture they seem to think we should take everything literally and create highly improbable explanations of why one passage contradicts another. They confuse spiritual truth with facts and get into all sorts of debates to defend their positions. The writers of the new testament
were not consciously writing Scripture. They didn't think that their letters would one day become ''The New Testament''
Only Peters epistle seems to recognize some of Pauls writing as Scripture. They all wrote in order to explain and correct members of the various churches as and when they thought it necessary. James is one example of this.
were not consciously writing Scripture. They didn't think that their letters would one day become ''The New Testament''
Only Peters epistle seems to recognize some of Pauls writing as Scripture. They all wrote in order to explain and correct members of the various churches as and when they thought it necessary. James is one example of this.
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it would be just as dangerous to go on in life to think you are saved because you are good. And because you are hearers and doers in your mind, You have no danger of losing salvation, But if you do not maintain that lifestyle and fall back into sin, Your salvation could be in jeopardy.
Because if you believe this, You faith is in your works, not in Christ,
Because if you believe this, You faith is in your works, not in Christ,
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Mind if I ask where you got this. James did not support circumcision, and say your not saved if you are not.. James did not appose Paul in his letter. He agreed with paul. His letter was to a group of people who had different issues that the letters paul wrote (easy believing vs legalism) and thus his letter has to be taken in that context.
I always viewed that as a spiritual saying not literal.
Romans 2:28-29
[FONT="]28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:[/FONT]
[FONT="]29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Romans 9:6-8
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[FONT="]6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:[/FONT]
[FONT="]7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.[/FONT]
[FONT="]8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Galatians 3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Ephesians 2:12-13
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[FONT="]12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:[/FONT]
[FONT="]13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.[/FONT]
Romans 2:28-29
[FONT="]28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:[/FONT]
[FONT="]29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Romans 9:6-8
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[FONT="]6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:[/FONT]
[FONT="]7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.[/FONT]
[FONT="]8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Galatians 3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Ephesians 2:12-13
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[FONT="]12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:[/FONT]
[FONT="]13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.[/FONT]
Then you would have to take the rest of the book of James as spiritual teaching and cannot be taken literal. I take James literal, and he's writing to the twelve tribes scattered abroad. There's a reason why the book of James falls after Paul's writings to the body of Christ. The twelve tribes will be scattered abroad during the tribulation(after the Church Age) and will need help persevering through this time of Jacob's trouble. James is definitely not writing to saved people only for he tells them in James 1 to receive the word of God which will save their souls.