Originally Posted by Hizikyah
James 2:26, "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works."
*John/Yahanan 5:46-47, "For had you believed Mosheh, you would have believed Me, for he wrote about Me*. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"
*Mosheh wrote:
Deuteronomy 18:18-19, "I (YHWH) will raise up for them a Prophet (Yahshua/Jesus) like you from among their brothers, and I will put My words in His mouth, and He will tell them everything I command Him. Whoever will not listen to My words, which He speaks in My Name, I will judge him for it"
"listen" is word #8085 - שָׁמַעshama` {shaw-mah'}
Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.)
Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar) - 1) to hear, listen to, obey
James 2:14,
"14 My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This belief is unable to save him.
"15, "And if a brother or sister is naked and in need of daily food,
"16, "but one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the bodily needs, what use is it?
17, "So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead.
18, "But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.
19, "You believe that Yah is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder!
20, "But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead?
21, "Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the slaughter-place?
22, "Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected?
23, "And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Yah, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And He called him, “he who loves Yah.”
"24, "You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone.
"25, "In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
"26, "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works."
*John/Yahanan 5:46-47, "For had you believed Mosheh, you would have believed Me, for he wrote about Me*. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"
*Mosheh wrote:
Deuteronomy 18:18-19, "I (YHWH) will raise up for them a Prophet (Yahshua/Jesus) like you from among their brothers, and I will put My words in His mouth, and He will tell them everything I command Him. Whoever will not listen to My words, which He speaks in My Name, I will judge him for it"
"listen" is word #8085 - שָׁמַעshama` {shaw-mah'}
Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.)
Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar) - 1) to hear, listen to, obey
James 2:14,
"14 My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This belief is unable to save him.
"15, "And if a brother or sister is naked and in need of daily food,
"16, "but one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the bodily needs, what use is it?
17, "So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead.
18, "But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.
19, "You believe that Yah is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder!
20, "But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead?
21, "Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the slaughter-place?
22, "Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected?
23, "And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Yah, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And He called him, “he who loves Yah.”
"24, "You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone.
"25, "In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
"26, "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works."
Why? Because they harden their heart to the point that the word cannot any longer work therein so they trample it underfoot
