1. Combining Faith With Deeds– James 2:14-26

2.  James 2:14-17 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

3.  Vs. 14, 20 – What use is it…if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?....But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? Works = ERGON – labor, toil, deeds

4.  Vs. 17 -- Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

5.  Vs. 18 -- 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.”

6.  You have faith/I have works – an incomplete faith  Show me your faith without the works – an impossibility  I’ll show you my faith by my works – the position of a faithful Christian

7.  Vs. 15-16 --If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?

8.  Be warm and be filled  God bless you  What can I do to help?

9.  Let me give you some food and clothing  Let me share with you the blessings God has given to me.  “I’m going to wash these dishes for you so you can sit down and rest.”

10.  Abraham offering Isaac (Gen. 22)  Demonstrated faith by his actions.  Justified by works, not workless faith  His faith worked with his works to produce results

11.  Joshua 2  Receives the spies into her house.  Lies to the king of Jericho to protect them.  Hides them from search.  Expressed her faith to the spies.  Helps them escape.

12.  …for I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.” --Matthew 25:35-36