James 2

• Live without partiality (James 2:1-13)
  • We are given reasons why, if we live God’s way we will live this way
    • It demonstrates Christian character
    • It makes no distinction
    • It is the design of God’s grace
    • It denounces sin
    • It defeats compromise
    • It deadens judgment
• Live with faith and works (James 2:14-26)
  • Faith and works is trust with feet
  • There are three kinds of faith expressed in these verses and only one is the faith that saves us
    • Dead faith (James 2:14-17)
      • This faith substitutes words for deed
      • It is intellectual in nature
      • It is expressed in the desire to discuss, but never decide to take a stand
    • Demonic faith (James 2:18-19)
      • This is intellectual and emotional
      • What the demons believe
        • God exists
        • Deity of Jesus
          • Mark 3:11-12
        • In judgment
          • Mark 5:7
    • Dynamic faith – intellectual, emotional, and brings an act of the will
      • It involves the whole person
        • The mind understands the truth
        • The heart desires the truth
        • The will acts on the truth
      • Faith is obeying in spite of the consequences
        • Abraham (Genesis 15 & 22)
          • He was a Godly man
          • Abraham believed God (intellect)
          • Abraham responded (emotion)
          • He acted to sacrifice (will)
          • He could lose a son
        • Rahab (Joshua 2 & 6)
          • She was a sinful person
          • Rahab believed God (intellect)
          • She responded (emotion)
          • She acted by hiding the spies (will)
          • She could be punished for her actions

How to live life? Live life without partiality to others. Live life with a dynamic faith that employs intellect, emotion, and will.