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 The scripture reading today comes from the book of James, chapter 2.

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 Please read along in your bulletin.

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 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works, can that faith save him?

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 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them,

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 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?

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 Even so, faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

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 But someone may as well say, You have faith and I have works.

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 Show me your faith without the works and I will show you my faith with my works.

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 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe and shudder.

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 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

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 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac, his son, on the altar?

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 You see that faith was working with his works.

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 And as a result of the works, faith was perfected.

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 And the scripture was fulfilled, which says,

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 And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

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 And he was called the friend of God.

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 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.

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 In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

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 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

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 This is God's word.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Wow.

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 That's amazing.

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 Great worship.

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 Thanks, guys.

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 You could tell there was a theme there in the songs, right?

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 The songs came up with the same theme.

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 Welcome to Watermark Community Church.

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 My name is Tobin Miller.

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 I'm one of the pastors here, teaching pastor.

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 So if this is your first time here, we are glad that you're here with us and joining us as we worship the Lord.

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 One of the things you'll see in our church is we're kind of chaotic with kids everywhere.

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 And part of that is because that's kind of our stage of life, too, with four kids.

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 And our world is out of control sometimes.

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 One of the things that I would say we're very teachable on as a couple.

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 One of the things that God continues to teach us on is how to raise our children.

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 And so if you have methods of how you've raised perfect kids, we would love to hear that.

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 Because we have the big L written up, not loser, but learners.

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 Might be losers, too, but I don't know.

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 So we have the big learner there.

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 And it's interesting because with four kids, each of our kids is so different.

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 And as a dad, I just want to get in there and fix it.

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 I just want to get the right thing for the right kid and the right time.

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 And those things don't always work that way.

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 And what I'm continuing to learn is we have truth and we have love and we have grace.

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 And as we speak with people and we speak with our children, those three need to be intertwined or it doesn't necessarily work very well.

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 One of our kids, when they do something wrong, I just need to look at them.

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 And they just fall apart.

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 And they need a lot of grace and they need a lot of love.

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 And they respond to truth.

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 And the truth is they just know their heart is so sensitive.

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 One of our kids, when they do something wrong, they want to debate why they did it wrong.

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 And to prove to us that it's not their fault, but that someone else caused them to do that.

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 And so for them, I have to share a little bit more of truth and talk to them about this is what's going on and what's happening here.

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 And then bring in the grace and love.

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 One of our kids has this rock for a head.

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 And no matter what happens to, I won't say their name, but they just cannot get what's going on in their world.

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 And so with that, I feel like I need a lot of truth, a hammer of truth to try to break the rock.

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 And at the end, as we sit there and watch our kids grow and watch people grow and go on journeys,

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 we realize that unless God is working in people's hearts,

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 unless God is there and he's making us sensitive to his spirit,

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 that often, no matter how well you do, grace and truth and love,

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 not much works out.

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 James learned that in his church.

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 We're going through the book of James.

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 James was the half-brother of Jesus.

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 He's the first pastor in the church of Jerusalem.

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 The book of James that we're reading is probably the earliest book in the New Testament.

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 It was probably written about 55 A.D.

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 So most of the people in the church had seen Jesus.

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 They had seen his life.

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 They had seen him walk.

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 They had heard his words.

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 And 15 years into this church, the church is having a lot of problems.

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 Remember, James is this pastor.

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 And one of the things you learn as you read about history of James

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 is that everyone in the congregation knew that he cared for them and that he loved them.

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 His nickname was Camel Knees.

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 And he got that nickname, Camel Knees, because he spent so much time praying for his people

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 that he developed these massive calluses on his knees that everyone could see.

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 And so whenever there was truth coming in and people came in and said,

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 well, I don't know, where's the love?

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 All they would have to look at sometimes is his knees.

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 And they'd realize that he loves them in amazing ways.

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 And he's proved that as he walks with them.

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 And so the church has gone through these struggles.

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 And the struggle is they've looked at different mirrors in their world

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 and they're trying to find out how they're doing.

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 Are they doing well?

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 Are they doing good?

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 And so they put up these different mirrors like we talked about last week.

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 And they looked at how are we doing in these things.

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 And they've used the mirror of the world.

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 And they've used the mirror of culture.

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 And they've used the mirror of religion.

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 And they used the mirror of peers.

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 And they used the mirror of themselves.

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 And all the time they're looking into these things around them.

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 And they're trying to evaluate, am I doing well?

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 Am I doing good?

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 And James says that the only mirror that we can look into is the mirror of God's word.

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 Because it's the only thing that's constant.

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 It's the only thing that's of authority.

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 It never changes.

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 It's spoken from the word of God coming out of his mouth into people.

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 And through his word we evaluate everything.

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 It's the only mirror that we can look at in our world

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 and try to figure out what's going on there.

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 And so as we look into the mirror of God's word,

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 it changes how we think about his word and about people and about God.

