Bible Study James is not written to the Church.

[Kidron]

Now, lets study a little bit to show ourselves approved to God.

Let take the epistle of James.

Consider the 1st verse, as this is the Key you need to understand so that you dont become twisted in your theology regarding what Paul teaches the >Body of Christ<, concerning Grace and Justification by faith.

Notice the 1st verse in James.

""James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, TO THE 12 TRIBES.""

Now who are the 12 tribes?
Is that a Christian?
Is that the body of Christ?
Is that the church of God?
NOPE !!

Now, why have you never noticed this before?
Why has your pastor or your priest or your minister or your favorite bible teacher never told you this before?
Why is that?


So, WHO ARE THE 12 TRIBES ????????
Those are JEWS.

= Jews.
jews.
jews.
HEBREWS
HEBREWS.
JEWS. <<<<

So, this epistle is not written to the body of Christ or the Church of God, unless the 12 Tribes are the body of Christ.
And if you say they are, then you are not being honest.
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD.

So, do NOT get your Salvation Theology from a letter written to the 12 Tribes of Israel.
That is not you.
That is not the Body of Christ.
THAT IS NOT THE BLOOD BOUGHT CHURCH.
So, this is why James talks about WORKS, as that is the OLD TESTAMENT idea of justification THAT THE 12 TRIBES ARE WORRIED ABOUT.
.
James does not state or teach the revelation of the Gospel of the Grace of God, in this Letter.
ITS NOT IN IT.
JAMES is talking to THE 12 TRIBES, and the letter is written to the 12 Tribes, AND NOT THE CHURCH.
Now, compare this to the epistles written by Paul.
"to the Church"
"to the saints".
" GREETINGS to the saints".

So, you do not get your salvation theology or your understanding of the Finished Work of Christ on the Cross, from a letter that is written to the 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL that ONLY talks about Works.
And if your minister or your church has not shown you this before, then whose fault is that?
And now that you KNOW, what will you do?
Will you come and argue that the 12 Tribes are the Body of Christ?
Will you come now and try to pretend that all the Apostles are teaching the Grace of God?
Maybe you should wait on that.


K
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[Mike S]

James was the head of the church in Jerusalem, a church that still believed Christianity was a Jewish sect. It makes sense to me that James would speak to the church members as Jews.

 

[reba]

And here i thought the Word of God was for everyone ..

Why divide the Scriptures? The Word is Christ and He is not divided.

 

[Ph8th]

Abraham the father of all nations
Jacob/Israel his grandson

Israel/Jacob the father of the 12 tribes of Israel


peter

 

[JLB]

Now, lets study a little bit to show ourselves approved to God.

Let take the epistle of James.

Consider the 1st verse, as this is the Key you need to understand so that you dont become twisted in your theology regarding what Paul teaches the >Body of Christ<, concerning Grace and Justification by faith.

Notice the 1st verse in James.

""James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, TO THE 12 TRIBES.""

Now who are the 12 tribes?
Is that a Christian?
Is that the body of Christ?
Is that the church of God?
NOPE !!

Now, why have you never noticed this before?
Why has your pastor or your priest or your minister or your favorite bible teacher never told you this before?
Why is that?


So, WHO ARE THE 12 TRIBES ????????
Those are JEWS.

= Jews.
jews.
jews.
HEBREWS
HEBREWS.
JEWS. <<<<

So, this epistle is not written to the body of Christ or the Church of God, unless the 12 Tribes are the body of Christ.
And if you say they are, then you are not being honest.
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD.

So, do NOT get your Salvation Theology from a letter written to the 12 Tribes of Israel.
That is not you.
That is not the Body of Christ.
THAT IS NOT THE BLOOD BOUGHT CHURCH.
So, this is why James talks about WORKS, as that is the OLD TESTAMENT idea of justification THAT THE 12 TRIBES ARE WORRIED ABOUT.
.
James does not state or teach the revelation of the Gospel of the Grace of God, in this Letter.
ITS NOT IN IT.
JAMES is talking to THE 12 TRIBES, and the letter is written to the 12 Tribes, AND NOT THE CHURCH.
Now, compare this to the epistles written by Paul.
"to the Church"
"to the saints".
" GREETINGS to the saints".

