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Originally Posted by kclee4jc
...To act out this plan would be pointless if he hadn't already done it. But since he did..he provided a way for us to identify with Him and receive His grace. Faith requires action...according to James anyway
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Agreed on the first portion. If of course, you mean that we are accepted first of Christ who has given His grace freely to "whosoever will." We do not earn it. We can identify with it!
James, however, is not referring to the gift of eternal life through salvation when he gives a discourse on faith/works.