Fran, I never said we were justified by works. I wish your would actually take time and try too uynderstand what people say.
Google? Sorry, I do not get my spiritual knowledge from Google. .
EG,
You DID say we are justified by works...
Here's what you said:
Originally Posted by eternally-gratefull View Post
I like How James says it, In a sense, we are justified by works, in that those who have true saving faith will, like Abraham, Have works. and there will be no questioning their faith. Unlike those who have no faith, WHo may claim to have faith, but be hearers and not doers.
See? You did say it.
We are NOT justified by WORKS IN ANY SENSE.
If you don't like google, which has a good explanation in Got Questions,
then use whatever method you care to use.
But PLEASE learn the difference between JUSTIFICATION and SANCTIFICATION and how each is received.
I've posted it a few times and will not do it again.
I'd be willing to if you told me you'd read it and understand the difference, but since I know you don't care to learn from me, please learn it some other way. Maybe your church, maybe some books, maybe the bible, but that would require a real study, not just some verse like someone here likes to use. You cannot learn justification and sanctification TOTALLY from scripture because it is juxataposed and not made totally clear.
The clarification came after the letters were written and studied by the first theologians after Jesus died.
Please look into this so that you won't again say that we are "in some sense" justified by works.