Im not ignoring anything I am trying to open hour eyes to the context.
If I speak about the works of the law all through my letter to you and in on place I just say works
Should you not understand that I mean works of the law?
James 2:24
As you can see, a man is justified by his works and not by faith alone.
Clearly and plainly a man is justified by his works.
To reject this is to reject the very word of God.
Now Paul appears to be saying the exact opposite.
So you must ask yourself are Paul and James speaking of different kinds of works?
One kind that justifies and one kind that does not justify?
Are you to take one verse above another, or use one to negate the other?
No.
You are to understand the context and if needed move yourself to a new perspective to find the unity in the word of God that you lack.
Paul is constantly speaking about the works of the law.
James is speaking about the works of faith.
One of these works is not like the other.
One of these works just does not belong.
Sing it with me.
One of these works is not like the other
One of these works just does not belong.
Can you remember your sesame street days?
Why this is such an issue, Because people love the lie, because their deeds are evil.
If one is justified by the works faith, the works of believing then what become of all those who faith is worthless and dead?
They will hear depart from my you who practice lawlessness.
But what God is going to deny ever knowing those who don't keep the law?
How is that when the works of the law made no one righteous?
Well that is just it, the works of Faith do make one righteous and lawful and is the only way to believe and know God.
The one who practices sin has neither seen or known God.
What the law could not do (make you lawful because the outcome of your works depended on you)
God did (because the outcome of your works in faith depend on God in Christ)
As Paul says those who do not have the written law keep the law because they have the law written on their hearts, by God himself.
Yet YOU are destroying context
you can not open my eyes if you cause the word to contradict
abraham was justified by his works. To men, but not to God,
the people james spoke to were hearers only not doers. They had no faith, that is what dead faith means, they only had mere belief.
no one, i mean no one is saved just because they believe even demons believe and tremble.
we are saved by faith. Just like abraham was in Gen 15, out of that salvation comes works, just like abraham produced, and in doing so, justified his faith was real
titus 3: 5 alone a passage you have yet to respond to, destroys your works based theology, and I have posted others,, you want to stick with James. That will not help you, because you do not understand the context of James words