The Cross of Christ Alone Can Save

[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by TheLegalist

depends on what is meant by "faith only" James said not by faith alone.

Over-abused. Poor James. Wonder what sort of discussion he and Paul would have? What does James have in view here? What is he trying to say? To correct? That's always an important consideration. Who was his audience? Answering these questions helps us not use James to re-write 80% of the nT.

FAITH without works... is dead. In reality, there is no such thing as faith part from works. They are as separable as soul and spirit perhaps. But we can see faith as the brain, sending signals to the body called works. A body without faith is lifeless. A faith without a body is a vegetable.

Faith is a deed just like justice and mercy per Jesus of which we ought to have done.

Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.