Tuesday 16th,
august, 2016
James 2:14-26
James speaks of
works for salvation. Would that contradict what Paul wrote in his letters ?
Actually James wrote his letter after the Council of Jerusalem, where he met
Paul. Both doctrines are not contradictory but complementary. The purpose and
the interlocutors differ. Paul addresses the pagans, James speaks to Jews,
Jewish Christians, for those who bear fruit, it is a big problem. Paul
emphasizes salvation, James accentuates fruits. In fact, infertility is also
the object of God's judgment. Mercy, which James spoke about earlier, is one of
the main fruits. It is a fruit that also participates in salvation, and on the
contrary, those who do not practice mercy violate the law.
Then James
speaks of the faith of Abraham. Paul speaks of justification by faith alone.
James completes, it is also by works. God justifies Abraham according to the
theory of predestination: God knows all of the dispositions and actions of man
in advance. God justified in advance Abraham because of his acts of offerings,
including the sacrifice of Isaac.
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