tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post113933669591150125..comments2024-03-27T11:27:31.790-05:00Comments on A Catholic Life: James 2:14-26Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1139373279610152002006-02-07T22:34:00.000-06:002006-02-07T22:34:00.000-06:00Adam - Scripture is NOT self interpreting. It can...Adam - Scripture is NOT self interpreting. It can't be. Otherwise we wouldn't have over 20,000 denominations of Protestant Christians who all disagree on basic doctrines but all profess the same scriptures as their sole rule of faith. <BR/>I am not very good at explaining this, but if you go to www.biblechristiansociety.com/ and order the almost free tape/CD (shipping only, and I think he will waive it if you mail order rather than internet) titled "One Church" you will hear the Catholic position explained with all the scriptural references. I just want to ask you to think about the story of Philip and the Ethiopian that is told in Acts - the Ethiopian said basically "How can I understand scripture unless some one explains it to me." Acts 8:26-40. <BR/>Sola Scriptura is an unbiblical concept. We all need to have some one teach us the right interpretation of Scripture. This problem is addressed in Timothy 3:15 “the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of truth” .aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687144369505900773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1139368866943396242006-02-07T21:21:00.000-06:002006-02-07T21:21:00.000-06:00you gotta believe, then you are saved...you can't ...you gotta believe, then you are saved...you can't really claim to be a believer, if you act as a jerk...so,if you believe, you act as if you are a believer...if you act as a jerk, you negate the truth of your belief..<BR/>we get grace from our faith to act in the right way...<BR/>Does this make sense?Tom....https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250830760621620435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1139363442034746252006-02-07T19:50:00.000-06:002006-02-07T19:50:00.000-06:00By Grace alone...Why?By Grace alone...<BR/><BR/>Why?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1139358744621401232006-02-07T18:32:00.000-06:002006-02-07T18:32:00.000-06:00You: Good works are a fruit of faith flowing out ...You: Good works are a fruit of faith flowing out of thanks for what Christ did for us. <BR/><BR/>Me: Exactly! That is what I've been trying to say. Our works are a fruit of our faith. If we have faith then we will have these works. That is why we believe in faith and works because, like you said, they are connected.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1139355355032881852006-02-07T17:35:00.000-06:002006-02-07T17:35:00.000-06:00I think this is part of the reason why St. Francis...I think this is part of the reason why St. Francis is famous for saying "Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words."<BR/>Works are the outward sign of the inner faith.Barb Szyszkiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00329184613713551475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1139344584120723022006-02-07T14:36:00.000-06:002006-02-07T14:36:00.000-06:00Thanks you for this beautiful Scripture passage! I...Thanks you for this beautiful Scripture passage! <BR/><BR/>I believe faith and good works are inseparable and almost comes as a command from the Lord. One without the other runs the risk of fundamentalism (salvation by faith alone) and relativism (saved by my own doctrine of truth and the works that I do are from my own merits).<BR/><BR/>With faith, comes the grace which will proclaim Truth openly. This proclamation; however, must be accompanied with love, and as the Holy Father quoted Scripture in his first message to the cardinals, "Charity without truth would be blind; truth without charity would be like "a clanging cymbal". (1 Corinthians 13:1). This is the reason that living a Christian life not only requires knowing one's faith but living it as well.Saint Peter's helpershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047599637724439837noreply@blogger.com