d taylor
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I don't need to because we already know that faith without works is dead. How can you claim to have faith if you have no way to show it?
Let's look at a couple passages:
Luke 11:28 ESV
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!
Hear the word AND keep it.
Faith is granted to us and when that happens we make changes in our lives. How can we claim to have faith when we never changed any of our sinful ways?
1 John 3:24 ESV
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
When we keep God's commandments, it is an outward expression of our faith. It doesn't say that a certain number of works saves you but that if you truly have faith, it will show in your behavior. Our works are how we know that he abides in us. We are only capable of this change because we have faith and have been given the Holy Spirit.
John 14:23 ESV
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Jesus says "if anyone loves me he will keep my word" which is again illustrating that if you have faith if you believe, you will obey God. It doesn't say you have to perfectly adhere to every law but you can measure a person's faith by their actions.
We believe in two different gospels no need to discuss this any more. Yours by works, mine by faith, like i stated earlier your position is in align with the Judaizer's
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