Is there any (kind of) sin that can cost me my salvation, or separate me from God's Love...?

[sdowney717]

Nothing can separate you from God, if your born of God.
We have received the adoption as sons and made fully accepted in the beloved family of God.

Romans 8 is a good study here.
God is at work in your life, if your one of His sons, then he disciplines you and will bring you to glory. The separating between God and man due to sin, God resolved by our being placed in the New Covenant by Him. Your sins can no longer if your born of God cause you to go to hell. Born of God people do not continue in sin, because God disciplines His own, and Christ is their good shepherd. The relationship can not be destroyed by sin, as it says in Hebrews 8
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
13 In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

The OC is gone and the NC is inforce. People don't understand the power God wrought in our life in making us new creations in Christ.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

God’s Everlasting Love
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:

“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

[tallulah]

What if there are/were factors in one person's life, that is not in another that "causes" a person to resist or reject God, or not forgive, or remain unloving and bitter... Certainly your not saying that someone's unforgiveness can cost them there salvation...

Also, timing is important, and the time in a person's life where they change from being unforgiving and unloving, to being forgiving and loving, must be taken into account also...

See, I think we're focusing too much on sin as the primary issue, (which usually only leads to more sins, or new sins that are unknown to the individual as sin) anyway, Love covers a multitude of sins, and I think focusing on sin is wrong, but focus on Love, and being a Loving person in a Godly way, and sin, will take care of itself, while you are growing in Godly love, and in the meantime, love and pursuing Godly love will cover sin till you get there....

I believe focusing on sin and making sin the primary issue only leads to more sin, while focusing on Godly Love and hotly pursuing it, is the only "real way" to get rid of sin for good, when Godly love is matured in you...

God Bless!

In the beginning of my walk there were times when I would slip back into the world and I knew I had the choice to choose the world/flesh over the narrow path. "Friendship with the world is hatred toward God." There came a point where I lived in the spirit enough to know that I wanted nothing to do with the world anymore. At that point Galations 5 and the freedom in Christ clicked for me. I remember that day very clearly and it was awesome. When studying with new Christians I do emphasize sin because I think its important for them to know that there are forces wanting to take them in an opposite direction via the flesh and the sinful nature and they can choose to go back into the world. I think its more common for this to happen at the beginning of their walk. I have seen it and its a very sad thing and the parable of the seeds comes to mind. However, there comes a point where you can tell someone has "tasted the goodness" as described in Hebrews 6. I think it would be very hard for someone to fall away at that point but it does state that you can and it is not possible "to be brought back to repentance". I think its easy as a mature Christian to forget the beginning of our walk and what we struggled with but when you study with new Christians those things are refreshed and all the more thankful you made it through.

 

[Romansthruphilemon]

Well, those are complex issues. Not forgiving others is a damnable offense. If we don't forgive others of their sins, then we're not forgiven either. That's simple. As far as circumstantial issues go, we certainly are in position to judge others. The emphasis should be on a personal relationship with God through the Lord Jesus, and holiness will be a natural outcome. God bless.

Mathew 6:15,16 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

That was doctrine for Israel prior to Jesus dieing on the cross. Go to Romans through Philemon for your doctrine today and compare what it says to Mathew 6:15,16. It's completely different, so it has to be rightly divided.

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

That verse clearly shows that forgiveness is past tense, already forgiven even before you forgive others. Completely different from the verses in Mathew 6 where forgiveness (for the children of Israel) was dependent on forgiving others.

If you don't rightly divide you will take doctrine that was for Israel and act as if it's yours. That's a very serious error and it's why we constantly have discussions in this forum about wether works are required for salvation. The posters promoting works in addition to faith for salvation don't rightly divide. They just take Israel's doctrine as their own.

 

[tallulah]

Mathew 6:15,16 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

That was doctrine for Israel prior to Jesus dieing on the cross. Go to Romans through Philemon for your doctrine today and compare what it says to Mathew 6:15,16. It's completely different, so it has to be rightly divided.

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

That verse clearly shows that forgiveness is past tense, already forgiven even before you forgive others. Completely different from the verses in Mathew 6 where forgiveness (for the children of Israel) was dependent on forgiving others.

If you don't rightly divide you will take doctrine that was for Israel and act as if it's yours. That's a very serious error and it's why we constantly have discussions in this forum about wether works are required for salvation. The posters promoting works in addition to faith for salvation don't rightly divide. They just take Israel's doctrine as their own.

