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His lack of obedience would either be proof that he was never really legally justified in the first place, or he stopped believing somewhere along the line and was no longer legally justified. Take your pick. The absence of works, which James calls 'dead faith', signifies the absence of the Spirit in justification/salvation. That's why dead faith is not saving faith. And why his argument is a different matter altogether than Paul's faith 'apart from works' argument.

Paul refers to redemption not justification
 

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And it is the Spirit baptism that regenerates a man not being dunked in water. (dipping don't count by the way)

We are saved
By believing in Christ (Jn 3:16; Acts 16:31)?
By repentance (Acts 2:38; 2 Pet 3:9)?
By baptism (Jn 3:5; 1 Pet 3:21; Titus 3:5)?
By the work of the Spirit (Jn 3:5; 2 Cor 3:6)?
By declaring with our mouths (Lu 12:8; Rom 10:9)?
By coming to a knowledge of the Truth (1 Tim 2:4; Heb 10:26)?
By maintaining the faith (Col 1:22-23; Mt 24:13)?
By works (John 5:28-29; Rom 2:6, 7; James 2:24)?
By grace (Acts 15:11; Eph 2:8)?
By his blood (Rom 5:9; Heb 9:22)?
By His righteousness (Rom 5:17; 2 Pet 1:1)?
By His cross (Eph 2:16; Col 2:14)?
 

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Absolutely - just not "SOLE" Authority . . .

Absolutely- and not Absolutely.

Oxymoron 101

I say Jesus' Doctrine is a Fixed Objective...
Wrtiien for Anyone to Verify what any Speaker claims is Jesus' teaching.

You appear to be implying...Doctrine is a man's Free for all...as long as he had / has a Church Leadership position.

Is that right?
 

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It ALWAYS cracks me up how Scripturally-ignorant people like yourself ...

Cracked certainly can imply a defect...

You have been informed before...
Beginning a comment with a derragatory remark...is a transparent juvenile bully tactic.

Is that what you learned in Catholic Church?
 

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God
Jesus Christ
The Holy Spirit
The one true church founded by Christ
Peter and the apostles and their successors
Have no authority, only the Bible as quoted by luther who declared that he has no authority to declare anything!

Only the Bible!
How do we know what is and what is not scripture? Then how do we know we have an infallible interpretation?


Where is this in the Bible? (NT)

Sunday school?
Camp meeting?
Revival?
Reformation?
Holy communion on 1st Sunday?
 

theefaith

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God
Jesus Christ
The Holy Spirit
The one true church founded by Christ
Peter and the apostles and their successors
Have no authority, only the Bible as quoted by luther who declared that he has no authority to declare anything!

Only the Bible!
How do we know what is and what is not scripture? Then how do we know we have an infallible interpretation?


Where is this in the Bible? (NT)

Sunday school?
Camp meeting?
Revival?
Reformation?
Holy communion on 1st Sunday?
 

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ALL IS
perverted interpretations
16th century

NOT.
ALWAYS
Scripturally-ignorant
denigrate
Early Church Fathers
infidels and heathens

YOUR
butchered
lions (like Ignatius) faith
don't
YOUR
corrupt
MORE
YOU
perfect

YOURE
worked on . . .

Your Highlights are like a comedy of errors.
 

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Not sole, but teh absolute authority by which even popes must submit themselves to or be called out for veering away from it.
The fact that you cannot "veer" from Scripture does NOT give it the Protestant status of "sole Authority".
As I showed you - the Scriptures themselves are crystal clear: Christ's CHURCH is our final erthly Authority.

EVERY teaching in the Catechism is backed up with Scripture.
 

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Absolutely- and not Absolutely.
Oxymoron 101
I say Jesus' Doctrine is a Fixed Objective...
Wrtiien for Anyone to Verify what any Speaker claims is Jesus' teaching.
You appear to be implying...Doctrine is a man's Free for all...as long as he had / has a Church Leadership position.

Is that right?
Not at ALL.

However, by the SAME token - Scripture is NOT up for grabs. It is NOT up to personal interpretation.
What do YOU think that the Holy Spirit meant, when He wrote the following, through Peter?

1 Pet. 1:19-20

And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation.
 

theefaith

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Not at ALL.

However, by the SAME token - Scripture is NOT up for grabs. It is NOT up to personal interpretation.
What do YOU think that the Holy Spirit meant, when He wrote the following, through Peter?

1 Pet. 1:19-20

And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation.

taken, we’re still waiting to know what is and what is not scripture without the one true church founded by Christ teaching us????????
 

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Not at ALL.

However, by the SAME token - Scripture is NOT up for grabs. It is NOT up to personal interpretation.
What do YOU think that the Holy Spirit meant, when He wrote the following, through Peter?

1 Pet. 1:19-20

And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation.

Nothing new I haven not spoken of before.

Scripture is True Knowledge.
If - Then reveals Scriptural Applicability to an individual.
Understanding Gods Word is a Gift Given from God to an Individual.
 

theefaith

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Nothing new I haven not spoken of before.

Scripture is True Knowledge.
If - Then reveals Scriptural Applicability to an individual.
Understanding Gods Word is a Gift Given from God to an Individual.

By the Holy Spirit?

sorry taken but luther says: (without any authority) the Bible alone! No access to the Spirit sorry!

so tell us what is the word of God in Lk 3:2 and the word of God cave to John
 

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We are saved
By believing in Christ (Jn 3:16; Acts 16:31)?
By repentance (Acts 2:38; 2 Pet 3:9)?
By baptism (Jn 3:5; 1 Pet 3:21; Titus 3:5)?
By the work of the Spirit (Jn 3:5; 2 Cor 3:6)?
By declaring with our mouths (Lu 12:8; Rom 10:9)?
By coming to a knowledge of the Truth (1 Tim 2:4; Heb 10:26)?
By maintaining the faith (Col 1:22-23; Mt 24:13)?
By works (John 5:28-29; Rom 2:6, 7; James 2:24)?
By grace (Acts 15:11; Eph 2:8)?
By his blood (Rom 5:9; Heb 9:22)?
By His righteousness (Rom 5:17; 2 Pet 1:1)?
By His cross (Eph 2:16; Col 2:14)?
No, not by a Confusing Combo Of LAW And
Jewish Prophecy - NOT
Mixed Up With (Romans 11: 6 KJB!), BUT:
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