HOW WE ACT

JAMES 2:14-20 ESV 

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, 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.

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! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

James 2:24 ESV

24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Romans 3:28 ESV

28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

1. Faith is not mere assent. 

1. Faith is not simply an response.

1. Faith involves willful .

“Mercy to the full range of human needs is such an essential mark of a Christian that it can be used as a test of true faith. Mercy is not optional or an addition to being a Christian. Rather, a life poured out in deeds of mercy is the sign of genuine faith” – Pastor Tim Keller. 

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