That wasn't the point. The point was:
They have faith. They have knowledge. But they don't have salvation.
Actually, in spite of the knowledge that they believed even in His name, they did not continue to have that faith, because doing the works of catholicism voided that faith in Him.
I believed. I had knowledge. And like the demons, I didn't have salvation.
Not true. The demons cannot die, but can only be sentenced to the second death, and so they are unlike you, because now is the time of salvation before you as among the living, dies, to receive judgment in the eternal.
Let's examine how a person is saved even for believing in His name and examine how a person is NOT saved for not believing in His name..
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
I read His words as saying that because the sinner loves his evil deeds rather than come to the light to believe in Him to be reproved of their evil deeds, he would not even believe in His name, because our even believing in His name is a work of God Himself.
Does not the Father draw all men unto the Son ( John 6:44 ) ? Is it not the Father that reveal His Son to sinners so they can believe even in His name? Matthew 11:25-27
So our believing in Him, even in His name is a work of God Himself as John 3:18-21 testifies that He would not even bother drawing sinners that loves their evil deeds rather than come to Him so thus He will not draw them to the Son to enable them to believe in Him, even in His name.
Realize this: Salvation does not come through a religion but rather a relationship.
Not every saved believer after having been reconciled to God through Jesus Christ will continue to live that reconciled relationship with Jesus Christ, even though He still abides in them.
This is not true. The theme of James book is practical Christian living. No Christian can lose his salvation.
I agree with you on this that James was talking about practical Christian living and not about faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.
Some will misapply James words to be about salvation and that works is necessary to accompany faith to be saved whereas James was only talking about one kind of faith and not the saving faith in Jesus Christ. James was saying that if any believer verbalize their faith in God's Providence, then they should lead by example whereas that church James was correcting, was verbalizing faith in God's Providence to provide for the poor so they can get out of helping the poor when they had means to meet their immediate needs from the bounty collected after church service. The church was also disrespecting the poor in other ways.
I believe that no one can lose their salvation too, because of John 6:39, but not every saved believer will be found abiding in Him as His disciple to be received as a vessel unto honor in His House.
No Christian will be left behind in the rapture. Perhaps you have been influenced too much be the RCC.
This has nothing to do with the RCC, but everything to do with scripture.
You are very confused. No believer will ever lose his inheritance. Some may lose their reward at the Judgment Seat of Christ (1Cor.3:11-15). But none will ever lose their inheritance.
The first inheritance is to be received as a vessel unto honor in His House to attend the Marriage Supper; and so any saved believer not looking to Him for help to depart from iniquity, can run the risk of being left behind. Paul said this was a possibility and not just the loss of rewards of crowns in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 by becoming a castaway.
Saved believer? Is there such a thing as an unsaved believer?
There is such a thing as a saved believer not found abiding in Him as His disciple, and thus becoming a castaway to be received later on as a vessel unto honor in His House after the great tribulation.
This is the cost of not trusting Jesus Christ as our Good Shepherd in helping us to follow Him as His disciple.
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Luke 12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and
will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
So a saved believer can be punished for not being ready. Do note how even cut asunder, the servant is still His servant, but receiving stripes.
Of course a believer can have faith. Everyone has faith. But what is the object of their faith. In the RCC the object of the Catholic's faith is the Church itself, and not Christ Himself. I keep explaining that to you. One may have the facts about Christ, but if his faith is directed toward the Church and not to Christ there is no possible way that he can be saved.
I am saying that even by believing in His name as that is the work of God Himself, they are saved, BUT because of the works of catholicism, they are building on that foundation, works that deny Him that the foundation has been laid even though it still was laid.
If you read 1 Corinthians 3:10-17 , you will find how God will judge every believer in that day when He will judge His House first ( 1 Peter 4:17 ) whereas even if they only built wood, stubble, and hay, works of iniquity that defiled the temple of God, ( that temple being their body 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ) they will suffer the punishment of a physical death, but they will still be saved 1 Corinthians 3:15 & Revelation 2:21-23.
You are bifurcating unnecessarily between believer and disciple.
An obedient believer will be a disciple.
A trusting believer depending on Jesus Christ as his or her personal Good Shepherd will be His disciple.
It is impossible to be an obedient believer in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church does not preach the truth.
It is because the Catholic Church does not preach the truth is why saved believers are having a hard time trusting Jesus no only as their Saviour that the are saved for simply believing in Him but also as trusting Him as their Good Shepherd in helping them to follow Him personally.
As long as the Catholics believe God placed RCC on earth to serve in the place of Christ, they will always be the disciple of the RCC in following the RCC.
