Date Posted:17:11:46 06/23/05 Thu Author:Dr. Noel Subject: Re: Salvation FREE and Eternal In reply to:
Cecil Spivey
's message, "Salvation FREE and Eternal" on 02:40:16 06/23/05 Thu
I would add this one little item: James 2:14 My brothers, what profit is it if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him?
James 2:15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
James 2:16 and if one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them those things which are needful to the body, what good is it?
James 2:17 Even so, if it does not have works, faith is dead, being by itself.
Jam 2:18 But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith from my works.
James 2:19 You believe that there is one God, you do well; even the demons believe and tremble.
James 2:20 But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
James 2:22 Do you see how faith worked with his works, and from the works faith was made complete?
James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God."
James 2:24 You see then how a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
What this means is that works is evidence of your faith. If you have faith, but do no works (your faith should drive you to do the works of God), then your faith is dead. What good is dead faith? Is this what God desires for us? I think not.
In the love of Jesus,
Rev. Dr. Hoyt W. Noel Jr. BAMin, ThM, DD
Senior pastor, The Body of Christ Church Online
Administrator, I Love Jesus Ministries
Re: Salvation FREE and Eternal