JESUS’WORKS,

YOUR WORKS

JAMES 2:14-26(14)What good is it, my brothers, if

someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

(15)If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,

JAMES 2:14-26(16)and one of you says to them, "Go

in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?

(17)So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

JAMES 2:14-26(18)But someone will say, "You have

faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

(19)You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

JAMES 2:14-26(20)Do you want to be shown, you

foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

(21)Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

JAMES 2:14-26(22)You see that faith was active

along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;

(23)and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"—and he was called a friend of God.

JAMES 2:14-26(24)You see that a person is justified

by works and not by faith alone.(25)And in the same way was not

also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

JAMES 2:14-26(26)For as the body apart from the

spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

TRUSTING IN THE ONE WHO’S DONE EVERYTHING

PLUGGING IN

“We no longer love what we used to love, we no longer do what we

used to do, because we are no longer who we were.”

TWO COUNTERFEITFAITHS

DEAD FAITH

JAMES 2:14-17(14)What good is it, my brothers, if

someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

(15)If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,

JAMES 2:14-17(16)and one of you says to them, "Go

in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?

(17)So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

LIP SERVICE AND NO

LIFESTYLE

Dead faith is all lip service and no lifestyle. Dead faith is a profession of faith that you do not practice because you do not possess. Dead faith is lip service, not lifestyle.

FRUITLESSNESS

You don’t give, you don’t serve, you don’t care, but you believe in God. This is classic lazy, lukewarm, lifeless religion. And some of you have gotten theological about it and you’ve got arguments for why you are fruitless.

DEMONIC FAITH

JAMES 2:18 & 19(18)But someone will say, "You have

faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

(19)You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

SAVIOR IN THE MIRROR

LIKE A DEMON

RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

DON’T KNOW HIM, BUT THE DEMONS DO

MARK 1: 24(24)“What have you to do with us,

Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.”

LUKE 4: 33-34(33)And in the synagogue there was a

man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

(34)"Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.“

THREE ASPECTS OF DEMONIC FAITH

“Demonic faith has information but not

transformation.”

ITS KNOWLEDGE

DOESN’T

TRANSFORM

ITS DOESN’T

LOVE JESUS

ITS REBELIOUS

AND NOT REPENT

DYNAMIC FAITH

JAMES 2:20-26(20)Do you want to be shown, you

foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

(21)Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

JAMES 2:22-23(22)You see that faith was active

along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;

(23)and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"—and he was called a friend of God.

JAMES 2:24-25(24)You see that a person is justified

by works and not by faith alone.(25)And in the same way was not

also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

JAMES 2:26(26)For as the body apart from the

spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

ON THE WAY TO PERFECTION

OBEDIENT FAITH

TRUST ME

DOES JAMES CONTRADICT

PAUL?

JAMES 2:24(24)You see that a person is

justified by works and not by faith alone.

ROMANS 3:28(28)For we hold that one is

justified by faith apart from works of the law.

• Romans 3: 28By Grace Through Faith = Salvation

• James 2:24Salvation = Good Works

“Gumagawa ka ng mabuti kasi ligtas kana, hindi ka gumagawa ng mabuti para

maligtas.”

6:30 PM Evening ServiceApril 24, 2016