30/08/2017
YOUR FAITH AND DEEDS MUST GO HAND IN HAND IN THE BODY OF CHRIST
James 2:- 14- 26
“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?”
James 2:14 NIV
“Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.”
James 2:15 NIV
“If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?”
James 2:16 NIV
“In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
James 2:17 NIV
“But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.”
James 2:18 NIV
“You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.”
James 2:19 NIV
“You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?”
James 2:20 NIV
“Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?”
James 2:21 NIV
“You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.”
James 2:22 NIV
“And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.”
James 2:23 NIV
“You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.”
James 2:24 NIV
“In the same way, was not even Rahab the pr******te considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?”
James 2:25 NIV
“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
James 2:26 NIV
