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Originally Posted by Ohio
The key here in the book of Hebrews is faith. To put Paul and James together -- works without faith is dead, and faith without works is dead. Sounds contradictory, but is not.
Faith places the believers in contact with the living God. No man on earth, whether Pope or MOTA, can supervise the works of God through His body. God's works in the old creation are infinitely diverse, so shouldn't His work in the new creation be the same. What organization on earth could come remotely close to meeting His needs today? To talk as if on earth today is only "one work," as WL and LSM so often have done, is absurd.
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Speaking of diversity, here's a great example of it from a website called
sandgrains.com. Even grains of sand are incredibly diverse.
"I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore." Gen 22:17