Welcome to Chapel City Church! As we continue working through James chapter 2, we are going to come to one of the most difficult passages in the whole letter. It isn’t grammar or content that make this passage difficult. Rather, it’s how James appears to say something different about faith and works than the other New Testament writers. Does James really say that works are what make us righteous? Does he really say that faith can’t save you? As we read carefully, it becomes clear that James actually makes the same argument that Paul does. Faith is the only thing that saves you. However, a genuine faith will be demonstrated in a transformed life. A living faith will produce obedience to God and love toward others. Once again, we are called to think carefully about our own profession of faith. Do WE have a real relationship with God because we have responded to the gospel? Or do we have worthless words, an empty profession that knows the truth but has never really responded to that truth. If you have any questions, or if there is a way that we can be praying specifically for you, please reach out to us!
But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. James 2:18-19
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