
August 27 - James 2.14-26
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Faith and Works 14My friends, what good is it to say you have faith, when you don't do anything to show that you really do have faith? Can that kind of faith save you?
15If you know someone who doesn't have any clothes or food,
16you shouldn't just say, "I hope all goes well for you. I hope you will be warm and have plenty to eat." What good is it to say this, unless you do something to help?
17Faith that doesn't lead us to do good deeds is all alone and dead!
18Suppose someone disagrees and says, "It is possible to have faith without doing kind deeds."
I would answer, "Prove that you have faith without doing kind deeds, and I will prove that I have faith by doing them."
19You surely believe there is only one God. That's fine. Even demons believe this, and it makes them shake with fear.
20Does some stupid person want proof that faith without deeds is useless?
21Well, our ancestor Abraham pleased God by putting his son Isaac on the altar to sacrifice him.
22Now you see how Abraham's faith and deeds worked together. He proved that his faith was real by what he did.
23This is what the Scriptures mean by saying, "Abraham had faith in God, and God was pleased with him." That's how Abraham became God's friend.
24You can now see that we please God by what we do and not only by what we believe.
25For example, Rahab had been a prostitute. But she pleased God when she welcomed the spies and sent them home by another way.
26Anyone who doesn't breathe is dead, and faith that doesn't do anything is just as dead!
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