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<title>Pauldilemma</title>
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<big><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Dilemma Paul Poses</span></big><br>
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Have you ever struggled to reconcile the words of Paul to the
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words of Jesus?<br>
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Does Jesus' message that the publican who confesses his sin goes home
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justified cause you conflict when reading Paul's words? Jesus says the
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one who thinks he is already one of the elect and thus does not repent
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from sin goes home unjustified. However, Paul is understood to teach
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that repentance from sin is a work, and cannot be tied to
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justification. Salvation is not of works (Eph. 2:8-9; Romans 4:4).
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Repentance at most deals with sanctification, so Paul is understood to
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say. <br>
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Thus, Jesus' message that repentance is tied to justification (not
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sanctification) is ignored. Paul is used to negate Jesus' words. <br>
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Or what about Jesus' message that among those sent to hell are ones
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whom Jesus calls goats in the parable of the sheep and the goats. (Matt. 25:31 <span style="font-style: italic;">et seq.)</span> The
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goats called Jesus Lord but did not clothe the naked and feed the poor.
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Jesus says they go to
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hell. But Paul says that if you confess Jesus is Lord and believe Jesus
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rose from the dead, you shall be saved. (Romans 10:9.) <br>
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Thus, Jesus is
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adding <span style="font-style: italic;">works </span>to the
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salvation formula. In fact, the works that Jesus insists upon are
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identical to what James 2:14-17 says is necessary for salvation. James
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says
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if you fail to clothe the naked, feed the hungry, etc., "Can such faith
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save
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you?" It is a rhetorical question. It calls for a negative answer. No,
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you are not saved if you fail to clothe the naked and feed the poor.
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James' point is the same as Jesus' point in the parable of the sheep
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and the goats. <br>
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However, Paul would call Jesus and James heretics because they clearly
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add works to the salvation formula.<br>
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Does this trouble you as it does me?<br>
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Then my book <span style="font-style: italic;">Jesus' Words Only </span>should help you resolve the conflict.<br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">
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