Do really you think God is pleased with dead faith?
Do you really think that i posted that He would be happy about it?
My Post simply stated that Faith is vitally important to God, to "Please Him"... but, there can be a situation where the person is putting their Faith, in Faith., and that does not please God.
This person would say..........."As long as i keep my Faith, i dont go to Hell".
See that?
That is.. "Im trusting in myself to keep my Faith......to keep myself saved".
That is "Faith saves me........not Jesus".
So....That is not faith in Christ.......its wrong faith that is "holding onto faith, to try to stay saved".
We know that he is not, and that dead faith cannot save.
The reason that a person can have dead faith, subsequent to Salvation... is because God has already accepted their faith to give them Salvation.
So, only the Born again, can have dead faith............so, even if they do... it happened after they were already born again.. so it has no impact on their Salvation......it only has impact on their Discipleship.
See, if your faith is dead, you are not reading the bible, you dont think about Jesus, and the person (if they are an American) is binging on Soft Porn Netflix shows, 7 nights a week....oblivious to God.
Now..Let me show you what James teaches that you'll never hear from a Church Pulpit, that is trying to prove that "if you have dead faith, you have lost your salvation".
1.).. notice that James says this, to BELIEVERS he is talking to, who have dead faith...
They are all born again, but they have lost that ZEAL.. that "first love".... that "on fire for Jesus"..
= James say to THEM......>>>"I'll show YOU........my FAITH....by my WORKS".......
"ill show ... YOU.........my faith... by my works".. to prove i dont have dead faith... TO YOU..
2.) See that? That is not James showing His Faith is Alive to GOD..........
He's showing it..."to YOU"...
And the lesson is....... WE are to prove our faith, in front of others... so that they can SEE IT.. or they will think its DEAD... because it is..
That is why James says...>>"I'll show YOU.... my faith, by my works.."....not God.,as God has already accepted our faith. to save us, and that is completed and eternal..
God LOOKS IN OUR HEART...........He does not have to see any WORKS to know all about us..., but people have to see your works... or they will think your faith is dead.
[Jhn 15:2, 6, 10 NASB95] 2 "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every [branch] that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. ... 6 "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. ... 10 "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
First notice that this is not written to the NT Church.
its Written to JEWS.. before Jesus is Crucified, and its the Cross that Births the Church.
So, this is a symbolic verse, a teaching verse..., as there are no "men" in Heaven, who will be casting out the born again Son/Daughters' of God., who are "in Christ' and "one with God'.... forever.
So, we have to be careful, that we dont take symbolic verses... and try to send others to hell with them., as that is "wrongly dividing" the word of God.