So, this is the second Scripture of the Week for this week - the first one was shared by my professor - this one I had to share from today's Epistle reading in the Extraordinary Rite...
So begins the Epistle for the Fifth Sunday After Easter, "Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves" (James 1:22). This passage, along with James 2:17 which says "So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself" scream the denial of sola fide, faith alone. Calvin and Luther preached this and stole away many Catholic souls to follow their lies. It is hard to imagine the blindness of the Protestants who adhere to this false teaching - yet - I was one of them for 29 years! I look back now and cannot believe how I could not see this plain truth. The fact is, I truly do not recall my Lutheran pastor ever preaching on James 1:22 or James 2:17 - like they were avoiding it! It is also said that originally Luther wanted to omit the book of James altogether from Scripture, but was advised against doing this an ultimately included it in his German translation of the Scriptures.
Saving faith is not merely a theoretical construct or a belief - for keep in mind even the devils believe in God - and they tremble - for that faith will not save them (James 2:19).
So let us reiterate - BE YE DOERS OF THE WORD AND NOT HEARERS ONLY! For, FAITH ALSO, IF IT HAS NO WORKS IS DEAD IN ITSELF!
James 2:17 is the only passage of Scripture which uses the words "faith" and "alone" in the same sentence, and it stands in outright DENIAL of sola fide (faith alone). Say NO to sola fide! The teaching of sola fide is not only unscriptural - it is anti-scriptural!
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