I'm just showing you that your reinterpretation of Paul's writings
Forget "reinterpreting" it, how am I interpreting what Paul said when I'm saying it means EXACTLY what it says, nothing more nothing less?
The only one here interpreting anything is you, Barb, because Paul says something completely contrary to what James says, and so your paradigm forces you to pick one or the other and interpret whichever one you did not pick to fit the one you did.
My paradigm allows me to take each verse to mean exactly what they say, no interpretation needed.
James says one is saved by faith AND works.
Paul says one is saved by faith alone.
The two CANNOT, on their face, be saying the same thing.
does not contradict God's word that we are justified by faith and by works.
Once again, you're reading someone else's mail and acting on it as if it were addressed to you.
And because of that, you are forced to read Romans as if Paul thinks one must work as well, even though he says EXPLICITLY that one is NOT saved by works, but by faith alone.
God is just
Not in question.
and He is not two-faced.
Who said He is?
God is capable of saving people one way at one time, and another way at another time, as long as both ways are just.
If you have to add things to God's word to make it work your way, isn't that an important clue for you?
And what is it, exactly, that you think that I have added to scripture?
My position is that both verses mean EXACTLY what they say, no interpretation needed.
In fact, Paul agrees with James:
Saying it doesn't make it so.
Romans 2:6 Who will render to every man according to his works. [7] To them indeed, who according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:
Which is not talking about how one obtains salvation. It's talking about God's righteous judgment.
And Jesus agrees with both of them:
Matthew 25:31 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. [32] And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: [33] And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. [34] Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. [35] For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in:
[36] Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me. [37] Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink? [38] And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee? [39] Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? [40] And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
And there's your fallback, because you have nowhere else to go.
Jesus' ministry was for the house of Israel.
He said so Himself.
Are you going to deny that?
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