Let's talk about works. What is a work? Why do I do a work? Isn't it because I do something because someone askes me for to do? If Noah didn't obey God and constructed that ship would he and his family be saved? No. So doing what God commands leads to salvation. Works reveal faith. They also reveal obedience. If there is no work, then disobedience is evident. So you see the connection between works and faith. Do they save? In a sense yes they do. Think of Abraham, think of Noah, think of Abel, think of Joshua. Suppose Joshua wasn't willing to enter the promise land or if he didn't trust God enough and never entered the promise land. He would had lost his destination. Left out. Suppose Abel didn't sacrifice a lamb and instead he offered a plant. Would he be considered as righteous? No. So don't you see that His work saved him?
Anyway this thing about works and faith causes debate since ancient times.
Luther got it wrong here. Because he couldn't find the connection between works and faith, he rejected Jame's epistle as fake (I have read somewhere). You know christianity wasn't born during Luther's time. It existed for 1500 years before him. Now rejecting all that christian history as useless is out of any logical thinking. Yes many wrong thinks gradually entered the church, but there is a lot of truth and wisdom in the writtings of the so called Fathers and christian theologians living before Luther.
Let's talk about works. What is a work? Why do I do a work? Isn't it because I do something because someone askes me for to do? If Noah didn't obey God and constructed that ship would he and his family be saved? No. So doing what God commands leads to salvation. Works reveal faith. They also reveal obedience. If there is no work, then disobedience is evident. So you see the connection between works and faith. Do they save? In a sense yes they do. Think of Abraham, think of Noah, think of Abel, think of Joshua. Suppose Joshua wasn't willing to enter the promise land or if he didn't trust God enough and never entered the promise land. He would had lost his destination. Left out. Suppose Abel didn't sacrifice a lamb and instead he offered a plant. Would he be considered as righteous? No. So don't you see that His work saved him?
Anyway this thing about works and faith causes debate since ancient times.
Luther got it wrong here. Because he couldn't find the connection between works and faith, he rejected Jame's epistle as fake (I have read somewhere). You know christianity wasn't born during Luther's time. It existed for 1500 years before him. Now rejecting all that christian history as useless is out of any logical thinking. Yes many wrong thinks gradually entered the church, but there is a lot of truth and wisdom in the writtings of the so called Fathers and christian theologians living before Luther.
Next we will talk about the Septuagint.
GBU
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