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You keep ignoring that 'faith' is qualified by James as being a claim to have faith. Those are clear words that you are not acknowledging. A claim to have faith may be false, or it may not be false. A claim to have faith that does not have works with it is a false claim of having faith. The...

A claim to having faith if it is by itself, not having works, is dead faith. James 2:14 Where does a claim to having faith come from?

Hear the word of God. Romans 10:17 Nothing. We don't do something to get God to command us to do something.

I don't see where genuine faith is mentioned. Just a claim to having faith.

Why does faith have to be activated to accomplish something if we already did the something to get the faith to do it?

A claim to have faith. That's what it says. Where does it say 'actual faith that is from God'? I see where it says a claim to have faith.

James is referring to the claim of faith that is alone. 14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such (claim to) faith save him? James 2:14

You are ignoring the whole counsel of scripture. You are un-rightly dividing James 2 away from what John says about people who do not practice righteousness.

No, a person must actually have faith for it not to be dead. Truly born again people don't continue in sin. That's what the Bible says. You've invented a fake, non-existent person who has real faith but who continues in sin.

Only the person with disingenuous faith has dead faith, not real believers with real faith. James is condemning fake believers who don't have works because they are fake believers: 10 Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God 1 John 3:10 There is no such thing as a person who...

No he is referring to a person who claims to have faith. That's what he said. 14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? James 2:14

He's talking about a claim of having faith: 14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? James 2:14 The claim to have faith but have no works is to have no faith.

If you don't obey the word of faith by which faith comes you lose that faith.

False brethren. 26I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 2 Corinthians 11:26...

That's my point exactly. The demons faith is dead because dead faith is the equivalent of having no faith.

The person who doesn't do the word of God doesn't have faith from God. 17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? 1 John 3:17 It's a rhetorical question, of course. The love of God doesn't dwell...

And that is my point. Pretending to have faith in an empty confession of faith is the equivalent of not having faith. The people James is talking about are people who do not really have faith. If they did, they would be producing the fruit of faith, showing themselves to have the life blood of...

No. Not true. 20 They were broken off because of unbelief Romans 11:20 Unbelieving branches are not true believers. It is the unbelieving branches that are cut out of the tree/vine, not believing branches.

Then you are saying demons have faith.