Everyday Faith - The Key to Pleasing God

Sermon Notes from Clark Whitten at Grace Church.

Hebrews 11:6 - II Corinthians 13:5

What is real Faith? James 2:14-20 (The Message):

Faith in Action

14-17Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense? 18I can already hear one of you agreeing by saying, “Sounds good. You take care of the faith department, I’ll handle the works department.”

Not so fast. You can no more show me your works apart from your faith than I can show you my faith apart from my works. Faith and works, works and faith, fit together hand in glove.

19-20Do I hear you professing to believe in the one and only God, but then observe you complacently sitting back as if you had done something wonderful? That’s just great. Demons do that, but what good does it do them? Use your heads! Do you suppose for a minute that you can cut faith and works in two and not end up with a corpse on your hands?

• Real Faith is not just something you say.  v. 14
• There is a big difference between being a professor and possessor. v. 15-16
• Real faith is not just something you think. v. 18
  • Faith is like calories - don’t see it but it shows up. (thought that was hilarious)
• Real faith is not just something you believe.
• Real faith is something you do.  v. 20
  • Good deeds are not the root of salvation but the fruit of salvation.
  • Good deeds do not deliver salvation they demonstrate salvation.
  • Christian people do good deeds.  Good deeds do not make people Christian.

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