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Dette, som vi udsendte i forgårs, er sendt til Lisbeth Zornig, og Lars Muhl.
Kære Lisbeth Zornig.
Jeg har hørt dig tale i Kolding, og sender dette til dig, som har været udsendt til en række mennesker - som svar på en debat du var med til at sætte i gang i Kristeligt Dagblad
https://sites.google.com/site/ytrings/2015/november/25-11-2015
2015-11-25 20:21 GMT+01:00 Lars Skov Krøgholt <lkrogholt@gmail.com>:
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Deres Majestæt!
Kære Statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Kære Kirkeminister Bertel Haarder
Kære Biskop Henrik Stubkjær
Kære Biskopper, provster og præster i Danmark
Kære Sognepræst Julie Finne Bjørklund Rebel
Kommentarer til artikel i Kristeligt Dagblad d. 25-11-2015
http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kirke-tro/skal-kirker-aabnes-flygtninge
At en præst og en biskop skubber problemer med at skaffe husly og varme og omsorg ved at sætte sig selv til side og LEVE næstekærlighed og VÆRE KIRKE væk, er skræmmende. TÆNK at vi skal tro på at HØJMESSE i kirken er gudstjeneste??? JESU HALVBROR JAKOB SKRIVER I SIT BREV I NYE TESTAMENTE I BIBELEN AT: "SAND OG ÆGTE GUDSDYRKELSE - ALTSÅ GUDSTJENESTE ‼!!!ER AT TAGE SIG AF ENKER OG FADERLØSE (SKRØBELIGE, NØDSTEDTE) I DERES NØD!" ‼‼‼‼‼
Det var en præst og en anden gejstlig, som Jesus fortæller om i lignelsen (fortællingen) om en mand, der blev overfaldet og slået ned i et øde område ved Jeriko - de gik bare forbi, de havde andre vigtige ting i hovedet, de skulle nå. Det var muligvis ved Wadi Qelt, et øde område, hvor der sagtens kunne ligge én uden at nogen kom ham til undsætning.
Den lignelse sprang os i hovedet, da vi så ”Skal kirker åbnes for flygtninge?” i Kristeligt Dagblad og fotoet af Henrik Stubkjær, Biskop og tidligere generalsekretær for Folkekirkens Nødhjælp samt Julie Finne Bjørklund Rebel, sognepræst i Lundtofte.
De gejstliges ansvarsforhold til nødstedte er ikke noget, der ikke er set før; ellers ville Jesus ikke have advaret med denne lignelse om Den barmhjertige samaritan.
Et spørgsmål til dig Bertel Haarder, som er glad for at det er føjet ind i regeringsgrundlaget, at Danmark er et kristent land: Er det ikke Kristus og hans værdier, der er grundlaget for hvad vi kan kalde kristent? At tage sig af fattige, nødstedte, skrøbelige, gamle, syge, marginaliserede, mennesker, som mangler tøj, når det er koldt.
Martin Luther er citeret for at sige "Gud har ikke noget at bruge dine gode gerninger til, det har din fattige næste derimod."
Et spørgsmål til biskop Henrik Stubkjær, der tidligere var generalsekretær for Folkekirkens Nødhjælp og til alle I Biskopper samt til dig Kirkeminister Bertel Haarder: Kan staten forsvare at stå bag og finansiere en kirke og version af religionen kristendommen, der kalder sig LUTHERSK, men som ikke er MARTIN LUTHERSK, HELLER IKKE PÅ OMRÅDET DIAKONI OG HJÆLP TIL DE FATTIGE, SKRØBELIGE OG NØDLIDENDE I VORT SAMFUND. Blot fordi vi er opvokset her har vi de bekvemmeligheder og goder fra vort velfærdssamfund. Var vi født og vokset op i Syrien, så så vore liv fundamentalt anderledes ud nu i 2015. Kan vi tage æren FULDT UD for vor rigdom og bekvemmeligheder og goder og så påberåbe os at kirken skal bære MARTIN LUTHERS NAVN?
Jesus Kristus siger i den tekst om verdensdommen, der lød i kirken sidste søndag i kirkeåret (som var sidste søndag, den 22. november). Det Nye Testamente, Matthæusevangeliet 25 vers 31-46:
31 Når Menneskesønnen kommer i sin kongeværdighed sammen med alle englene, så vil han tage plads på sin herlighedstrone, 32 og mennesker af alle folkeslag vil samles foran ham. Da vil han dele folk op i to grupper, som en hyrde adskiller får og geder. 33 Fårene vil han anbringe ved sin højre side og gederne ved sin venstre.