So, you do not get your salvation theology or your understanding of the Finished Work of Christ on the Cross, from a letter that is written to the 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL that ONLY talks about Works.
And if your minister or your church has not shown you this before, then whose fault is that?
And now that you KNOW, what will you do?
Will you come and argue that the 12 Tribes are the Body of Christ?
Will you come now and try to pretend that all the Apostles are teaching the Grace of God?
Maybe you should wait on that.


K
<><

James like Paul, addressed his letter to the audience to which He was called.

That would be like saying the Book of Hebrews is not to the Church but only for Jews.

James, the brother of Jesus was addressing the Jews to which he was an overseer in Jerusalem and a prominent member of the Jerusalem Council.

His letter was addressed to the Christians who predominantly presided in Jerusalem and the surrounding area, but His letters would have been circulated among all who call on the name of the Lord.

I guess that means all of Paul's letter's that he wrote to the Gentile Churches were of no benefit to Jews? NOT!!!

It's one of the earliest New Testament writings.

...and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Galatians 2:9


JLB

 

[Sinthesis]

By that standard Romans is not written to non-Romans.
And what are we doing reading Titus' mail?

 

[Eugene]

Now, why have you never noticed this before?

Sez you! What makes you assume this?

Here is an excerpt from a study I have on James.
"James wrote, not only to the Israel at the beginning of this age, but more especially to those at the end of this age. His words in the fifth chapter are positive proof hereof. For example - "Ye have heaped together treasure IN the last days.
James did not write to the Church. He was one of the kingdom apostles with a kingdom message. His ministry was distinct from that of the Apostle Paul; his Gospel apparently was different from Paul's Gospel. Many (Notice he did not say ALL) ministers and Bible teachers fail to observe these facts; hence, they make a huge jumble of doctrine.
Perhaps you ask, Why, then, do you read James' Epistle to us? Because it is written, "All Scripture is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness.

Gist of James' Epistle The theme of this epistle is Faith Made Practical. Some people think that James contradicts Paul by this letter. How could that be? If that were true, then either the writings of the one, or the other would be spurious, and hence, not inspired by the Holy Spirit. One, or the other would not have a right to a place in the Bible, or Word of God. And if these books are inspired portions of the Holy Bible; there must be perfect agreement. Thank God, by our study, we shall see that James wrote in harmony with Paul; though he did not go as far in the truth. Therefore, I repeat that faith made practical is the gist of James' Epistle. Paul teaches salvation by faith. James comes along and exclaims, if you are saved by faith, prove it by your works and walk. Do not talk faith with your lips, while talking unbelief by your conduct. True it is that we find the word "grace" but twice, viz, chap. 4:6. And we find the words "faith" and "works" each fourteen times in this letter. Hence, its theme-words are faith and works. Paul emphasizes grace; because he puts God's side of salvation to the front. James here emphasizes works, not as a means of salvation, but as a proof of the possession of salvation. "Show thy faith by thy works," he shouts. If you believe in divine grace, demonstrate your faith therein by good works - deeds of kindness, etc."

 

[jocor]

James 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
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James was writing to people that had faith in Yeshua and telling them how not to err in their faith.

Also, the 12 tribes are not "Jews, Jews, Jews, ..." The Jews were only one of the 12 tribes.

Lastly, anyone who receives Yeshua as Savior is grafted into the natural olive tree of Israel and become Israelites. New Jerusalem only has the gates, one for each tribe. Which gate are you going through? I think I will be going through Judah's gate.

