A right strawy epistle Martin Luther A Study of James Lessons 1 4 Review Trials give us knowledge to help us develop our faith Life is our proving ground Every good gift comes from above Our Father is Light ID: 932903
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A Study of James
Written to Jewish Christians scattered about
“A right strawy epistle …”
Martin Luther
Slide2A Study of James
Lessons 1 - 4 Review
Trials give us knowledge to help us develop our faith
Life is our proving ground
Every good gift comes from above – Our Father is Light
Either we are in the light or in the dark – Sin is Sin
Be a Doer – Poet (
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Not a Doer (
prasso
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Not a Hearer Only
Hypocrisy – Whitewashed Tombs
Slide3A Study of James
Lessons 1-4 Review
We will be judged by the words of Jesus (John 12:48)
The Perfect Law of Liberty
The Perfect Law of Jesus
We are God’s first fruits
God loves us, will we reciprocate?
Slide4A Study of James
Faith On Fire
Words and Works are not synonymous
Abraham was counted as righteous because he believed God (Gen. 15:6)
Abraham was justified (rendered righteous) by his offering of Isaac 2:21
Abraham had the faith of Rahab!
Faith is perfected (completed) through works 2:22
Spirit separated from the body = Death
Faith separated from works = Death
2:26
Slide5A Study of James
Faith On Fire
Paul and James are not preaching a different truth
We can prove faith with works
We cannot prove faith by itself
Words don’t have calories
Demons fear God but don’t change
Chapter 2:19-20
Tremble or shudder
“to bristle”
Terror that makes one’s hair stand on end
From Wayne Jackson
“You empty headed man, do you not know that faith apart from obedience is sterile?”
Slide6A Study of James
Faith On Fire
Abraham was justified
A legal term – cleared of all charges – made right
“Every time we encounter grace there are instructions associated with the event and those instructions produce faith”
Eric Owens
An obedient faith is a working faith
If the body has no spirit there is death
If faith has no works it is DEAD
Slide7A Study of James
Faith On Fire
Satan wants us to be blind to the needs all around us
James reminds us that an obedient faith is a working faith and a working faith doesn’t focus on ME