34 Derefter vil kongen sige til dem på højre side: ›Kom, I min Fars velsignede! Tag det rige i besiddelse, som har stået klar til jer fra verdens grundvold blev lagt. 35 I gav mig jo noget at spise, da jeg var sulten, og noget at drikke, da jeg var tørstig. I bød mig velkommen, da jeg stod som fremmed, 36 og skaffede mig tøj, da jeg intet havde at tage på. I så til mig, da jeg var syg, og I besøgte mig i fængslet.‹
37 De, der har gjort Guds vilje, vil svare: ›Herre, vi har da aldrig set dig sulten og givet dig noget at spise, eller tørstig og givet dig noget at drikke. 38 Vi har da heller aldrig set dig stå som fremmed og budt dig velkommen, eller set dig stå uden tøj og skaffet dig noget. 39 Vi har da aldrig set dig syg eller i fængsel og besøgt dig.‹ 40 Kongen vil svare dem: ›Det siger jeg jer: Hvad I har gjort imod selv den mest oversete af dem, som er mine, det har I også gjort mod mig.‹
41 Derefter vil han vende sig til dem på sin venstre side og sige: ›Bort med jer, I, der står under Guds dom! Bort til den evige ild, der er bestemt for Djævelen og hans hjælpere. 42 I gav mig jo intet at spise, da jeg var sulten, og intet at drikke, da jeg var tørstig. 43 I bød mig ikke velkommen, da jeg stod som fremmed, eller skaffede mig tøj, da jeg intet havde at tage på. I så ikke til mig, da jeg var syg eller i fængsel.‹
44 Da vil de svare på samme måde: ›Herre, vi har da aldrig set dig sulten eller tørstig, fremmed eller uden tøj, syg eller i fængsel, så vi kunne have hjulpet dig.‹ 45 Kongen vil svare dem: ›Det siger jeg jer: Hvad I ikke har gjort mod selv den mest oversete af disse mennesker, det har I heller ikke gjort mod mig.‹
46 Den sidste gruppe vil gå bort til evig straf, men de første, som har gjort Guds vilje, vil gå ind til evigt liv.«
Er det ikke Jesus, der sætter parametrene?
Men lige så skøn en tanke det er at åbne kirkedørene for flygtninge, lige så urealistisk er det, siger Julie Bjørklund Rebel, sognepræst i Lundtofte Kirke i Nordsjælland.
Julie Finne Bjørklund Rebel. Jeg er kirkebogsførende sognepræst i Lundtofte Sogn, hvor jeg kom til i 2013. Jeg er født i 1971 og tog min embedseksamen fra Købehavns Universitet i 2001. Jeg var på pastoral seminariet i 2002, men pga. ansættelses stop i Folkekirken gik der noget tid, før jeg kunne søge embede. I perioden indtil jeg fik embede, havde jeg en del frivilligt arbejde for Fristedet v. Sions Kirken i København og Skt. Nicolai Tjenesten. Jeg blev ordineret i 2004 og mit første embede var et vikariat i Glostrup Sogn. I slutningen af 2004 kom jeg til Vallensbæk hvor jeg i 1 1/2 år var almindelig sognepræst og fra 2006 til 2013 var jeg kirkebogsførende sognepræst samme sted. Jeg har en bachelorgrad i ledelse fra CBS, som jeg afsluttede i 2010. Jeg fungerer som praktikpræst for Pastoralseminariet og har haft flere praktikanter i årenes løb. Desuden er jeg valgt til Kgs. Lyngby Provsti udvalg som repræsentant for præsterne. Sognepræst Julie Finne Bjørklund Rebel Lundtofte Kirkevej 1 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Tlf. 4010 3710 Mail jfbr@km.dk Træffes efter aftale Fri fredag
Lignelsen om den barmhjertige samaritaner, Lukas evangeliet kapitel 10 vers 25 til 37 i Det Nye Testamente.
