📜 [BVCAP 2.0 Criminal Record Report] Verification of the Collision Regarding Salvation by Works in Jeremiah 17:10

— "Does Jeremiah's Word About Rewarding According to Deeds Support Salvation by Works?" BVCAP v2.0 Neutral Audit Report —

STATUS: Verification Complete | VERDICT: ✅ CONSISTENT (IRONCLAD) Collision Type: C-03 (Theological Collision), C-04 (Logical Self-Contradiction) Applied Analysis Tools: TYPE-G, TYPE-R, TYPE-P Context of Analysis Request: The attacker (artman01), defending the Catholic doctrine of salvation by works, searched for Jeremiah 17:10 ("rewarding every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings") and presented it as the basis that God saves based on 'deeds'.

1. [TYPE-G Original Text Contextual Dissection] Detection of Text Omission (Cherry-picking)

The attacker extracted only the single verse of Jeremiah 17:10, arguing that God "rewards according to deeds." However, when reading the biblical text connected with the immediately preceding verses (verses 5-9), this argument completely leads to the exact opposite conclusion.

[Serial Arrangement of the Entire Context of Jeremiah 17]

17:5 (Curse): "Thus says the LORD: 'Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD.'"
17:7 (Blessing): "'Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD.'"
17:9 (Diagnosis): "'The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?'"
17:10 (Judgment): "'I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.'"

2. [TYPE-R Vocabulary Misreading Dissection] The True Meaning of 'Deeds'

The attacker misread (TYPE-R) 'deeds' in verse 10 as 'moral Good Works'. However, verses 5 and 7 clearly define the standard of the 'deeds' God judges.

Cursed deed (Verse 5) = Trusting in one's own flesh (one's own good works or merits)
Blessed deed (Verse 7) = Trusting only in the LORD (faith alone)

In other words, Jeremiah saying "rewarding according to deeds" does not mean "let's see if you did many good things," but means, "I will weigh the center of your heart to see whether you trust your fleshly merits (deeds), or trust only in Me, the LORD (faith)."

3. [TYPE-P Boomerang Counter-Logic] The Fatal Counterevidence of Matthew 7

Far from defending salvation by works, Jeremiah 17, which the attacker brought up, is the most powerful boomerang (TYPE-P) that shatters Catholic meritocracy.

[Fatal Self-Defeating Move] Right before God rewards according to deeds in verse 10, how did He diagnose the human heart in verse 9?

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked (Jer 17:9)"

The human heart is thoroughly rotten. If God judges salvation with 'deeds' that come out of a rotten human heart, every single person without exception must fall into the fires of hell. Jeremiah 17:10 does not mean "earn your salvation by your deeds." Rather, it perfectly proves Protestantism's doctrines of 'Total Depravity' and 'Faith Alone (Justification by Faith)': "Because your heart is more corrupt than all things, you can never be saved by your deeds, and only the one who trusts in the LORD (faith) receives salvation (blessing) (Verse 7)."

4. Final Verdict

✅ CONSISTENT (IRONCLAD) — Complete Proof of Salvation by Works' Self-Contradiction

Reason for Verdict: Jeremiah 17:10 quoted by the attacker is the result of cherry-picking that completely neutered the context (verses 5-9). The entire context of chapter 17 declares the gospel of thorough grace and faith: "Cursed is the man who trusts in deeds (flesh) coming from a corrupt human heart, and blessed is the man who trusts only in the LORD." Core Counterevidence Logic: Since the human heart is deceitful and corrupt above all things (verse 9), if God puts the good works and deeds coming out of that corrupt heart on the scale again, who can be saved? The sword of Jeremiah drawn by the attacker instead resulted in cutting down his own doctrine of salvation by works.