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Originally Posted by deltaguitar
Sorry, this was James not Peter. James is addressing those who don't have saving faith. He mentions that just believing in God isn't the same as true faith. True faith means you put everything you have into Gods saving grace. True faith is more than just mental assent. It is a life changing experience that means dying to the old man and taking up OUR cross and following Christ.
You are adding to the scripture. Where does it say that you have to be baptized and speak in tongues to be justified. It isn't in there. You are equating the works that follow faith with baptism. You could add communion, washing feet, prophesying, healing, circumcision or any other step that believers took after conversion as a work that had to be done in order to be justified and this just doesn't line up with scripture.
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Obeying what Jesus and the Apostles said is NOT works.
1Cor. 6:11 says we are justified-washed-sanctified- IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS(WATER) AND the SPIRIT.