RomeSweetHome wrote:How am I calling Paul a liar?
Are you saying the Statment in James 2:20-23 is a lie?
I am saying that what James teaches is
not that works = justification.
James 2:20-21
20 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? NAS
This is a rhetorical question, it is not a statement of fact.
Rom 4:1-3
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."
NAS
What led Abraham to sacrifice Isaac; faith or works to achieve faith? Abraham's act reflected his faith.
Study and think!