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James 2:1 · BSB
2:1 My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
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…way, I don't mean that as disrespect to her. [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I mean that as respect to all of us as soldiers of God, James chapter 2 verse 18James chapter 218, but a man, that means a person, a man may say, you have faith and I have works. [SPEAKER_00]: Show me your faith without your works and I will…
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…the vulnerable is just an empty show. What about our faith? Is our faith in God genuine? Well, listen to James, the brother of the Lord Jesus. InJames chapter 2, he says, What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is…
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…going to have my own standard. I'm going to go my own direction. I'm going to hold on to things that I think instead of what does your word say?James chapter 2tells us this, the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God and was imputed unto him for righteousness and he was called the friend…
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…to that later. Sorry. James, uh, James 2.17 also tells us that faith, even so, faith, if it hath not works, is dead being alone. Okay, if you readJames chapter 2, it's talking about if you see a brother or sister, you've got but the but the other side of this is if your faith doesn't have works, it's dead.…
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…And so that is what James is addressing in his letter. And so this morning, as we open up, James, would you stand as we read the word together?James chapter 2, beginning in verse 14 through 26, and it'll also be on the screens, says, What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not…
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…God, waging war against evil, come hand in hand with the love and the grace and the forgiveness of God on the cross. And it's funny in the book ofJames chapter 2it says this that Abraham trusted and believed God and then it was counted to him as righteousness. It wasn't Abraham obeyed God and climbed up a…
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…He says that it produces a good work within us. He said it produces in us steadfastness, it produces within us uh a continued love for the Lord.James chapter 2. I'm sorry, James chapter 1, starting in verse 2. Count it a joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing…
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…apply it in every single context. And so we study the word of God to make sure we apply the word of God rightly. A word like justified is the same.James chapter 2uses the word justified to describe something different than Romans chapter 4 when Paul's using it. If you don't understand that, you're going to…
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…seek him. Brethren, there are rewards that God wants to give out, and it's based on our actions by faith. Let me show you two scriptures. Look atJames chapter 2and 1 Corinthians chapter 3. We'll get back to Hebrews chapter 11 in just a minute. James chapter 2 and Hebrews 3. Now, sometimes scriptures, you…
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Romans chapter 4. And uh I want to I want to show you a few scriptures here. Would you also pick up Romans 4 andJames chapter 2? Let's go to work this morning, and let me show you something about our father that uh maybe about the first three or four or five scriptures…
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…some feet behind our prayers. Over in James, chapter two. I love the Book of James. I just preached through the Book of James not too long ago. ButJames, chapter 2, verse number 14. He says this, what doth it profit my brethren? Though a man say he hath faith. And hath not works, can faith save him? How many…
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…and over and it says for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified And now I'm going to read to you from Romans 3 while I do that. Go toJames chapter 2and Romans 3 says to declare I say at this time his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of him which will leave it in Jesus.…
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…careful that we don't become so concerned about being right. That we walk right past hurting people without providing a supernatural solution. InJames chapter 2, if you want to turn there, it's this great passage. Are we okay? I mean, I think this is healthy. And listen, there's nobody more steeped in…
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…and displaying the manifold wisdom of God. It's like an orchestra, not opposed, the discrepancies like between, let's say, Romans chapter 4 andJames chapter 2, right? James chapter 2 says that you're saved by faith and works. What know ye not? That your faith is dead without works? Have you ever heard…
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…right, God has given us The idea that we're not being faithful. We're not being entrusted with what he has given us. Now James says it this way inJames chapter 2. So you see, faith by itself isn't enough unless it produces good deeds. It is dead and useless. Now someone may argue some people have faith,…
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…a result of that having a prejudiced mind that it renders itself inactive in the care of the person's soul. So the issue in the first 13 verses ofJames chapter 2is favoritism. Can I play favorites? The powerful point he makes here to start with is having faith in Jesus, having the faith of a Christian and…
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…cost. To do that which is required and to give up and sacrifice that which is required of them as those with faith. Rahab is actually mentioned inJames chapter 2, at the end of James chapter 2. And if you think about James chapter 2, what is it talking about? It's talking about faith and works. So what do we…
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…what the world wants to hear. But Christ, it's a kindness. A kindness is telling people the truth. Kindness is Christ's likeness, really. Turn toJames chapter 2. James chapter 2. It's really about, it talks about it, it's always about the faith, of course. But he makes a great argument. In James chapter 2,…
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…stands on the other side of that line, short of the glory of God. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. James makes this point inJames chapter 2, where he's addressing the churches in his day that were giving preference to the powerful and the rich. And James says, you don't look at this as…
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…just that simple. And Paul even told the Corinthians, he said, I fear, lest ye be led away from the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus. Now, inJames chapter 2and verse 19. James chapter 2, verse 19. The man who was the minister of the Jerusalem church, he said, Thou believest that there is one God. He…
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