The Faith Of Devils

[suggesttwo]

Context: James 2:14-25, Actions speak louder than word.

[RedBeetle]

@suggesttwo,

You're totally messed up:

actions don't speak, only rational beings do, and when they do they use words--RFLOL!

[silmalila]

And btw, yes, I did watch the video and I must heartily agree with you.

Why is it that people cannot study the Word and come away with a right understanding of it?

I remember when Jesus called the Pharasees 'blind guides...For you shut the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in".

There is an astounding amount of this going on here at YT.

[silmalila]

Another excellent video.

Sola Christa!

[RedBeetle]

Thanks,

Do you know Federal Vision attempts to redefine saving faith to include our own works?

ReformedLou, in his video response to this video, defines saving faith to include "that reformed character." Lou does this at the 5:23 mark of his video. Lou asserts the object of saving faith is NOT what Christ alone did for us, but also our character / righteousness--contradicting Romans 3:28.

Remember, it's ONLY the object of our faith, Christ alone, that justifies, NOT the act of it.

[silmalila]

I have been learning about Federal Vision, whose proponants apparently believe a deviant unbiblical view of salvation.

Can the Sacraments communicate blessings apart from faith? Is a person given new life be virtue of baptismal union with Christ?

I suppose if you rewrote the Bible to include these heretical views this could be true.

Is this indeed what people are attempting to do? How do they justify these views?

I see I have much to learn.

[WORLDWIDE187HUT]

@RedBeetle reelayions 20:14,15tells us that we will be judged based on our deeds.what about faith without works is dead,or when the guy asked jesus how he could achieve eternal life and he told him to follow the law....there are many more examples of where woks is required how can you sat you have faith and not do your part to justify your faith by working towards a goal of purifying the temple.it certainly does not happen by autopilot.

[ytmachx]

Five star video!

[buster81365]

i wanted to rate this video, but the ratings are disabled. so for all that read this ,know in my opinion this is a 5 * video. and i am what i call myself a athiest/agnostic.

[321menbenn]

Amen Monty! Great video! Thanks for helping to set straight the proper understanding of these verses.

[ChristianTULIP]

Good video. Too many knucklheads out there with misguided zeal. Hopefully they will grow in truth and come to accept Faith Alone by Sovereign Grace.

[dwaynesweatman1988]

Great video Monty. I have come across those that cannot decipher between freewill and will. Do not people of all relegions offer offerings voulentarily and believe that there is but one God? All these things do not substitute for believing the true Gospel, which is only for the Elect.(1 Cor 1:22-24)

Descisional Regeneration is Heresy.

Sola Gratia!

[o3airfilter]

T'nx for another great video Monty!

[Bibletouchstone]

Sola Fide!

[Testallthings]

Amen!

Great video!

[Blogrich55]

I get so sick of people quoting this text out of context and misinterpreting and misapplying it. It says nothing of the gospel at all. Faith is belief. It is a gift of God. Saving faith is directed at the gospel and Jesus Christ. It is not the act of believing that saves but the object. Fallen man can NOT believe the gospel. He may understand it intellectually and confuse that with belief but it is not. The Evangelism Explosion presentation uses the weasel word phrase MERE intellectual assent.

[nunfonseca]

Since the Explosion presentation is of Arminian background, they would tell you that Christ died for you, even though you'd be unsaved - so yes, in this manner, believing the Gospel would be 'mere intellectual assent'. If they knew that saving faith implies regeneration, and that the latter precedes the first, they would not make such a gross mistake.

[Blogrich55]

I doubt very much that Dr. D James Kennedy would have considered himself an Arminian. He was the writer of Evangelism Explosion. I believe he was wrong about this point. He did believe in limited atonement. Read his book TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM on the 5 points of Calvinism. He was wrong on a lot of stuff unfortunately. He said he believed only the elect could accept the gospel. Unfortunately, I see him confusedly parlaying his imprecise understanding into decisionism.

[InTheSpirit12]

Fantastic! Many have used this to make one think he needs to produce works to be saved. :-)

[bibliosca]

not by works of righteousness that we have done, but according to his mercy he has saved us...not of works lest any man should boast

[InTheSpirit12]

Amen bibliosca!