I would disagree with this and would say this is not a widely accepted teaching...it's pretty out there (not that a teaching needs to be popular to be correct). I sense a strong personal motivation in this teaching. Same with the works comment. The book of James is clear on works. Some scriptures can threaten our idea of who God is and what He wants from us and instead of wrestling with it, we tend to try to fit it into what we want instead. I have wanted to do this myself at times and have really struggled with some scripture but it is good to know if your personal motivation is what is driving you. That is how people create their own God and it is a very popular thing to do in the emerging churches. There are scriptures that address sin against each other and sin toward God. There is also the concept that whatever measure you use, it will be used against you. You start to recognize that there is a balance to sin and judgement. The important thing to do is read all of scripture and have a holistic view and understanding of the concepts of sin and judgement. Drilling down to bit by bit doesn't serve us well until you have a holistic view of scripture and what the spirit says overall. Zoom out though and you can know that God is merciful. When you read about Jesus on the cross looking at the ones who spit on him and call him names and yet he says "Father forgive them, the they know not what they are doing" You can have peace knowing that you savior said this and He is much more forgiving than we probably give him credit for.

 

[Apologetic_Warrior]

Any and all sin separates us from God and we're restored into a relationship with Him through repentance and forgiveness in the Lord Jesus. However, only blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (resisting or rejecting God's grace and His Holy Spirit, unforgiveness, etc.) separates us eternally from Him and there's no forgiveness for that unpardonable sin. That's my take. Peace in Christ .

I tend to agree, however Praise God it is not the case of the elect in Christ, for whom he said; "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." (Matt 10:27-28)

 

[Romansthruphilemon]

I would disagree with this and would say this is not a widely accepted teaching...it's pretty out there (not that a teaching needs to be popular to be correct). I sense a strong personal motivation in this teaching. Same with the works comment. The book of James is clear on works. Some scriptures can threaten our idea of who God is and what He wants from us and instead of wrestling with it, we tend to try to fit it into what we want instead. I have wanted to do this myself at times and have really struggled with some scripture but it is good to know if your personal motivation is what is driving you. That is how people create their own God and it is a very popular thing to do in the emerging churches. There are scriptures that address sin against each other and sin toward God. There is also the concept that whatever measure you use, it will be used against you. You start to recognize that there is a balance to sin and judgement. The important thing to do is read all of scripture and have a holistic view and understanding of the concepts of sin and judgement. Drilling down to bit by bit doesn't serve us well until you have a holistic view of scripture and what the spirit says overall. Zoom out though and you can know that God is merciful. When you read about Jesus on the cross looking at the ones who spit on him and call him names and yet he says "Father forgive them, the they know not what they are doing" You can have peace knowing that you savior said this and He is much more forgiving than we probably give him credit for.

James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

 

[Bible Highlighter]

Is there any (kind of) sin that can cost me my salvation, or separate me from God's Love...?

Comments...?

God Bless!

The Bible teaches that serious sin is separation from GOD,

[God said to Adam,]
"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." (Genesis 2:17).

[Eve said to the serpent,]
"But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. (Genesis 3:3).

And the serpent said unto the woman,
"Ye shall not surely die." (Genesis 3:4).

"...she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked..." (Genesis 3:6-7).

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." (Romans 5:12).

"For the wages of sin is death..." (Romans 6:23).

"But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2).

“...whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
(Matthew 5:22).

28 “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.” (Matthew 5:28-30).

“But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew 6:15).

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)

Important Note: If you were to look at 1 Thessalonians 4:3 you would learn that the will of God (i.e. the Father) is to be holy or it is our sanctification; And Hebrews 12:14 says, without holiness no man shall see the Lord.

“22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’” (Matthew 7:22-23 ESV).

“26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.”
(Matthew 7:26-27).

“15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” (Matthew 7:15-20).

"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins." (Hebrews 10:26).

"he that commits sin is of the devil." (1 John 3:8).

"everyone who does evil hates the light." (John 3:20).

"Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee." (Acts of the Apostles 8:22).

6 "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John 1:6-7).

"He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1 John 2:4).

"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." (1 John 3:15).

"He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now." (1 John 2:9).

"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." (1 John 3:10).

41 "The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,
42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear." (Matthew 13:41-43 ESV).

"They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate." (Titus 1:16).

3 "If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
4 He is proud, knowing nothing,..." (1 Timothy 6:3-4).

"...God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."
(James 4:6).

21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off." (Romans 11:21-22).

16 "There is a sin unto death..."
17 "...and there is a sin not unto death." (1 John 5:16-17).

"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." (Revelation 21:8).

19 "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." (Galatians 5:19-21).

5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affe
ction, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them." (Colossians 3:5-7).

 

[Bible Highlighter]

To say that we commit serious sin and still be saved on some level is to turn God's grace into a license for immorality. Jude 1:4 NIV warns us against this.

 

[Serving Zion]

So, one can do this say, on there deathbed, no matter how rotten they were prior to that...? And, say you met them prior to that and did not like them very much at all, and maybe, judged them... Was that judgement correct...?

