FALSE FAITH VS. GENUINE FAITH (5 OF 11)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: James 2:14-26
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False Faith vs. Genuine Faith (5 of 11)
Series: James: A Faith that Works
Josh Malone
James 2:14-26
Today we continue in James with what is likely the most well-known and a the same time misunderstood passage in James. In this passage we are going to lean about both false and genuine faith. - We will learn what false faith can look like, and genuine faith.
ILLUS. - Let me ask you... does authenticity matter? I mean... does anyone want a knock off? Well it depends right? For instance... When I bought Cannon a baseball glove I didn't care if it was genuine leather or not. Why? He's growing, his hands are still growing. He's not going to use it long. - On the other hand... if sold my car tomorrow, I want to be paid in GENUINE dollar bills... not imitation. - It matters in news right and truth right? I mean maybe you've been fooled before by a fake news story on social media, photoshopped picture. Events from another place, another time, made to look like it was recent. - Truth matters, real news matters. So sometimes GENUINENESS, AUTHENTICITY is a bigger deal than others.
AUTHENTICITY is CRITICAL... it's life and death... as relates to FAITH. The Bible says we are saved BY grace, THROUGH faith in Jesus Christ. --- Faith is like the FUNNEL through which God pours His saving grace into our lives. - By what if our faith is not real? Eternity hangs in the balance. James today will show us what real faith looks like, and what false faith can look like.
James wants us to understand... real faith, saving faith in Jesus... leads to a life of good works. As the old saying goes... ''we are saved by grace through faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.'' - Saving faith is a working faith, a productive faith.
Big Idea: Faith without works is dead.
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 ...
Series: James: A Faith that Works
Josh Malone
James 2:14-26
Today we continue in James with what is likely the most well-known and a the same time misunderstood passage in James. In this passage we are going to lean about both false and genuine faith. - We will learn what false faith can look like, and genuine faith.
ILLUS. - Let me ask you... does authenticity matter? I mean... does anyone want a knock off? Well it depends right? For instance... When I bought Cannon a baseball glove I didn't care if it was genuine leather or not. Why? He's growing, his hands are still growing. He's not going to use it long. - On the other hand... if sold my car tomorrow, I want to be paid in GENUINE dollar bills... not imitation. - It matters in news right and truth right? I mean maybe you've been fooled before by a fake news story on social media, photoshopped picture. Events from another place, another time, made to look like it was recent. - Truth matters, real news matters. So sometimes GENUINENESS, AUTHENTICITY is a bigger deal than others.
AUTHENTICITY is CRITICAL... it's life and death... as relates to FAITH. The Bible says we are saved BY grace, THROUGH faith in Jesus Christ. --- Faith is like the FUNNEL through which God pours His saving grace into our lives. - By what if our faith is not real? Eternity hangs in the balance. James today will show us what real faith looks like, and what false faith can look like.
James wants us to understand... real faith, saving faith in Jesus... leads to a life of good works. As the old saying goes... ''we are saved by grace through faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.'' - Saving faith is a working faith, a productive faith.
Big Idea: Faith without works is dead.
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 ...
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