 

[jocor]

Abraham the father of all nations
Jacob/Israel his grandson

Israel/Jacob the father of the 12 tribes of Israel

peter

Asher, Zebulun and Joseph were quite the trend setters in their day with those provocative outfits

 

[JLB]

Those who read James should rightly divide who his letter was written to by discerning this important phrase...

Scattered abroad.


The letter is addressed to the 12 Tribes who are scattered abroad.

These are the Jewish Christians that were dwelling in Jerusalem at the time of a great persecution by unbelieving Jews that is recorded in the book of Acts.

Now Saul was consenting to his death.

At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

4 Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Acts 8:1-4

This was one of the Lord's ways of mobilizing His Kingdom army to leave Jerusalem and take the Gospel to the rest of the world.


JLB

 

[Kidron]

James like Paul, addressed his letter to the audience to which He was called.
That would be like saying the Book of Hebrews is not to the Church but only for Jews.
James, the brother of Jesus was addressing the Jews to which he was an overseer in Jerusalem and a prominent member of the Jerusalem Council.
His letter was addressed to the Christians who predominantly presided in Jerusalem and the surrounding area, but His letters would have been circulated among all who call on the name of the Lord.
I guess that means all of Paul's letter's that he wrote to the Gentile Churches were of no benefit to Jews? NOT!!!
It's one of the earliest New Testament writings.
and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Galatians 2:9


JLB

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That would be like saying the Book of Hebrews is not to the Church but only for Jews.


And now you are beginning to understand that just because an epistle is in the bible, you dont always use what's in it for NT Church Doctrine.
This would be the book of James and much of Hebrews.



James, the brother of Jesus was addressing the Jews to which he was an overseer in Jerusalem and a prominent member of the Jerusalem Council.


This is nonsense.
You have to think about something......that is, if he is addressing CHRISTIAN JEWS, then he is not going to refer to them as the "12 tribes"....as this is an OLD TESTAMENT terminology.......Instead James would be calling them "BRETHREN" or "to the CHURCH at ROME"....."to fellow believers"........this kind of thing.




His letter was addressed to the Christians who predominantly presided in Jerusalem and the surrounding area, but His letters would have been circulated among all who call on the name of the Lord.



You have to think about something......that is, if he is addressing CHRISTIAN JEWS, then he is not going to refer to them as the "12 tribes"....as this is an OLD TESTAMENT terminology.......Instead James would be calling them "BRETHREN" or "to the CHURCH at ROME".........this kind of thing.



I guess that means all of Paul's letter's that he wrote to the Gentile Churches were of no benefit to Jews? NOT!!!


If you read the last of Acts, you'll find that Paul says he is taking his message to the gentiles.
So, what you have to understand is that all the epistles were written by the Apostles, but not all of them, regarding their content, can be used as doctrine for the Body of Christ.
This would be the epistle of James.......and when people or a denomination use this epistle for doctrine they will 100% of the time contradict the work of the Cross and the Blood atonement, and the way that Salvation is freely given via faith.
This is the issue with James.........in that its not written to the body of Christ, yet some denominations use it to try to undo the revelation of the Grace of God.
In other words, they use this one epistle, that is not written to the body of Christ, to try to undo, undermine, subvert, and overrule, what is clearly taught by the Apostle Paul IN MANY EPISTLES.
And this is satanic.
Its satanic to use one epistle that is written to the "12 tribes" and NOT the "church" of believers in Rome to try to get rid of the revelation of the Grace of God that you find in at least 6 letters written by Paul to the gentiles by the Apostle to the gentiles.
Just read ROMANS, written by Paul.......He writes to the SAINTS in Rome.
James does not do this, because he is not writing his epistle to the body of Christ.
All you have to do is read the introduction to the "12 tribes".....



It's one of the earliest New Testament writings.

