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Why are many against faith alone ? Isn’t faith alone is faith in Christ alone ?
What is faith ? This is what we have heard:
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. -Romans 10:17
Yet, why many resist from hearing and hearing the word of Christ alone.
Are many concerned with what apostle James have said ? :
But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. -James 2:18
Isn’t faith in Christ is faith in union with Christ alone ? For this is what we have heard:
For we are His workmanship, CREATED IN Christ Jesus FOR GOOD WORKS, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. -Ephesians 2:10
To understand “showing faith by our works” is that we are God’s workmanship, created in union with Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
So, we show faith by our works that are in union with Christ BUT NOT SHOWING FAITH BY WORKS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT OF CHRIST.
IF WE SHOW OUR FAITH BY OUR WORKS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT OF CHRIST, THAT IS NOT GOD WORKING IN US.
Are you concerned with what apostle James have said ? :
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? -James 2:21
Did not Avraham hear God’s voice to offer his son Issac on the altar ? Yes, Abraham did. So, Abraham have faith because faith comes from hearing the word of God.
So, Abraham show faith by his works by obeying what he has heard what God has spoken.
This is also what we have heard :
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but ONLY FAITH working through love. -Galatians 5:6
So, whose love is this ?
For this is what we have heard:
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. -1 John 4:8
Christ have spoken to us His words that we may grow in faith in union with Him that works through His love in us.
That is why we obey His voice or His words that we may keep His commandments and abide in His love.
As we have heard:
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. -John 15:10
So, faith in Christ alone is faith in union with Christ that we may do good works which God in His love prepared for us beforehand that we should walk in them.
What is faith ? This is what we have heard:
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. -Romans 10:17
Yet, why many resist from hearing and hearing the word of Christ alone.
Are many concerned with what apostle James have said ? :
But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. -James 2:18
Isn’t faith in Christ is faith in union with Christ alone ? For this is what we have heard:
For we are His workmanship, CREATED IN Christ Jesus FOR GOOD WORKS, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. -Ephesians 2:10
To understand “showing faith by our works” is that we are God’s workmanship, created in union with Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
So, we show faith by our works that are in union with Christ BUT NOT SHOWING FAITH BY WORKS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT OF CHRIST.
IF WE SHOW OUR FAITH BY OUR WORKS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT OF CHRIST, THAT IS NOT GOD WORKING IN US.
Are you concerned with what apostle James have said ? :
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? -James 2:21
Did not Avraham hear God’s voice to offer his son Issac on the altar ? Yes, Abraham did. So, Abraham have faith because faith comes from hearing the word of God.
So, Abraham show faith by his works by obeying what he has heard what God has spoken.
This is also what we have heard :
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but ONLY FAITH working through love. -Galatians 5:6
So, whose love is this ?
For this is what we have heard:
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. -1 John 4:8
Christ have spoken to us His words that we may grow in faith in union with Him that works through His love in us.
That is why we obey His voice or His words that we may keep His commandments and abide in His love.
As we have heard:
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. -John 15:10
So, faith in Christ alone is faith in union with Christ that we may do good works which God in His love prepared for us beforehand that we should walk in them.