2:25 was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works? = another example of this justifying of faith through works = Old Testament example from a non-Jewish background.
- Rahab = Canaanite prostitute = completely opposite of righteous
- Rahab had both faith + actions
- faith in the one true God =>saved because of her faith
- Her faith = real because resulted in good works
- Faith = cause of actions.
- => true faith included in royal line of Christ, being David’s great, great grandmother (Matt 1:5).
No matter whether Jew or Gentile, the principle of combining faith with works is important for all. It is a requirement to show that a true faith in God is outworked through actions that glorify Him.
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Preceding articles:
Comments to James remarks, about Faith and works
January 27, 417, Pope Innocent I condemning Pelagius about Faith and Works
Justification – salvation is by grace through faith – JI Packer
Faith itself not the cause of justification – Louis Berkhof
Letter to the Romans, chapter 3
Letter to the Romans, chapter 4
Additional comments to the 3rd Letter to the Romans
Additional comments to the Letter to the Romans 4
Which is worse–works without faith, or faith without works?
James 2:14-23 — Justified Dynamic Faith & works
James 2:24 – You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
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Please find also to read
- A god who gave his people commandments and laws he knew they never could keep to it
- Our relationship with God, Jesus and eachother
- Christ’s ethical teaching
- Being Justified by faith
- A Living Faith #3 Faith put into action
- Faith and works
- Bearing fruit
- Observing the commandments and becoming doers of the Word
- The first on the list of the concerns of the saint
- Be holy
- She who sows thistles will reap prickles
- Love for each other attracting others
- Outflow of foundational relationship based on acceptance of Jesus
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- January 3 @ Joshua 1-5
- Joshua 6: 17-27
- Yehoshua Two: Round Two of the Spies
- Yehoshua Six: Jericho
- Evidence for the Conflict Myth in Joshua 6-7 (Part II)
- Secondary Application of the Conflict Myth in Joshua 6-7 (Part III)
- A Joshua Man Needs a Rahab Girl (Devotional and personal thoughts)
- The Struggle for Israelite Identity – L. Daniel Hawk’s Commentary on Joshua
- Women of the Bible – Bible Study – Rahab – June 20, 2015
- Rahab The Prostitute
- The Harlot Rahab – A Wonderful Picture of Salvation
- A prostitute named ‘Storm’
- Red-light Distict Doll ~ Rahab
- Rahab: She Heard, Believed And Acted
- See What Happens When Two Spies Meet A Prostitute
- Hiding and Safe
- Rahab’s Red Rope
- Scarlet Ropes
- Rahab’s Faith
- The Faith of Rahab
- Rahab’s Faith (poem by me)
- Vantage point: Lessons from Rahab
- Devotion for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Before Proper 19, Year B (ELCA Daily Lectionary)
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- Rahab’s Path to Prostitution Became a Fairway to Faith
- Rahab and a Changed Life (Joshua 2, 6, Ruth 4, Matthew 1)
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- How Matthew prepares us to receive Mary
- A Remarkable Genealogy
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