Exactly..
And this is why James is speaking in jewish theology terminology to the "12 tribes" instead of speaking as a Christian to the "saints'.
James is unfamiliar with the revelation of the Grace of God as a FREE GIFT.
Its because at the time James wrote this, He didnt know what Paul had been given, and that is why James does not preach the CROSS, or the Grace of God, in his letter
Peter has the same issue in Act 2:38 and in Acts 10.




...and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Galatians 2:9


Yes, and this happened nearly 20 years after the Cross.
So, it took this long for the Gospel of the Grace of God to find its way into the understanding of all the other Apostles.
It came from Paul, and it was YEARS before the gospel as its taught today, that came from Paul, was understood by the other Apostles.
James didnt know about the grace of God when he wrote "James" the epistle, and that is why he is talking about works, while Paul talks about Grace.
In Acts 10, Peter does not even know that gentiles are to be saved.
And that is 10 years at least after the Cross. = James had the same issue when he wrote his early epistle.
Try to understand that James cant teach and preach what he does not yet know or understand.
This is why he is writing to the """12 tribes""" and this is why he is teaching something other then "justification by faith".
James didnt know about Romans 3 YET.... when he wrote his early letter to the 12 tribes.

Romans 3: 21-25

Righteousness Through Faith
21 But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished--
26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

 

[JLB]

And now you are beginning to understand that just because an epistle is in the bible, you dont always use what's in it for NT Church Doctrine.
This would be the book of James and much of Hebrews.

The book of James as well as Hebrews was written to Christians, for Christians.

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Hebrews 1:1-4


My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. 2 For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, 3 and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,” 4 have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? James 2:1-4


Those who read James should rightly divide who his letter was written to by discerning this important phrase...

Scattered abroad.


The letter is addressed to the 12 Tribes who are scattered abroad.

These are the Jewish Christians that were dwelling in Jerusalem at the time of a great persecution by unbelieving Jews that is recorded in the book of Acts.

Now Saul was consenting to his death.

At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

4 Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Acts 8:1-4

This was one of the Lord's ways of mobilizing His Kingdom army to leave Jerusalem and take the Gospel to the rest of the world.


JLB

 

[JLB]

James is unfamiliar with the revelation of the Grace of God as a FREE GIFT.
Its because at the time James wrote this, He didnt know what Paul had been given, and that is why James does not preach the CROSS, or the Grace of God, in his letter
Peter has the same issue in Act 2:38 and in Acts 10.

So which is it?

James's letter was not written to the Church or James didn't understand salvation by grace through faith?


If you can pick out a verse of scripture in the book of James that is not true, then please do so, and post it so all can learn from what you are teaching.


JLB

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

Now, lets study a little bit to show ourselves approved to God.

Let take the epistle of James.

Consider the 1st verse, as this is the Key you need to understand so that you dont become twisted in your theology regarding what Paul teaches the >Body of Christ<, concerning Grace and Justification by faith.

Notice the 1st verse in James.

""James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, TO THE 12 TRIBES.""

Now who are the 12 tribes?
Is that a Christian?
Is that the body of Christ?
Is that the church of God?
NOPE !!

Now, why have you never noticed this before?
Why has your pastor or your priest or your minister or your favorite bible teacher never told you this before?
Why is that?


So, WHO ARE THE 12 TRIBES ????????
Those are JEWS.

= Jews.
jews.
jews.
HEBREWS
HEBREWS.
JEWS. <<<<

So, this epistle is not written to the body of Christ or the Church of God, unless the 12 Tribes are the body of Christ.
And if you say they are, then you are not being honest.
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD.

So, do NOT get your Salvation Theology from a letter written to the 12 Tribes of Israel.
That is not you.
That is not the Body of Christ.
THAT IS NOT THE BLOOD BOUGHT CHURCH.
So, this is why James talks about WORKS, as that is the OLD TESTAMENT idea of justification THAT THE 12 TRIBES ARE WORRIED ABOUT.
.
James does not state or teach the revelation of the Gospel of the Grace of God, in this Letter.
ITS NOT IN IT.
JAMES is talking to THE 12 TRIBES, and the letter is written to the 12 Tribes, AND NOT THE CHURCH.
Now, compare this to the epistles written by Paul.
"to the Church"
"to the saints".
" GREETINGS to the saints".

