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Can anyone on the Christian forum, with all great theology, great knowledge, even having faith that could remove mountains, be anything, without charity ?
There's no way anyone can be anything without Christ; apart from Christ we are dead in our sins and our trespasses, regardless of how much love we perceive ourselves to possess.
Scripture teaches we are justified by faith apart from works of the law (Romans 3:28) Faith comes from God, and with that Faith, comes love; we love because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19)
The faith that justifies is never alone; by the Spirit it inevitably works through love (Galatians 5:6) because Christ is Himself love (1 John 4:7-21) and all things work in and through Him (Acts 17:28; Romans 8:28; Philippians 4:13). In other words, love does not earn salvation; love flows from union with Christ. (1 Timothy 1:14)
Wedo not make void the law by faith; rather, we establish it (Romans 3:31) The law no longer condemns those in Christ (Romans 8:1) instead, as a rule of life, it is fulfilled in those who walk by the Spirit (Romans 8:3-4)
So: Christ alone saves; faith alone justifies; the justified never remain fruitless.The crowns are therefore cast at the feet of Jesus, for the glory is His alone (Revelation 4:10-11)
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