Why Isn’t James 2:14 Referring to Saving Faith, but to Some Other Kind of Special Faith?

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Why Isn’t James 2:14 Referring to Saving Faith, but to Some Other Kind of Special Faith?

March 3, 2023 belief, Faith, Jas 2:14-17, Profitable, Such Faith, Works

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates answer a question about faith and works and about the context of James–especially aimed at clarifying the meaning of James 2:14. Why do so many believe and teach that James 2:14 is about a faith that is connected to eternal salvation? What is the evidence in James and in the whole of the Bible that this is referring to a specific kind of faith that is not related to eternal salvation? Listen and find out!

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