v25 Da rejste en lovkyndig sig og ville sætte Jesus på prøve og spurgte ham: »Mester, hvad skal jeg gøre for at arve evigt liv?« v26 Han sagde til ham: »Hvad står der i loven? Hvad læser du dér?« v27 Manden svarede: »Du skal elske Herren din Gud af hele dit hjerte og af hele din sjæl og af hele din styrke og af hele dit sind, og din næste som dig selv.« v28 Jesus sagde: »Du har svaret rigtigt. Gør det, så skal du leve.« v29 Men han ville retfærdiggøre sig selv og spurgte Jesus: »Hvem er så min næste?«
v30 Jesus svarede og sagde: »En mand var på vej fra Jerusalem ned til Jeriko og faldt i hænderne på røvere. De trak tøjet af ham og slog ham, så gik de og lod ham ligge halvdød. v31 Tilfældigvis kom en præst den samme vej; han så manden, men gik forbi. v32 Det samme gjorde en levit, der kom til stedet; også han så ham og gik forbi.
v33 Men en samaritaner, som var på rejse, kom hen til ham, og han fik medynk med ham, da han så ham. v34 Han gik hen og hældte olie og vin i hans sår og forbandt dem, løftede ham op på sit ridedyr og bragte ham til et herberg og sørgede for ham. v35 Næste dag tog han to denarer frem, gav værten dem og sagde: Sørg for ham, og hvad mere du lægger ud, vil jeg betale dig, når jeg kommer tilbage.
v36 Hvem af disse tre synes du var en næste for ham, der faldt i røvernes hænder?« v37 Den lovkyndige svarede: »Han, som viste ham barmhjertighed.« Og Jesus sagde: »Gå du hen og gør ligeså!«
Jakob er søn af Maria og Josef og han er JESU ældste bror, og skriver om at leve efter det, man siger.
Jakobs Brev Kapitel 1 og kapitel 2:
"...Vurder ikke folk efter deres status
1Kære venner, er det virkelig i overensstemmelse med jeres tro på Herren Jesus Kristus, herlighedens Herre, at I vurderer mennesker efter deres sociale status? 2Lad os sige, at der kommer en ind i jeres menighedsforsamling, som er elegant klædt med guldringe på fingrene. Samtidig kommer også en fattig og snavset person ind. 3Så skynder I jer hen for at tage imod den rige og anviser ham den bedste plads, men til den fattige siger I bare: “Du kan stå i gangen!” eller: “Sæt dig her på gulvet!” 4Er det nu ikke en underlig opførsel? Mon ikke der er noget galt med jeres motiver?
5Tænk jer om, kæreste venner! Har Gud ikke netop udvalgt dem, der er fattige i denne verdens øjne, til at være rige i troen? Er det ikke dem, der vil få del i den herlighed, som Gud har lovet alle, der elsker ham? 6Hvordan kan I så vise ringeagt for de fattige? Er det ikke de rige, der undertrykker jer? Er det ikke dem, der slæber jer for retten? 7Er det ikke dem, der håner Jesus Kristus, jeres Herre?
Kærlighedens lov
8I skulle hellere følge det ædle princip, som udtrykkes i skriftordet: “Du skal elske din næste som dig selv.” 9I gør jer skyldige i synd, når I vurderer folk efter deres sociale status. I bryder Guds lov. 10Den, der overtræder bare ét af lovens bud, er lige så skyldig som den, der overtræder dem alle. 11Gud, som sagde, at du ikke må bryde ægteskabet, sagde også, at du ikke må begå drab. Så hvis du begår drab, overtræder du loven, også selvom du ikke har brudt ægteskabet.
12I skal tale og handle som mennesker, der skal dømmes efter kærlighedens lov, den lov, der sætter i frihed. 13Og der vil ikke være nogen barmhjertighed for dem, der ikke viser andre barmhjertighed. Det er jo bedre at vise barmhjertighed end at fordømme.
Samspillet mellem tro og handling
14Hvad får man ud af at have en tro, som man ikke giver udtryk for i handling? Den slags tro giver ikke adgang til det evige liv. 15Hvis man har venner, der mangler både tøj og mad, 16og man siger til dem: “Husk nu at tage noget varmt tøj på og sørg for at få noget at spise! Farvel, og Gud velsigne jer!”, uden at man giver dem hverken mad eller tøj, hvad hjælper det så? 17Hvis troen står alene uden at give sig udtryk i handling, er den død.
