Bible Readings:
Luke 1:57-80
James 2:14-26
Sermon Outline:
James 2:14 (NKJV)
14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
I Dead faith
James 2:15–16 (NKJV)
15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
James 2:17–19 (NKJV)
17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
II Two examples of living faith
Abraham
Rahab
James 2:26 (NKJV)
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
It is faith alone that justifies,
but the faith that justifies is not alone.
John Calvin
Faith is the starting-post of obedience.
Thomas Chalmers
Faith that saves has one distinguishing quality; saving faith is a faith that produces obedience, it is a faith that brings about a way of life.
Billy Graham
Faith is a living, restless thing. It cannot be inoperative.
Martin Luther
Obedience is the hallmark of faith.
C. H. Spurgeon