The imagery of death here is stark, serving as a warning to believers that a faith without works is as useless as a lifeless body. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.--Better, like the margin, is dead in its own...
That is why he says in verse 18, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” The fact that James speaks of works as something that shows faith instead of something that is needed ...
Commentary: The Gift of Christmas Is Hope Through Sacrifice December 25, 2023Admin For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV) ...
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs ...
12:11 says “They Overcame him [the dragon, the devil, Satan] by the blood of the Lamb, the Word of their testimony, and they love not their lives unto the death!” Here we are to be full of faith, marching onward without fear; knowing the Lord will never leave us nor forsake us...
You cannot tell me that charismatic men like Dr Brown are not smart enough to use deductive reasoning to tell that when scripture says we will do greater works than Jesus, it should be interpreted in a quantitative and extent sense rather than a qualitative and power sense. ...
bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living ...
1. Christmas is about Christ.It commemorates Christ being given for our salvation and deliverance. It’s truly a time of joy for the world because hope was restored when Christ came. There can be no CHRISTmas without CHRIST.Isaiah 9:6: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is ...
One can happily go to church, even work for the Church in the field of administration or education, without being a believer! At the Divine Liturgy, before the Entrance of the Holy Gifts, the Deacon proclaims, “As many as are believers…” The Church is about the Gospel, the Faith of...
Does the apostle use it as the correlative to Jews, "Gentiles;" or without any such sense of contradistinction, "nations" including both Jews and Gentiles? In answer, we observe: (1) The great point in these verses (6-9) is, not the call of the Gentiles, but the efficacy of faith...