18Måske vil nogen indvende: “Nogle tror, andre handler!” Hertil vil jeg svare: “Jeg kan vise dig min tro gennem mine handlinger. Men hvordan kan jeg se din tro, hvis du ikke handler på den? 19Tror du virkelig, det er tilstrækkeligt bare at have en trosbekendelse, der siger: ‘Jeg tror på én, sand Gud.’? Det er godt, at du tror på den ene, sande Gud! Det gør de onde ånder også, men de ryster alligevel af skræk for dommens dag.
20Tænk dig om! Skal jeg forklare dig, hvorfor tro, der ikke omsættes i handling, er værdiløs? 21Tænk på vores forfar Abraham. Var det ikke, fordi han handlede i lydighed, at han opnåede Guds anerkendelse? Han var jo villig til endog at ofre sin søn, Isak, på alteret. 22Kan du ikke se, at der var et samspil mellem hans tro og hans lydighed? Hans tro blev først til sand tro, ved at han handlede på den. 23Det er derfor, Skriften siger, at Gud accepterede ham på grund af hans tro. Ja, han blev kaldt for ‘Guds ven’.”
24Heraf kan I se, at man får del i frelsen gennem lydighedshandlinger, og ikke gennem “tro” alene. 25Selv den prostituerede Rahab er et eksempel på tro, der viste sig i handling. Reddede hun ikke livet på grund af, hvad hun gjorde? Hun nøjedes ikke med kun at “tro”, men hun handlede ved at skjule de israelitiske udsendinge og hjælpe dem med at slippe bort ad en anden vej. 26Ligesom kroppen dør, når åndedrættet hører op, sådan dør troen, hvis den ikke giver sig udtryk i handling.
Jakobs brev 1 v ..Lyt, tag imod Guds ord og lev det ud i hverdagen 19Kære venner, husk, at det er godt at lytte, at tænke sig om, før man taler, og ikke være for hurtig til at blive vred, 20for et menneskes vrede kommer i vejen for Guds vilje. 21Derfor skal I lægge alle urene tanker og onde handlinger bag jer og koncentrere jer om at give vækstbetingelser til det ord, som er plantet i jer, og som er i stand til at føre jer frem til det evige liv. 22I bedrager jer selv, hvis I kun hører ordet uden at handle på det. 23Hvis I kun lytter til undervisningen, men ikke handler på det, I hører, er det, som når I betragter jeres ansigt i et spejl. 24Lige så snart I vender ryggen til spejlet, har I glemt, hvordan I så ud. 25Men hvis I fordyber jer i frihedens fuldkomne lov, og bliver ved med at holde den for øje, bliver I ikke som dem, der hører og glemmer, men som dem, der hører og handler. Det er jo dem, der handler på Guds ord, der oplever Guds velsignelse. 26De, der mener, at de tjener Gud, men ikke tøjler deres tunge, bedrager sig selv. Den måde at tjene Gud på er intet værd.
27Nej, en god og ægte måde at tjene Gud, vores Far, på er at tage sig af forældreløse børn og fattige enker og undgå at blive forurenet af verdslighed.
Med venlig hilsen Daniela Skov og Lars Skov Krøgholt
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Comments to an article in the newspaper "Kristeligt Dagblad" the 25-11-2015
http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kirke-tro/skal-kirker-aabnes-flygtninge
In the article it is said that it would be a fine gesture if the Danish churches were opened for refugees in need of shelter. One parish pastor Julie Finne Bjørklund Rebel and Bishop Henrik Stubkjær each rejects the idea. Julie B. Rebel says that it would be inconvenient to have refugees sleep in the church which on a weekly basis is visited by 1000 people at Sunday service, funerals and weddings. Henrik Stubkjær says that it is not worthy to let people sleep on the church pew. It would be a better idea if the church in cooperation with civic society could take initiative to a common talk about where to house the refugees.
That the pastor and Bishop would rather push away the problems finding shelter and warmth and care by putting oneself aside and LIVE charity and BE CHURCH is scary. THINK that we must believe the SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE in the Church IS worship??? JESUS ' HALF-BROTHER JAMES WRITES in HIS LETTER in the NEW TESTAMENT of the Bible that: "true and GENUINE WORSHIP ‼ !!! Is to TAKE CARE of WIDOWS and FATHERLESS (FRAGILE, NEEDY) in THEIR distress! "‼ ‼ ‼ ‼ ‼
It was a priest and another cleric that Jesus talks about in the parable (story) about a man who was attacked and beaten down in a desolate area of Jericho-they just went over, they had other important things in their head, they should reach. It was possibly in Wadi Qelt, a desolate area where there certainly could be one without someone came to rescue him. The parable jumped us in the head, when we saw the article "Should churches be opened for refugees?" in Kristeligt Dagblad and photo by Henrik Stubkjær, Bishop and former Secretary-General of Danchurchaid and Julie Finne Bjørklund Rebel, vicar in Lundtofte.
