The Last 2 Weeks
We have LOOKEDat Dead Faith, including Demonic Faith.
Today
Let’s switch gears with James and LOOK at Living Faith.
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Before We Begin, Let’s Pray
O Lord, as we begin today show us our hearts, show us if there be anything that would hinder us from hearing You speak to us. May we deal with what You show us, and then would You quiet our hearts to listen carefully to Your instruction and teaching.
LOOK at What God Says
Let GODcha point the way.
What’s your starting point?
READ God’s Word
Read James 2:21-26, asking the 5W’s and H to put you in context.
Please try it on your own.
Be willing to train yourself to read with purpose.
Let God’s Word sink down deep into your hearts.
How did you do?
Let’s read together.
21 What illustration does James give to make his point?
Was not WHO?
Abraham
HOW is Abraham described?
our WHAT?
our father
Was not Abraham WHAT?
justified
justified HOW?
by works
justified WHEN (
this is what we call a ‘time phrase’ – when did, does, or will something happen?)
justified WHEN he did WHAT?
when he offered up
WHO?
Isaac his son
WHERE?
on the altar?
22
WHO?
You (the brethren)
you WHAT?
see
see WHAT?
that faith
WHAT?
was working
HOW was faith working?
Working with WHAT?
working with his (Abraham’s) works,
(THINK: what were his works?)
and
as WHAT?
as a result
of WHAT?
of the works,
WHAT happened?
faith was perfected;
23 and
WHAT else happened?
the Scripture
was WHAT?
was fulfilled
which WHAT?
which says
WHAT does the Scripture that was fulfilled say?
“And WHO?
“AND ABRAHAM
WHAT?
BELIEVED GOD,
AND
WHAT did believing God do?
IT (his belief)
did WHAT?
WAS RECKONED (counted) TO HIM (Abraham)
as WHAT?
AS RIGHTEOUSNESS,”
and WHO,
and he (Abraham)
WHAT was the result of his belief?
was called
called WHAT?
the friend
of WHO?
of God.
24 You WHO? (the brethren)
WHAT?
You see
WHAT do you see as you LOOK at Abraham?
see that WHO?
that a man
see that a man is WHAT?
is justified
see HOW a man is justified?
by works
and
NOT justified HOW?
not by faith alone.
(Do you remember v17? Faith by ‘itself’ is dead!)
WHAT is the next illustration James gives to make his point?
25 in WHAT?
in the same way,
was not WHO?
was not Rahab
HOW is Rahab described?
WHAT was she?
the harlot
(Do you see the 
contrast of Abraham their father, with Rahab the harlot?)
Rahab, the harlot, also was WHAT?
also was justified
HOW was Rahab justified?
by works
WHEN was Rahab justified? (another ‘time’ phrase – ‘when’)
WHAT were her works?
when she received
WHO?
the messengers
and
WHAT else?
sent them out by another way?
WHAT is the last illustration James gives to make his point?
26 For just as
WHAT?
the body
without WHAT?
without the spirit
is WHAT?
is dead,
so also
WHAT?
faith
without WHAT?
without works
is WHAT?
is dead.
(What is being 
compared?)
Did you want to hold up your hand and scream,
“STOP right there!”
And ask, “didn’t we just establish that a person is saved by grace through faith?”
Yes, we did.
So what is James saying?
Well tomorrow we will dissect this apart, and see what God is saying through James and what He means.
Let’s Call It a Day!
Meditate all day long on what you just read.
“A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,” (Pro 1:5)
Don’t Forget to Journal Your Time with God
Perhaps note the Subject:
Living Faith, and the the 3 illustrations that James is giving –
Abraham, Rahab and the Body.
Perhaps a new note for each illustration, and as we dig deeper, you can always come back and add later.
3 short, sweet points, you will remember.
Video Tutorial> Notes Tutorial >
Turn What You LEARNED into a Prayer
HEAVENLY FATHER, we do so love You and Your Word. We thank you that You loved us enough to provide the way for us to have a living faith! Oh, thank you for Your messenger James and his heart and passion to help us understand this living faith and how to live it. May we truly meditate, think deeply, on all we have read today. We are a forgetful people, so perhaps You would give us the time and stir our hearts to read these passages over and over, training ourselves to slow down and think, to help us remember and be able to call these Truths to mind. Thank You so much! We ask these things in Jesus name. Amen!
I thank you for continuing on this journey in James.
I praise God for your hearts that are hungry and willing to spend time with your Lord in His Word.
I pray the Lord is causing you to hunger and thirst more for His Bread, that is the only food that can give life and nourish our souls.
I am praying for each one of you, wanting to encourage you stay the course, knowing as you do, God will bring drastic results upon your hearts and minds.
Next: We will LOOK @ Abraham’s Faith.
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