It says that those who lived without law, will perish without law, and is, in connection with Romans 2:14, just two lines after it, and taken in context, (Romans 2:12-29) it is not meaning, I believe, what your trying to twist it into meaning, nice try though...

Maybe you should read "all" of it, "in context" maybe, and since were cherry picking, I have Romans 2:23-24 to say to you and those like you...

I have Romans 2:3,5 for you. This shows that you have thought wrongly of me.

Oh and about Genesis 2:17, What does eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and dying have to do with this,

It is the way that man has become separated from God, by having fallen from the pure state of being the image of God. It is because of this fallen nature that they gradually perish. To perish is to lose all resemblance of the image of God that is what makes us human (John 1:4), and thereby become demonic - a lifeless human, a body with no spirit. Eg: Jude 1:10-13. That lifelessness is what necessitates spiritual rebirth (Romans 7:9, 1 John 3:14, Romans 5:18).

what is eating from the tree of the knowledge, (perhaps difference, maybe referring to judging or appointing yourself judge of good and evil), anyway, what is eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to you...?

And, again, what kind of death, physical death? since we have eternal life spiritually in Christ, and we do not have to be sinless, to have it either...

Here is a useful description of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil that I have written before:

A tree is a thing that grows and it produces fruit. The fruit is a thing that we consume because we enjoy it and it is good for us. Our life is sustained by eating the fruit of a tree, and so God made a garden and said to the human that he was free to eat fruit from any tree in the garden.

The tree was of the knowledge of good and evil, so it describes that there was a knowledge of good and evil in the garden that was growing and was producing fruit. They weren't warned to not look at that tree, only to not touch it. So it is not explicitly stated in the story that Adam and Eve did not have any knowledge of good and evil, but rather that they were not relying upon it's fruit for their sustenance or pleasure.

The story explains that one day Eve was tempted to take and eat the fruit of it, "desiring to be wise", "seeing that it was good for food and attractive", "desiring to be like God", and once they had eaten, they began to "discern" good and evil.

When we observe the way the world operates today, we see that the discernment of good and evil is relied upon for sustenance and pleasure - often immorally, even as society has made normal (eg: to buy 10 litres of paint, say $100, but a 500ml pot is $20. That is effectively to use dishonest scales).

So that is the tree, and we see immediately they were overcome by shame, that they had to conceal some of themselves and they had to hide from God - why exactly they believed that God would be mad with them for having disobeyed Him, well it shows that they had been immediately cut off from the knowledge of God's nature (eg: 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:18) - they had been cut off from Christ (John 1:4, 1 John 1:5-6, Romans 8:1, John 3:19-21) - in the very day they had eaten of it, they had become dead. This is a spiritual death, the same language that is used to describe the coming to life again when we are reborn (John 5:24, John 3:7-8, John 5:39-40).

So this spiritual life and spiritual death are matters of spirit wherever condemnation is permitted to reign over us so that our guilt causes us to hide from the light. Light is defined by Ephesians 5:13 as "a thing that makes manifest" - ie: bringing to light, making the truth known. Obviously, because some people do not wish for their deeds to come to light, they are condemned and they do not come toward the light. If the light comes toward them, their fear of being exposed is great enough that they will often act violently to extinguish the light - and even if they do not know that they have this tendency within them, their heart betrays that very motive when the light looks toward it.

Hebrews 6:4-8, Once they have been "enlightened", when does this happen, how can we know (if we are not, at least partially) still a little bit ignorant...? Repentance means what again, all sin? Quite impossible...

It is of course Adonai who makes those judgements, and as you mentioned that there is always some increase of knowledge to be had, it's a really difficult question to answer generally and exhaustively because full justice will consider all circumstances and facts.

IMO there will be some common traits among all who have been enlightened: has overcome the adversary (Revelation 2:7), Jesus Christ has revealed Himself to them (John 14:21), we have the living water inside of us (John 4:14) and fathom all mysteries (1 Corinthians 13:2). The opposite is ignorance and blindness, where the god of this world has veiled their eyes that they can't see the glorious message of the gospel we proclaim (2 Corinthians 4:3-4).

What if by your preaching complete sinlessness to be saved, you are committing apostasy...?

God Bless!

I haven't preached "complete sinlessness to be saved" though. I am saying that the one who is born of God loves, and where love prevails, sin is not manifested. There is of course a process of being refined while we take off the former self and put on the new nature of Christ, being transformed by the renewing of the mind (consider Malachi 3:2-4).

 

[Bible Highlighter]

James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

Romans 10:12 says,
"For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him."

 

[Buzz_B]

What if there are/were factors in one person's life, that is not in another that "causes" a person to resist or reject God, or not forgive, or remain unloving and bitter... Certainly your not saying that someone's unforgiveness can cost them there salvation...

