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Bro, I love you and truly hope that you come to know Jesus Christ as both Lord and Savior.
But this? This is by far one of the most inaccurate things you've said lately on this topic.
James is not comparing "faith alone" to demonic doctrine. He makes it clear that intellectual knowledge by itself, or acknowledgement of Christ, is the same thing demons do. Demons cannot put faith IN Christ, but they believe about Christ. They know He is Lord, but they do not trust in Him.
This is the distinction he's making; saving faith -which produces works- is true, living faith. Dead faith has no fruit, no saving value, and is faith that does not give Christ the preeminence.
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@DocKrease @BrysonGray Luther edited the Scripture and added the word "alone"
Its a false gospel
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@infidel_cracka @BrysonGray Do you have a specific reference for this? Because I’ve read these passages many times and while the text does not say “faith alone”, both Paul and James make plain how man is justified before God.
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I believe the passage you’re claiming to have “alone” in it is Romans 3:28, correct?
The text does not have the word “alone” in it, but the doctrine itself is plainly visible, just as is the doctrine of the triune Godhead while the specific word “trinity” is also not in the text.
If you’re going to nitpick like that, then you have to be prepared to deal with the other ramifications of it. Luther openly admitted to his using the word “alone”, and why. It doesn’t change the doctrine of grace, regardless if you use “apart”, or “alone”.

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