The clergymen's answer to responsibilities to the needy is not something that has not been seen before; otherwise, Jesus would not have alerted us with this parable of the Good Samaritan.
A question for you Mr Church Minister Bertel Haarder, who is glad that it is added into the Government program that Denmark is a Christian country: Is it not Christ and his values that are the basis of what we can call the Christian? To take care of the poor, needy, frail, old, the sick, the marginalised, people who lack clothes when it's cold.
Martin Luther is quoted for saying “God does not need our good works, but our neighbor does.”
A question for Bishop Henry Stubkjær who was previously Secretary general of the Danish Church Aid and for all of the Bishops, as well as to you Church minister Bertel Haarder:
Can the State defend that it stands behind and fund a church and version of the religion of Christianity, which calls itself a LUTHERAN, but not MARTIN LUTHERAN NOR in the AREA of DIACONAL and HELP for the POOR, THE FRAGILE AND NEEDY IN OUR SOCIETY. Just because we grew up here, we have the comforts and benefits from our welfare society. Were we born and raised in Syria, so were our lives fundamentally different now in 2015. Can we take FULL credit for our wealth and comforts and goods and then claim that the Church should bear the NAME of MARTIN LUTHER?
But just as beautiful an idea it is to open the church doors for refugees, just as unrealistic it is, says Julie Bjørklund Rebel, vicar in Lundtofte Church in North Zealand.
Julie Finn Bjørklund Rebel. I am the church records leading vicar in Lundtofte Parish, where I came to in 2013. I was born in 1971 and took my degree from University of Copenhagen in 2001. I was on the pastoral Seminary in 2002, but the due to the recruitment stop in the people's Church there went some time before I could seek Office. In the period until I got Office, I had a proportion volunteering for the “Fristedet” at Sion’s Church in Copenhagen and St. Nicolai service. I was ordained in 2004 and my first Office was a temporary job in Glostrup Parish. At the end of 2004 I came to where I Vallensbæk in 1 1/2 years was General Vicar and from 2006 to 2013, I was the church records parish pastor at the same place. I have a bachelor's degree in management from CBS, which I completed in 2010. I work as a trainee pastor for Pastoral Seminary and has had several interns over the years. In addition, I elected to Kgs. Lyngby Deanery Committee as a representative of the pastors. Vicar Julie Finn Bjørklund Rebel Lundtofte Kirkevej 1 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Tel. 4010 3710 Mail jfbr@km.dk Taken by appointment Free Friday
Jesus Christ says in the text about the world's verdict that sounded in Church last Sunday in the church year (which was Sunday this week, 22. November). The New Testament, Matthew 25 verses 31-46:
“And He will cause the sheep to stand at His right hand, but the goats at His left. Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God and appointed to eternal salvation], inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you brought Me together with yourselves and welcomed and entertained and lodged Me,
Then the just and upright will answer Him, Lord, when did we see You hungry and gave You food, or thirsty and gave You something to drink? And when did we see You a stranger and welcomed and entertained You, or naked and clothed You? And when did we see You sick or in prison and came to visit You? And the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you, in so far as you did it for one of the least [in the estimation of men] of these My brethren, you did it for Me. [Prov. 19:17.]
Then He will say to those at His left hand, Begone from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels! For I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me and entertain Me, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me with help and ministering care.
Then they also [in their turn] will answer, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You? And He will reply to them, Solemnly I declare to you, in so far as you failed to do it for the least [in the estimation of men] of these, you failed to do it for Me. [Prov. 14:31; 17:5.]
Then they will go away into eternal punishment, but those who are just and upright and in right standing with God into eternal life. [Dan. 12:2.]”
