The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum James & Peter vs Paul &John

That is quickly and easily shown to be totally false. Just read the first line or two (address) of the Epistles and you will see who the author is writing to.

For example:
Romans: "v.1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,... v.7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ."

1Corinthians: "1 Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes [our] brother, 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:"

Ephesians: v.1 "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:"

1Thessalonians: "v.1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.... v.4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God."

James: 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;"

Can you give an example where James states that a true believer can lose his salvation? IF you can, and IF you really believe that James does state that salvation can be eternally lost, then you have some serious problems, e.g., the divine inspiration, infallibility and inerrancy of the Bible which cannot allow any contradictions whatsoever, the propositional statements in the Gospels and other Epistles that are perspicuous in teaching the doctrine of the preservation of the saints, the biblical hermeneutical principle of the "Analogy of Faith"; comparing Scripture with Scripture, etc.