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    Justification - Part 2

    Saint James writes that Abraham was justified by his works. James 2:21 Think of our father Abraham. Was he not justified by the act of offering his son Isaac on the altar?
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    Justification - Part 2

    A coin without two sides and an edge cannot exist. Faith without works cannot exist. It's necessary for faith to work in love. That is why saint James states that a man is justified (made righteous) by works and not by faith alone.
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    Justification - Part 2

    Abram had faith, and God counted it as righteousness but Abraham was not justified until he did what God commanded and took Isaac to a mountain place and bound him ready to be sacrificed. God was pleased with Abraham and he was justified argues saint James. James 2:20 You foolish one, do you...
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    Justification - Part 2

    Yes, I am sure I've written that several times. Justified means to be made righteous. It is a verbal sort of thing, something that is done by you (or done to you) or maybe both done by you and to you. But others keep wanting to deny that "you" plays any role in it so they insist that "declared...
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    Justification - Part 2

    No, I do not think that we are. "Justification" is still undefined - is it "make righteous" or is it "declare righteous" or both or neither?
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    Justification - Part 2

    I pray that more than two will make it through. God willing we all will.
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    Justification - Part 2

    total so far is 1,500+ and still very limited progress. Maybe it takes millions of posts to get there :scared:
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    Justification - Part 2

    Nope. It is an arduous work to be justified. :scared:
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    Justification - Part 2

    The NLT is a revision of the Living Bible which is a modern English paraphrase of the ASV (American Standard Version) which used antiquated KJV-style English. The Living Bible was not a translation from Greek and Hebrew is was just a modernised and colloquialised ASV. The NLT does translate...
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    Justification - Part 2

    Adding some words is justified if the words are implied in the Greek (or Hebrew) source text but in the case of 2 Timothy 1:1 adding "chosen" is not implied by the Greek and adding it is a little bit of theological tampering with the text along the lines of the New World Translation of the Holy...
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    Justification - Part 2

    Yes, the Greek does move along in the direction that you've indicated. And the brief definition is very far from a discussion of how self-proclaimed-confidence-in-one's-own-election is proof of self's-status-as-elect. And once again saint James' words come to the fore a man is justified by works...
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    Justification - Part 2

    I prefer the NCB, we use it in the liturgy. The CCB, which I use sometimes for quotes from the holy scriptures says 2Timothy 1:1 From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, for the sake of his promise of eternal life, in Christ Jesus, 2 to my dear son Timothy. May grace, mercy and...
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    Justification - Part 2

    Webster's hardly manages to work for the USA and fails for the English language so I never feel particularly bound by Webster's definitions and much less so when the term is theological. Denominations are a post Protestant thing. It took quite a while for the word to be coined. The Catholic...
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    Justification - Part 2

    Salvation comes from God in Jesus Christ the Lord. And the Catholic Church is not a denomination.
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    Above the law - King Donald.

    Having watched his candidates' debates it was not too surprising when he became POTUS that he was ego-manacle and tweet crazy but what is surprising is how craven, cowardly, and subservient his party in the house and the senate has become.
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    How can an unbeliever please God?

    The gospel is not merely "repent" but also "and believe the gospel", why "because the kingdom of God is at hand". Repentance is more than sorrow for sins and more than turning away from sins it is to change one's mind and turn towards God for help, mercy, and light by which to see and walk in...
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    How can an unbeliever please God?

    Does anybody say an UNbeliever pleases God in his UNbelief? I haven't seen it written. But if you ask can a person who is not a believer do good? then the answer is not so hard to give, Romans chapter two verses twelve to sixteen and also in the old testament several people who were not...
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    Justification - Part 2

    Saints Peter and Paul both had divine revelation that they were specifically chosen by God to be God's messengers. Self-motivated-by-pride proclaims self-to-be-elect. That is not a revelation from God, it is arrogance.
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    Above the law - King Donald.

    I imagine that you are surprised at what has happened then.
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    Justification - Part 2

    Jesus said that the work of God is to believe in Jesus Christ. Paul says it is to do the good things that God prepared for the faithful to do. The good things are to preach the gospel, repent of one's sins and turn to what is just and right and pure, and to walk in the commandments of God -...
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