The key in bolded....
Paul said a man is JUSTIFIED without WORKS<--before GOD
Maybe one day you will also realize that JAMES speaks to another man being able to see the faith you claim to have.....
FAITH before GOD justifies
FAITH before men (show me) is SEEN in our works
it is not that difficult to grasp when one has genuine faith and acknowledges context and verbiage
Paul said a man is JUSTIFIED without WORKS<--before GOD
Maybe one day you will also realize that JAMES speaks to another man being able to see the faith you claim to have.....
FAITH before GOD justifies
FAITH before men (show me) is SEEN in our works
it is not that difficult to grasp when one has genuine faith and acknowledges context and verbiage
Ephesians 2_8-10
[FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]9 not by works, so that no one can boast.[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]10 For we are God’s handiwork, [/FONT][FONT="]created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][h=1]Ephesians 4New International Version (NIV)[/h][h=3]Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ[/h][FONT="]4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love
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[FONT="]11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.[/FONT]
[FONT="]14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
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[h=1]Matthew 13Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)[/h][FONT="]20 And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. 21 Yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction[d] of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
For this very reason is why infants in the faith are at such a crucial point of survival. Like real infants, they need milk to grow and eventually whole food to supply the growing body. Or an infant will die if withheld from whole food as the body starves from the growing need of nutrition.
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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[FONT="]22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.[/FONT]
[FONT="]25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin”[d]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold.
Best believe we can still fall into sin if we allow a foothold.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Grieve- to cause great distress. Why? Ephesians 4:7 explains because God can not be mocked and the seal holds as we honor God and giving God all the glory with our life.
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[h=1]Ephesians 4New International Version (NIV)[/h][FONT="]7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
Another place we see a warning in mocking God with sin is in
23 Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works, 25 not staying away from our worship meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.[/FONT]
[h=3]Warning against Deliberate Sin[/h][FONT="]26 For if we deliberately sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries. 28 If anyone disregards Moses’ law, he dies without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, regarded as profane[d] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay,[e][f] and again, The Lord will judge His people.[g] 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God![/FONT]