Also, timing is important, and the time in a person's life where they change from being unforgiving and unloving, to being forgiving and loving, must be taken into account also...

See, I think we're focusing too much on sin as the primary issue, (which usually only leads to more sins, or new sins that are unknown to the individual as sin) anyway, Love covers a multitude of sins, and I think focusing on sin is wrong, but focus on Love, and being a Loving person in a Godly way, and sin, will take care of itself, while you are growing in Godly love, and in the meantime, love and pursuing Godly love will cover sin till you get there....

I believe focusing on sin and making sin the primary issue only leads to more sin, while focusing on Godly Love and hotly pursuing it, is the only "real way" to get rid of sin for good, when Godly love is matured in you...

God Bless!

So you advise ignoring the enemy? To your way of thinking, can we become familiar with the designs our enemy uses to entrap us by ignoring learning about the traits and goals of our enemy?

God has not changed. It is we who must change.

Hosea 4:6 'My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."

1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. ............
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Are you familiar with the many designs of our enemy which he uses to entrap us? Give a man a fish and he will only get hungry again. Teach a man to fish and he stays fed for a lifetime. God is not doing it for you so that he has to keep doing it day after day. You would not be manifesting his image in yourself if he had to do it for you day after day. He is teaching you the ways of life that you may apply them and his righteousness really become your righteousness.

 

[salt-n-light]

Is there any (kind of) sin that can cost me my salvation, or separate me from God's Love...?

Comments...?

God Bless!

Unrepentant heart

 

[nekiness]

We only have to believe that we were forgiven in advance 2000years ago ,we are loved and we are not condemned .grace makes us say no to sin,the Holy spirit helps us He leads us to Christ ,He helps us understand Jesus,He reveals Jesus Christ in the whole bible

 

[Willie T]

Is there any (kind of) sin that can cost me my salvation, or separate me from God's Love...?

Comments...?
Why? Ya looking for some you can get away with?
God Bless!

 

[aiki]

Is there any (kind of) sin that can cost me my salvation, or separate me from God's Love...?

Comments...?

God Bless!

Refusing to trust in Christ as one's Saviour is the only sin which cannot be forgiven. For those who are believers, sin breaks their fellowship with God, but it can never dissolve their relationship to Him as adopted children.

 

[thesunisout]

Is there any (kind of) sin that can cost me my salvation, or separate me from God's Love...?

Comments...?

God Bless!

I believe that if you walk away from God and do what you want you shouldn't expect salvation in the end, especially rejecting His numerous advances towards you to bring you back into fellowship with Him through repentance.

 

[Thomas1987]

Is there any (kind of) sin that can cost me my salvation, or separate me from God's Love...?

Comments...?

God Bless!

Romans 8:38-39

 

[fhansen]

Is there any (kind of) sin that can cost me my salvation, or separate me from God's Love...?

Comments...?

God Bless!

Well, not believing to begin with certainly separates us from Him. And not remaining faithful, with us in Him and He in us, after we've once believed will surely separate us from Him again. And this refusing to remain faithful implies that we've turned back away from Him and back to sin. And He is our weapon against sin, He, 'apart from Whom we can do nothing', takes sin away as we commune with Him. He is our salvation. So, yes, sin is what separated man from God to begin with, and sin can separate us from Him again.

 

[Romansthruphilemon]

Romans 10:12 says,
"For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him."

Absolutely true. That is Pauline doctrine and was only revealed by the Apostle Paul. Wasn't always that way. Wasn't that way during the Lord's earthly ministry. Wasn't that way at the time James was written. It was only revealed by the Apostle Paul, before then salvation was of the Jews. Jesus in his earthly ministry told his Apostles "go not into the way of the Gentiles". When the Gentile woman approached Jesus about her daughter that was greviously vexed with a devil at first he wouldn't even talk with her. There was definitely a difference between Jew and Greek then. Jesus said I came only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Absolutely there was a difference.

 

[Bible Highlighter]

Absolutely true. That is Pauline doctrine and was only revealed by the Apostle Paul. Wasn't always that way. Wasn't that way during the Lord's earthly ministry. Wasn't that way at the time James was written. It was only revealed by the Apostle Paul, before then salvation was of the Jews. Jesus in his earthly ministry told his Apostles "go not into the way of the Gentiles". When the Gentile woman approached Jesus about her daughter that was greviously vexed with a devil at first he wouldn't even talk with her. There was definitely a difference between Jew and Greek then. Jesus said I came only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Absolutely there was a difference.

No. The good news was to be given to the Gentiles as a part of Christ's New Covenant ministry when Christ died upon the cross and He had risen from the grave. For Jesus told His disciples to preach to all nations and not just to the tribes of Israel anymore. James was written after Jesus was risen and after He gave the the command to preach to all nations.