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 God's word is the only thing that can convict us and speak to us

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 and encourage us and tear us apart and restore us.

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 Today I want to look at this passage.

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 This passage has caused me a lot of problems as an early Christian.

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 A lot of problems.

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 When I had come to faith at an early age,

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 I developed this huge burden for my family.

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 And I prayed for my family for a long time.

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 My extended family lived in Montana.

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 And so we knew that that summer we were going to go up there.

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 And so I started to go on this journey with God

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 and ask about how God has changed me

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 and the things that he's been teaching me.

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 And I started to pray for my family.

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 Because I knew I would have a chance to see my grandparents.

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 We only saw them once every three years.

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 And in this opportunity, I was praying that I could share

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 what God had done in my life to them.

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 And so I prayed and I studied and I read the four laws

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 and I looked at the navigator bridge and I looked at the wheel

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 and I learned all these different ways to share my faith.

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 And I had people praying.

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 Did I mention that?

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 Praying and praying and praying.

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 And we got up there and we drove to Montana

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 to come visit them.

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 And one quiet afternoon, I got my grandparents by themselves,

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 the 12-year-old.

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 And I shared with them about what God had done in my life.

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 How he came into my heart.

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 How he showed me mercy.

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 How he showed me grace.

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 How he showed me love.

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 I shared with them my sin and the things that were wrong in my life.

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 Even as a 12-year-old, I realized that I was separated from God

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 and there was no way that I could get back to him.

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 I shared with them how God had opened my eyes and my heart to his son Jesus.

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 I shared with them the gospel of faith,

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 just as Paul shares in Romans, that it's by faith alone.

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 And I stopped.

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 And I waited for their response.

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 It was silent.

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 There wasn't a drill drill like now.

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 And all of a sudden, they looked at me and they said,

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 Tobin, are you trying to tell us that we are saved just by faith

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 and not by our works?

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 Are you trying to say that once we're saved, that that's it,

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 that God's grace powers over us,

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 and that nothing that we can do, we can lie, we can cheat,

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 we can do anything, and God has to forgive us?

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 Yes.

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 Then they said, are you telling us that even Hitler

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 could be in heaven right now if he asked for forgiveness for what he did?

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 And I don't know, my parents, my grandparents were kind of strange

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 because immediately after that, they said,

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 even Elvis?

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 To this day, I do not understand that.

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 But for some reason, they equated Elvis and Hitler together.

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 And they said, do you mean even Elvis could be in heaven

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 if he prayed and asked God for forgiveness

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 and to make away all the things that he did?

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 And I kind of sat there and they go, you know,

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 we know so many people in the church

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 who have said that they follow Christ,

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 but they live lives that are totally, totally out of control.

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 And then they opened up the Bible

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 and they went to this passage in Luke,

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 I mean, James chapter 2,

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 and they read verse 17 to me

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 and they said, even so, faith, if it has no works,

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 is dead, being by itself.

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 And they continued to go through the book of James with me

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 about works, works, works.

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 You see, they were going to a church at that time

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 which is similar to the church in Wan Chai

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 with the big cathedral

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 and the guys wear the white shirts

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 and they wear the ties

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 and they wear that little name tag that says elder, so and so.

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 Because they had left their church

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 because they felt like everybody was a hypocrite

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 and inconsistent.

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 And then they looked at me and said,

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 Tobin, you're 12 years old,

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 but you're so naive

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 because everybody knows

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 that you need to work

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 to earn your salvation.

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 It says so in James.

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 I was silent.

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 I mean, I just kind of sat there like,

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 fail on what I just tried to do, right?

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 And I sat there and I started praying

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 and I walked away from that time

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 and I went home

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 and I started reading the Bible

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 because I had this fear.

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 The fear was that maybe my faith

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 wasn't real.

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 Maybe my faith was insincere.

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 Maybe I had learned the wrong thing.

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 Maybe I was doing the wrong thing.

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 And so I studied and I studied

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 and I studied

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 because I wanted my faith to be alive,

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 not dead.

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 And I want to talk to you really briefly

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 about some things

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 that I have been learning over these years.

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 Some things that I wish

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 that I could have said

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 to my grandparents.

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 But I didn't know.

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 I didn't know.

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 The first thing we know right away

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 is whenever we come to Scripture

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 that whenever Scripture

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 seems to contradict itself,

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 the assumption most of us say

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 is that God is wrong.

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 God did something bad.

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 God contradicts Himself.

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 None of us ever say,

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 well, maybe I'm understanding this wrong.

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 But the first thing I learned

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 was that whenever we come to Scripture

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 that God is consistent,

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 that He never contradicts Himself,

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 that He always is truthful

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 in everything that He does.

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 The problem is with you

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 and with me,

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 that we're not listening to Him

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 and we're not looking at

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 what God's Word is actually saying.

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 The next thing that I learned

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 as I looked at Paul

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 and I just read Romans

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 over and over

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 and James over and over,

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 I learned that in Romans,

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 Paul was talking about

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 how a man gets to God.