So, you do not get your salvation theology or your understanding of the Finished Work of Christ on the Cross, from a letter that is written to the 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL that ONLY talks about Works.
And if your minister or your church has not shown you this before, then whose fault is that?
And now that you KNOW, what will you do?
Will you come and argue that the 12 Tribes are the Body of Christ?
Will you come now and try to pretend that all the Apostles are teaching the Grace of God?
Maybe you should wait on that.


K
<><

I think I'll just tear the book of James right out of my Bible.

 

[Kidron]

So which is it?

James's letter was not written to the Church or James didn't understand salvation by grace through faith?


JLB

JLB, what is the "church"?
Is it the >body of Christ< or is it the "12 tribes of Israel"?
Are you thinking about this yet, or are you just reiterating what you THOUGHT all this time based on what you have been taught by your particular church or commentary?
See, the reason that what im showing you makes so much sense, is because its true.
Its simple, its theologically sound, and it makes sense.

So, the issue is that James does not know the revelation of the Grace of God when He wrote this early letter.
Its an EARLY LETTER, and that is why James is not familiar with the GRACE OF GOD = "justification by Faith" alone.
Peter has the same issue, in Acts 10, ..>10 years after the Cross< ...where he does not even know that Gentiles are to be saved.
So, when apostles dont know about these things, if they dont know that gentiles are to be saved, or that Salvation is based on Grace through Faith ALONE, then their letters have to be understood as ...."well, he didnt understand something when he wrote that epistle"...and then the believer can read the epistle of James and not have their understanding of Grace, completely messed up.
As this one Epistle does this to people........and its because they are not intimately familiar with Paul's epistles so that they are grounded and are sound in their theology regarding "Grace through Faith" and the "Gift of Righteousness", .
And because they are not, then they read a letter by an Apostle who ALSO does not know it, and they think.....oh, "so it WORKS, its WORKS and not faith", and then they are messed up and actually subverted about what actually saves a person, or the way God actually provided the blood atonement as a "free gift" without works.
Romans 3:21-26
So, once you realize that an apostle can only preach what he knows, and if he does not know the revelation of "Grace through faith" yet, this explains why what he says early in his Christian experience in a letter would seem to contradict what Paul wrote, as what Paul is writing is long after the Cross.

 

[Kidron]

I think I'll just tear the book of James right out of my Bible.

That is what Martin Luther said

See, the issue with the epistle of James, is that its a lone, single, early epistle.
And it completely contradicts at least 6 epistles written later by Paul.
It absolutely contradicts the blood atonement and the finished work of the Cross, as the only means of saving a person.
So, there has to be a reason that an Apostle is contradicting the Gospel of the Grace of God.
And its a simple reason.
Its because James does not know about the grace of God yet, when he wrote this early letter to the "12 tribes of Israel".
This letter is written before James had the understanding of the revelation of "Grace through faith".... Romans 3:21-26.
James in this letter has the same issue that Peter has in Acts 10, where Peter DOES NOT EVEN KNOW THAT GENTILES CAN BE SAVED.
And that is at least 10 years after the Cross, and Peter still does not know that Gentiles can be saved, can be born again, can have the Holy Spirit..
So, its very simple........ its that if an Apostle at a certain early time in their ministry does know something yet, then this explains why what they say contradicts another apostle who DOES understand something and teaches it later.
The fact is, if an apostle does not know something and they write a letter, and then later they have understood something they didnt know when they wrote the letter, then this explains why what they wrote EARLY ON, would not match or integrate DOCTRINALLY with what another apostle writes LATER, because Paul understands something LATER that James didnt know EARLY ON when he wrote his early letter to the "12 tribes".
And that is JAMES.......as he didnt know some things YET about the Grace of God and the Gift of Righteousness, WHEN he wrote his early letter.
So, this is why you absolutely cant use the epistle of James as DOCTRINE when you are trying to understand what saves a person. (Salvation)

 

[smaller]

That kind of basis, the elimination of James, is very preterist. Using that sight the entire O.T. could just as easily be eliminated as well.

