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Originally Posted by Weighingin
Yet we were taught that we were not like degraded Christianity with all its dead works, but whatever we do can be living if we touch our spirit, and so forth.
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Interesting that the Bible talks about faith without works is dead and WL instead talks about dead works. That was taken from Revelation:
“I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead."
Interestingly the Lord refers to the works of each of these seven churches saying
"I know thy works" so it is clear that "dead works" if that is a valid interpretation, is a symptom and not a cause.
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"And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations" keeping the Lord's works until the end is a condition for us to rule over the nations.
Also, the work that Abraham did that James is referring to is offering up His son. That was the work that proved his faith was living. When WL was faced with the same dilemma (the discipline of WN for adultery) he balked and instead manufactured a phony baloney keystone cops narrative for the elders in Shanghai. That proved WL's faith was dead.