You are again mistaken by the Gosple. One's works are a result of your salvation. It's not because of your works that you will be saved...no amount of "good" will get you into heaven.
James 21:14-25
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled;” and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs,what good is it? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. 18 Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? 21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;” and he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith. 25 In like manner wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out anotherway? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Works won't save us, but one had better be able to back up their claims of "faith" with works.
I would think that those who claim to know the Bible as well as they like to proclaim would at least be aware of the Epistle of James.
Like, like people logging on to messageboards and telling gays and lesbians that they're going to Hell — first, for being gay or lesbian; and second, even if they weren't gay or lesbian, they're STILL going to Hell because they're not a part of the "Elect" like some of us.
That's "love". Makes one just want to bask in that kind of "love".
(The first part of James 2 also talks about not showing partiality to the rich and the well-to-do, so we might not want to stress that lest those who are rich and well-to-do, and their political and social supporters be made to feel as uncomfortable as the poor, the sick, the homeless, and most of all those awful gays and lesbians are often made to feel. James calls that "showing partiality" and says that is a sin which violates the entire Law; but showing partiality is also one way we can demonstrate our "love" by judging "righteous" judgment.)
Realizing that there are those among us who may not want to risk contamination by reading Scriptural quotes posted by us "heathen" — here is the beginning of James 2.
James 2:1-13
My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. 2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in; 3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell thepoor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool;” 4 haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom whichhe promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts? 7 Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called? 8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well. 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. 13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
ALL of have struggled and continue to struggle with sin dear one.
