- Faith alone does not profit (vs. 14)
- What will help most in your Christian life, Faith or works?
- Christians will be judged according to their works at the judgment seat of Christ
- Faith alone in Christ gets you into heaven. Works earn you reward in heaven
- Faith without works is useless (vv. 15-17)
- The word dead means useless, ineffective, and unprofitable. It never in the Greek, Hebrew, or English means non-existent
- When we stand as Christians before the judgment seat of Christ, Christ will look at our works, not our faith. Faith is dead useless in that day
- The objection between faith and works (vv. 18-19)
- Works perfect our faith (vv. 20-26)
- Justification does not mean to get eternal life. It means to declare righteous
- Two types of justification
- through faith alone in the sight of God
- through works in the sight of men
- Justification in the sight of God eventually leads to justification in the sight of men
Is Your Faith Dead?
James: Faith in Action