1. Faith at Work
- James 1 -
[The Proving of Faith]

2. Faith is the Center of the Christian’s Life
John 20:30-31; Ephesians 2: Hebrews 11:6; 2 Corinthians 5:7

3. The Epistle of James
Faith must work; faith must produce; faith must be visible
Verbal faith is not enough, Luke 6:46
Mental faith is insufficient, John 12:42-43
True faith provokes action, Galatians 5:6

4. Faith endures trials James 1:2-11
“Trials come and go; faith meets them head on and develops endurance.”
The discipline to remain joyful, Jas. 1:2; John 16:22, 33
Faith looks beyond the moment to eternity, Corinthians 4:16-18
Testing of faith produces patience, Jas. 1:3-4

5. Faith endures trials James 1:2-11
The discipline to continually pray for wisdom, James 1:5-8
Humility to admit our lack and need, 1:5
Faith to ask God for wisdom, 1: Proverbs 2:6-9; Psalm 119:98
Faith that God answers, 1:5; Proverbs 8:17; John 5:14-15
Ask in faith without doubt, 1:6-8

6. Faith endures trials James 1:2-11
The discipline to know that possessions test faith, James 1:9-11
Poor brother: Glory in the exaltation of Christ, Luke 1:52; 1 Cor. 3:21-23 (Eph. 1:3; 2:6)
Rich brother: Glory in the humiliation of Christ, Philippians 3:7-8
“The Cross of Christ lifts up the poor and brings down the high. It is the great leveller of men.” (A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures)

7. Faith understands temptation James 1:12-20
The blessing of resisting temptation, James 1:12
Approved: Tested, tried and shown to be genuine, Romans 5:3-4
Crown of life, 2 Timothy 4:7-8

8. Faith understands temptation James 1:12-20
Temptation is common to us all, James 1:13-16; 1 Corinthians 10:12-13
God is not the source of temptation, 1:13
Temptation: Internal (his own desires), External (enticement), 1:14
Outcome of yielding to temptation is sin and death, 1:15

9. Faith understands temptation James 1:12-20
Temptation is common to us all, James 1:13-16; 1 Corinthians 10:12-13
Warning, 1:16. Resist temptations to sin by…
Remembering the gifts of God, 1:17
Remembering your birthright, 1:18
Controlling your heart, 1:19 (Col. 3:8)
Producing righteousness of God, 1: (Titus 2:12)

10. Faith applies repentance James 1:21
The person of faith lays aside sin, Peter 2:1; Colossians 3:5-9
Moral filthiness and all wickedness
Faith does not find pleasure in sin, Ephesians 5:6-11
Deliberate decision of faith to meekly receive and implant God’s word, Romans 12:2; Colossians 3:16

11. Faith obeys God’s word James 1:22-27
The person of faith is a doer of the word, James 1:22 (Matthew 7:21-27)
Vanity of hearing and not doing, Jas. 1:23-24
Blessed by doing the work, Jas. 1:25
Must combine knowing with doing, Jno. 13:17

12. Faith obeys God’s word James 1:22-27
The person of faith lives pure religion, James 1:26-27
Not one who thinks he is religious, but whose unbridled tongue reveals his deficient faith
Deceives himself
His religion is useless

13. Faith obeys God’s word James 1:22-27
The person of faith lives pure religion, James 1:26-27
A doer of the word who practices pure and undefiled religion (fears God)
Inspects the needs of the helpless and helps (compassion, kindness and love), Micah 6:6-8
Inspects himself and guards himself from sin (2 Corinthians 13:5), Matthew 6:1-4

14. Faith is put to the test every day!
Faith at work overcomes the world! 1 John 5:3-4