The dreaded "works" doctrine.

[B-A-C]

How are you going to prove you have saving faith to others by proving you don't lust in your heart which is adultery?

I don't have to prove it to anyone except God, and He already knows.

 

[Truth_seeker2022]

I don't have to prove it to anyone except God, and He already knows.

Then why did you earlier quote "Faith without works is dead"?

 

[B-A-C]

Then why did you earlier quote "Faith without works is dead"?

Exactly for that reason. But I also said obeying the commandments is not considered a work, in a few previous replies.

 

[Truth_seeker2022]

Exactly for that reason. But I also said obeying the commandments is not considered a work, in a few previous replies.

So what is works?

 

[B-A-C]

So what is works?

Matt 25:34; "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matt 25:35; 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
Matt 25:36; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
Matt 25:37; "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
Matt 25:38; 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
Matt 25:39; 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
Matt 25:40; "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
Matt 25:41; "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

Jas 1:27; Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

 

[Truth_seeker2022]

Matt 25:34; "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matt 25:35; 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
Matt 25:36; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
Matt 25:37; "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
Matt 25:38; 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
Matt 25:39; 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
Matt 25:40; "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
Matt 25:41; "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

Jas 1:27; Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

The moral law says the same! No difference.

Secondly doesn't James write for his readers to prove they have saving faith to others?

 

[B-A-C]

The moral law says the same! No difference.

Can you give a scripture reference?

 

[Truth_seeker2022]

Can you give a scripture reference?

You quote Mathew25 to justify your boasting of your works before God. But Mathew 25 never says their deeds of helping the poor justifies themselves before God. You failed to show proof.