1. A FAITH THAT ACTS JAMES 2:19-26 cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

2. “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

3. You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”— and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

4. And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.” ‭‭ James ‬ ‭ 2:19-26 ‬ ‭ ESV ‬‬ cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

5. God promised Father Abraham three things: 1)Family. 2)Land. 3)Divine Presence. cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

6. God wants to know do we love the promise more than we love him. We must be careful that our focus doesn't become the promise but the one who promises to fulfill the promise. cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

8. A FAITH THAT ACTS IS OBEDIENT EVEN IF IT MEANS SACRIFICING THE THING THAT GOD HAS PROMISED YOU. cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

9. “Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

10. And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that, as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a sure sign that you will save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.” cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

11. And the men said to her, “Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”” Joshua ‬ ‭ 2:8-14 ‬ ‭ ESV ‬‬ cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

12. A FAITH THAT ACTS UNDERSTANDS THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR EVERYTHING. (We walk by faith and not by sight). cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

13. A FAITH THAT ACTS RESPONDS TO THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD. (Faith comes by hearing and hearing from the word of God) cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

14. A FAITH THAT ACTS IS A FAITH THAT RISKS ITS LIFE. cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

15. Are you willing to have a faith that acts that is willing to lose your life? Are you willing to have a faith that acts that risks everything? cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

16. YOUR FAITH THAT ACTS ALLOWS YOU TO EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING GOD HAS FOR YOU AND WANTS FOR YOU. cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

17. APPLICATION: Does our faith demonstrate our obedience to God? Are we willing to have a faith that acts that sacrifices what God has promised us? Do we have a faith that acts that understands that God has a purpose in everything? Are we willing to have a faith that acts that responds to the truth of God's word? Are we willing to risk our life with a faith that acts? cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06

18. A FAITH THAT ACTS JAMES 2:19-26 cc: pmarkham - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9197427@N06