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*HOW TO HAVE REAL FAITH*
*Developing a Faith That Works - Part 7 of 15*
*James 2:14-26*
/"Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by actions, is dead."
/(vs.
17)
*I.
WHO IS RIGHT - JAMES OR PAUL? ______________________________*
Paul (Gal 2:16) & James (Jas.
2:24)
Problem - "Legalism" "Laxity"
"WORKS" - Jewish laws Christian lifestyle
Focus - "Root of salvation" "Fruit of salvation"
(internal~/unseen) (external~/seen)
Purpose - How to know How to show
I'm a Christian I'm a Christian
/"For it is BY GRACE you have been saved THROUGH FAITH ... FOR a life of GOOD WORKS/
/which God has already prepared for us to do." /Eph.
2:8-10 (GN)
*II.*
*WHAT IS REAL FAITH?*
*1.
REAL FAITH IS NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU _______________ .*
/"What good is it, my brothers, if a man CLAIMS to have faith, but has no deeds?
Can such/
/"faith" save him?/
(vs.
14)
Matt.
7:20-23
*2.
REAL FAITH IS NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU _______________ .*
/"Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
If one of you says to him, `Go, I/
/wish you well; keep warm and well fed,' but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is/
/it?" /(vs.
15-16)
/"If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can/
/the love of God be in him?"
/1 John 3:17 Also 3:14-16, 4:7-20
(vs.
17)
*3.
REAL FAITH IS NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU _______________ .*
/"But someone will say, `You have faith - I have deeds.'
SHOW ME your faith without deeds, and I/
/will SHOW YOU my faith by what I do."
/(vs.
18)/ / / /
2 Cor.
5:17
*4.
REAL FAITH IS NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU _______________ .*
/"You believe that there is one God.
Good!
Even the demons believe that -- and shudder!"/
(vs.
19)
*5.
REAL FAITH IS SOMETHING YOU _______________ .*
Illustrations: Two very different people
~* Abraham (vs.
20-24)
~* Rahab (vs.
25)
2 Cor.
13:5 /"Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves."/
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*HOW TO HAVE REAL FAITH*
*Developing a Faith That Works - Part 7 of 15*
* James 2:14-26 *2146 words
It seems if you put the word "real" in front of anything it sells more -- real coffee or real leather.
We're
interested in the genuine article.
Coca Cola of course was made famous with the slogan: It’s the "real thing".
I want to talk to you today about what James has to say about how to have a real faith.
In this passage James talks about the difference between real and counterfeit Christians, authentic believers and fake believers - people who think they are Christians and really aren't.
He talks about how you have a real faith.
This is the most controversial and misunderstood passage in the book of James.
The New Testament teaches that we are saved by faith alone, especially the teaching of Paul, who says /"It is by grace, through faith, that we are saved."
/Then/ /James comes along and says, “It's not just faith but faith and works.”
What is he talking about?
Is James or Paul right?
They are both right.
You see, they are talking about different things.
Paul was fighting the problem of *legalism* -- the problem of keeping all the Jewish laws and
regulations to be a Christian.
Paul is talking to that group.
James is not fighting legalism but *laxity* -- those that say "It doesn't matter what you do as long as you
believe."
They are fighting two different enemies.
But they both use the word "works" in different ways.
When Paul uses the word "works" he's talking about Jewish laws like circumcision and things like that.
When James uses it, he's talking about the lifestyle of a Christian -- acts of love.
It's totally different.
Paul focuses on the *root* of salvation -- what happens to me internally.
James focuses on the *fruit *of salvation -- what happens on the outside.
Jesus said, /"By their fruits you will know them."
/
/ /
/ /
Paul is tackling the problem of, “How to *know* you're a Christian.”
James is talking about, “How to *show* you're a Christian.”
Paul is talking about his passages on faith alone, how to *become* a believer.
James talks about, how to *behave* like a believer.
So, it is not a contradiction.
It's summed up in Ephesians 2:8-10 /"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, for a/ /life of good works that God has already prepared for us to do." /There are three prepositions in this passage -- "by grace", "through faith", "for good works".
If you get those out of order, you're in trouble.
But Paul is saying we're saved by grace through faith.
We're saved just by accepting God's gift.
But how do I show I am a believer?
James says there's five ways you can know you've got the real thing.
*1.
REAL FAITH IS NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU SAY*
v. 14 Real faith is not just something you say, something you talk about.
/"What good is it my brothers/ /if a man claims to have faith, but has no deeds?
Can such `faith' save him?"//
/It doesn't say he actually has faith, he just claims to have it.
He talks about it.
He knows all the right phrases.
It's more than just talk that is involved in real faith.
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