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JAMES 2:14-26
TWO DECEPTIVE DOCTRINES“I believe in Jesus’ existence and respect all that He said, although I don’t live by it. Aren’t I entitled to go to heaven?”
TWO DECEPTIVE DOCTRINES“God values me based on my performance. I’ve earned the right to sit at His right hand in heaven.”
THE TRUTH…We are saved by grace through faith. It is a gift of God, AND…
SALVATION’S CONFIRMATION IS TRANSFORMATION.
John 15:2
Matthew 12:33
Matthew 23:1-4
1 John 1:6
“If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.”
THE APOSTLE JOHN
1 John 2:4
“He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His Word, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
THE APOSTLE JOHN
1 John 2:6
“He who says he is in the Light, but hates his brother, is in darkness until now.”
THE APOSTLE JOHN
You suffer the fate of your cast. Perhaps things will in better in the next reincarnation.
HINDUISM
“Die… Good riddance!”
CAESARS, EMPERORS, ANCIENT DICTATORS
Your fate is nature’s way of eliminating the weaker members of the human race.
HITLER
The State deserves your sacrifices. Blame the Capitalists.
KARL MARX
If you're not Muslim, die before I kill you.
MUSLIM EXTREMISM
“Give me you tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…”
WHY ARE WE BLESSED? NO BRAINER!
“… the wretched refuse of your teaming shore, send these the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.”
WHY ARE WE BLESSED? NO BRAINER!
WHAT AUTHENTICATES FAITH?
Genuine faith is not cruel or indifferent. It is compassionately engaged.
V.15-17
WHAT AUTHENTICATES FAITH?
Genuine faith is not theoretical. It’s very practical.
V.18
WHAT AUTHENTICATES FAITH?
Genuine faith is authenticated by its results.
V.19-20
WHAT AUTHENTICATES FAITH?
Genuine faith is validated by obedience, not notoriety.
V.21-26
Matthew 13:31-32
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in a field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds…
JESUS
Matthew 13:31-32
“But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
JESUS
JAMES 2:1-13