...vain man, that faith without works is dead. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how...with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ?' We are not to run into extremes, nor to wrest one part of the Scripture to a sense opposed by another....

...vain man, that faith without works is dead. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how...with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ?' We are not to run into extremes, nor to wrest ope part of the Scripture to a sense opposed by another....

...also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, 0 vain man, that faith •without works is dead ? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture...

...offered up Isaac: And he that had received the promises offered up his only son." — So James ii. 21 ; " Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ?" And so God himself interprets it, Gen. xxii. 16; "Because thou hast done thii thing," &c. To which...

...faith." Did Noah see the floodwaters coming, or did he simply believe what he was told? 2. Jas 2:21: "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?" Jas 2:22: "Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?" Jas 2:23:...

...remarkable case of Abraham, the founding father of the Hebrew race. He begins with a great triumph: "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?" (2:21). Abraham's life was a series of surrenders. God first called upon him to give up his father...

...the king of Jericho and God. In the book of James, Rahab is the only person paralleled to Abraham: "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? . . . Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers,...

...thee my faith by my works, 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou and by works was faith made perfect? 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified,...

...also believe, and tremble. 20. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21. Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22. Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23. And the scripture...

...planted, many watered, but God gave the increase. Gazing across the mountains, he would say with James: "Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect" (Jas. 2:22) RIDGECREST MOUNTAIN OF FAITH The following chapters give some additional insight into the...