Matthew 25:33-35, 37-46 Amplified Bible
The parable of the Good Samaritan the Gospel of Luke 10, verse 25-37:
“And then a certain lawyer arose to try (test, tempt) Him, saying, Teacher, what am I to do to inherit everlasting life [that is, to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom]? Jesus said to him, What is written in the Law? How do you read it? And he replied, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. [Lev. 19:18; Deut. 6:5.] And Jesus said to him, You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live [enjoy active, blessed, endless life in the kingdom of God]. And he, determined to acquit himself of reproach, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
Jesus, taking him up, replied, A certain man was going from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothes and belongings and beat him and went their way, [unconcernedly] leaving him half dead, as it happened. Now by coincidence a certain priest was going down along that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. A Levite likewise came down to the place and saw him, and passed by on the other side [of the road]. But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled along, came down to where he was; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity and sympathy [for him], And went to him and dressed his wounds, pouring on [them] oil and wine. Then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii [two day's wages] and gave [them] to the innkeeper, saying, Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I [myself] will repay you when I return.
Which of these three do you think proved himself a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers? He answered, The one who showed pity and mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.”
Luke 10:25-37 Amplified Bible
Jacob is the son of Mary and Joseph and he is JESUS’ eldest brother. He writes about living according to what you proclaim.
“MY BRETHREN, pay no servile regard to people [show no prejudice, no partiality]. Do not [attempt to] hold and practice the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ [the Lord] of glory [together with snobbery]! For if a person comes into your congregation whose hands are adorned with gold rings and who is wearing splendid apparel, and also a poor [man] in shabby clothes comes in, And you pay special attention to the one who wears the splendid clothes and say to him, Sit here in this preferable seat! while you tell the poor [man], Stand there! or, Sit there on the floor at my feet! Are you not discriminating among your own and becoming critics and judges with wrong motives?
Listen, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and in their position as believers and to inherit the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him? But you [in contrast] have insulted (humiliated, dishonored, and shown your contempt for) the poor. Is it not the rich who domineer over you? Is it not they who drag you into the law courts? Is it not they who slander and blaspheme that precious name by which you are distinguished and called [the name of Christ invoked in baptism]?
If indeed you [really] fulfill the royal Law in accordance with the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as [you love] yourself, you do well. [Lev. 19:18.] But if you show servile regard (prejudice, favoritism) for people, you commit sin and are rebuked and convicted by the Law as violators and offenders. For whosoever keeps the Law [as a] whole but stumbles and offends in one [single instance] has become guilty of [breaking] all of it. For He Who said, You shall not commit adultery, also said, You shall not kill. If you do not commit adultery but do kill, you have become guilty of transgressing the [whole] Law. [Exod. 20:13, 14; Deut. 5:17, 18.] So speak and so act as [people should] who are to be judged under the law of liberty [the moral instruction given by Christ, especially about love]. For to him who has shown no mercy the judgment [will be] merciless, but mercy [full of glad confidence] exults victoriously over judgment.
What is the use (profit), my brethren, for anyone to profess to have faith if he has no [good] works [to show for it]? Can [such] faith save [his soul]? If a brother or sister is poorly clad and lacks food for each day, And one of you says to him, Good-bye! Keep [yourself] warm and well fed, without giving him the necessities for the body, what good does that do? So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead).
But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith. You believe that God is one; you do well. So do the demons believe and shudder [in terror and horror such as make a man's hair stand on end and contract the surface of his skin]!
Are you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive and ineffective and worthless? Was not our forefather Abraham [shown to be] justified (made acceptable to God) by [his] works when he brought to the altar as an offering his [own] son Isaac? [Gen. 22:1-14.] You see that [his] faith was cooperating with his works, and [his] faith was completed and reached its supreme expression [when he implemented it] by [good] works. And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God's will in thought and deed), and he was called God's friend. [Gen. 15:6; II Chron. 20:7; Isa. 41:8.] You see that a man is justified (pronounced righteous before God) through what he does and not alone through faith [through works of obedience as well as by what he believes]. So also with Rahab the harlot–was she not shown to be justified (pronounced righteous before God) by [good] deeds when she took in the scouts (spies) and sent them away by a different route? [Josh. 2:1-21.] For as the human body apart from the spirit is lifeless, so faith apart from [its] works of obedience is also dead.”
James 2:1-26 Amplified Bible
James 1:
“But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth]. For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror; For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like. But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience). If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren).
External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.”
James 1:22-27 Amplified Bible
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