CJ keeps commenting on the Catholics doing their works along with their Faith so I am wondering?

Question

what others think of the Scripture when Jesus tells the people that he will condemn those that saw him hungry or thirsty or naked or in need and didn't DO anything while he will welcome into Heaven those that fed him when he was naked and gave him to drink when he was thirsty and clothed him when he was naked. Those are certainly works. Faith and works go hand in hand don't you feel?

show me your Faith and I will show you my works. Faith without works is Dead. READ YOUR SCRIPTURE SIR

Answer 1

I wouldn't listen to anything CJ has to say.

I have done what I can for those in need and people in general help where and when they can, religion or not. I believe if you have faith you will do your part for humanity, but I also believe that even an atheist will help where they can, so who's to say who goes up and who goes down?...only God, not CJ.

Answer 2

About Good Thief he did Good Works

Here allusion can well be made to the case so often cited—that of the good thief to whom Christ said on Calvary, "This day you shall be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43). Since that thief had done no good works, how can we explain his salvation, if faith alone is not sufficient? To say that the good thief did no good works is to take far too narrow a view of what good works mean. We must not think only of being good to the poor or of other forms of humanitarianism. After all, the good thief publicly proclaimed the innocence of Christ and equally, with deep humility, acknowledged his own guilt. These were good works.

In the bible it does not say faith alone is sufficient.

To CJ

Protestant also are to blame for killing a lot of catholic and others too. Plus, in your heart you are killing Catholic by denial that the are not Christens and saying we are going to hell. In your heart you are kill us by not lesson to use and not reconciling with use with Jesus Christ. Love breaks walls. I don't see the love of Jesus in your hear. You are showing that you are not person of God.

Answer 3

Many are unable to distinguish between the teachings of others, even the writers of the Gospel books, the churches and the apostles, and the actual teachings of Jesus in his own words. They are not the same.

This is Jesus speaking. His words are clear. We should listen to him:

"Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do." (MT 7)

"Settle disputes with your adversary, amicably, before it is too late; otherwise, he might drag you into court and the court would hand you over to the authorities to be thrown in jail. I tell you, you won’t be released from there until you have paid the last penny." (MT 5)

"‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you fed me; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; naked and you clothed me; sick and in prison and you visited me.’

"Then, the righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you anything to drink? Or a stranger and help you? Or naked and clothe you? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

"And the King will tell them, ‘When you did this for the least of my brothers, you were doing it for me!’" (MT 25)

Answer 4

Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):

By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_31101999_cath-luth-joint-declaration_en.html

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

We are justified by faith "alone" but true faith is never alone. Paul clearly taught of justification apart from works and James showed how this faith is a living faith that will have works even though the works do not justify.

Answer 6

CJ needs to back off and allow God to be the judge. We are called as Christians to love others. Even if we see doctrine that we do not believe is biblical, our instruction is to correct another with "humility and meekness".

If CJ is so passionate about being scripturally correct, CJ needs to adhere to the admonition to speak with love and humility.

Answer 7

how good where the works of the thief that was on the cross beside Jesus ? even though he was a thief he chose to believe in Jesus and Jesus said on this day you will be with me in heaven. i think it was faith alone that got the thief into heaven.

Answer 8

AMEN, sister! CJ is no Christian - how could he be when he appears to spend all his time condemning others??

He will have to answer also.

Answer 9

Pitting faith against works won't get anybody anywhere except into mindless debates and quotes from the book of Romans versus the book of James...while BOTH miss the Gospel.

The truth is:
The BASIS of salvation is Grace.
The MEANS of salvation is Faith.
The EVIDENCE of salvation are Works (primary love).

Works do NOT merit you blessing or salvation, but are merely the EVIDENCE that you are blessed and saved.

Faith without works is a DEAD faith...i.e. not a saving faith.

But faith does not merit salvation anymore than works do.

The MERIT of our salvation is the righteousness of Christ, which is IMPUTED to us by grace through faith in Him.

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Salvation (for a Christian) is:
A one-time past event, called Justification, in which a believer is saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ from the PENALTY of sin. This is IMPUTED righteousness.

An ongoing process, called Sanctification, in which a believer is saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ from the POWER of sin...and given power to do good works via the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This is IMPARTED righteousness.

A future event, called Glorification, in which a believer will be saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ from the PRESENCE of sin (in Heaven, one with God)...and sin will be an impossibility. This is IMPECCABLE righteousness.

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Faith and works DO go hand in hand in salvation. But again, NEITHER merit us salvation. Grace is the SOLE basis of salvation.
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Grace and peace in Christ!

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Answer 10

CJ is willfully ignorant.

He said something about Peter not being the Pope because he sinned, i explained what papal infallibility meant, he responded with(and i quote)

"blah blah blah, you can't even be faithful to your own words and not respond. Catholics are crazy"



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