Nothing James wrote is against salvation by Grace through faith in Christ. And I would also agree with James that faith without works is dead. That doesn't state or infer non-salvation either.

James is simple in his delivery. Do good with your faith. There is nothing wrong with that statement. Other Apostles made the same or similar statements.

 

[Kidron]

Nothing James wrote is against salvation by Grace through faith in Christ. And I would also agree with James that faith without works is dead. That doesn't state or infer non-salvation either.

Apparently you've never read the epistle of James or you would not be writing in ignorance about what he actually says.
James says that its not by faith alone that reconciles you to God.
He DENIES that its by faith alone.
Thats what he SAYS, and maybe you would know this if you had ever actually read the 3rd chapter.
And if that is true, if James is right, then Paul is the devil who said that Jesus gave HIM the revelation of "Grace through faith, the gift of righteousness", and so you need to get rid of Romans, Ephesians, Galatians, Colossians, Titus, Timothy, as they ALL TEACH that you are saved by Faith alone, as this is "justification by faith".
This is ROMANS 3:21-26.

 

[smaller]

Apparently you've never read the epistle of James or you would not be writing in ignorance about what he actually says.

Read, perhaps thousands of times by this point.

James says no different than Paul in this regards:

Romans 13:8-10 and James 2:8 couldn't be any more identical and universal in intents for all believers.

James says that its not by faith alone that reconciles you to God.
He DENIES that its by faith alone.

When people speak of faith, it's always "faith in what" and "how is is proven?" Paul is just as clear as James in this regards. Faith "works" via love. Gal. 5:6 Again, identical to James.

Thats what he SAYS, and maybe you would know this if you had ever actually read the 3rd chapter.
And if that is true, if James is right, then Paul is the devil who said that Jesus gave HIM the revelation of "Grace through faith, the gift of righteousness", and so you need to get rid of Romans, Ephesians, Galatians, Colossians, Titus, Timothy, as they ALL TEACH that you are saved by Faith alone, as this is "justification by faith".

I'd suggest you're reading waayyy too much into James. Paul says no differently than James. A person can have faith, but if they don't have "love" they are as nothing, their faith is useless, futile and they missed the point of faith entirely. 1 Cor. 13:1-3.

Both James and Paul speak to the "profit" of faith, which is obtained in "works" of love. I don't know why that would bring you or anyone to alarm bells. What you hear in James is how others have twisted his writings to use them for condemnation. I don't hear that in James at all. Paul's writings get twisted just as badly, often.

And just so we're clear, there will be a "judgment of works"

Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Romans 2:6
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

 

[Kidron]

Read, perhaps thousands of times by this point.

As i told you, and i'll tell you again.
Paul teaches that Its by FAITH ALONE that we are saved-justified, born again.
"justification by Faith". and not by works.
James says that its NOT by faith alone.
So what James has said, is not what Paul is teaching.
FACT.
And i have written this Thread to explain to people like you, who ither dont comprehend this, or dont care to try, ... the reason that James cant be used by a Believer as a DOCTRINAL letter that teaches salvation.

If you read James 3, and then read Romans 3, you'll find that they totally contradict and conflict regarding what saves a person.
The epistle of James, regarding how someone is saved, contradicts Ephesians, Galatians, Colossians, Romans, 1-2 Timothy, and Titus.
In Fact it contradicts the BLOOD ATONEMENT's purpose.
So, there is a reason for this, and in this simple THREAD i have explained it to you or to anyone who cares to know their New Testament regarding the ATONEMENT.
If you dont care, then keep preaching James.