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 If there's a timeline

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 and there's a cross,

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 Paul was before the cross

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 in Romans

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 and he's looking at

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 our journey to the cross.

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 And he's saying

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 that we get to the cross

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 by faith,

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 faith alone

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 in the works of Jesus Christ

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 and His life

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 that was sacrificed for us

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 on the cross,

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 the blood that was shed

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 and that is the root

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 of our salvation.

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 When James talks about it,

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 when James talks about

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 faith and works in his book,

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 what he's talking about

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 and what he's addressing

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 is people who are hypocrites

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 in the church.

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 People who say

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 they're Christians

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 but they're living differently.

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 And so as Paul's

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 looking towards the cross,

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 James is looking back

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 at the cross,

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 James is looking at

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 over his whole life

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 and he's saying,

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 are we living lives

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 that are consistent

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 to our faith

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 and our words?

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 When Paul comes

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 to the scripture,

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 he looks at things

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 from God's perspective.

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 He's looking down

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 and seeing

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 how can we reach God?

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 When James and James

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 talks about things,

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 he's talking about

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 from man's perspective.

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 He's looking at

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 as you look at people

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 and you look at their lives

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 and you're seeing

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 have they reached God?

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 If you were to ask Paul,

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 how do I know

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 that person is a saved person?

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 Paul would say,

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 you go into their house

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 and you look in the fireplace.

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 How do you know

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 there's a fire

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 in the fireplace?

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 You look.

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 And if there's a fire there,

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 you know that something's

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 going on there.

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 There's a change

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 in their life.

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 You look at their heart.

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 So only God can do that.

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 But James says,

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 if you were to talk to James,

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 how do I know

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 that person's saved?

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 How do you know

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 that person's been born again?

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 James would say,

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 well, I can't look at their heart.

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 I can't go inside

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 and see what's going on

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 in their heart.

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 But I can walk by their house.

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 And I can look at the chimney.

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 And I can know

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 if there's a fire

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 in the chimney,

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 if there's smoke

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 coming up

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 out of

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 the chimney.

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 James would say

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 that we are justified

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 by works.

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 And what he means by that

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 is that we prove

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 that we have this

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 right relationship

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 with God,

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 that God met with us

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 and that we've been justified

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 by His works.

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 And our works show

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 that we've already

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 come to faith.

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 And Paul says

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 that we are justified

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 by faith.

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 And what he's saying

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 is the only way

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 we can reach God

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 is through the life

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 and sacrifice

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 of Jesus.

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 Paul and James

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 are saying the same thing.

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 James is saying this,

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 we come to God

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 by faith.

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 but

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 not by a faith

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 that is alone.

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 That we've come

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 to God

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 by faith

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 but that faith

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 changes us.

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 And so Paul,

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 James is trying

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 to show

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 the people in his church

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 what it looks like

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 to be saved,

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 how we can be saved.

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 James is going to talk

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 about alive faith

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 and dead faith

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 and demonic faith.

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 And he's saying

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 every one of us

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 is living one of those.

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 And he wants to talk

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 about alive faith,

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 dead faith,

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 and demonic faith.

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 And what he's going to say

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 is I want to show you

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 four things that are true.

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 Four things that are true

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 about a faith

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 that is alive.

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 And so we can just

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 go through it

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 and we're going to

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 fly through this.

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 You look at your passage

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 verses 14 through 16.

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 The first thing you see

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 is James says

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 that when the faith

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 is alive,

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 what uses it,

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 my brethren,

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 if someone says

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 he has faith

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 but he has no works,

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 can that faith save them?

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 If a brother or sister

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 is without clothing

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 and in need of daily food

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 and then one of you

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 says to them,

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 go in peace

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 and be warned

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 and be filled

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 and yet you do not

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 do anything to help them,

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 what is necessary,

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 what use is that?

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 And James says right away

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 that a faith that is alive

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 is not indifferent

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 to people in need.

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 That if your faith

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 is alive,

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 when you look at people

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 who are in need,

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 especially people

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 within the family of God,

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 if you see people

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 that are hurting

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 and alive faith

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 draws you towards

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 those people

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 and alive faith

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 prompts you

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 to do something

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 that the seed

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 of the gospel

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 that's been put

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 in your life,

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 when it sees

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 brothers and sisters,

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 especially in the family

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 of God who are in need,

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 that seed is growing

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 and that seed draws us

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 towards people

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 who are hurting

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 and who have needs.

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 If your faith is dead,

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 he says you can walk away,

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 you can walk past them,

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 you cannot be bothered

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 by them,

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 you cannot be affected

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 by them.

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 Dead faith allows us

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 not to be affected

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 by people in needs.

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 He says dead faith

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 would say,

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 as you looked at

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 those people in needs,

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 oh, that's too bad,

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 that's their fault.

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 Too bad they got

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 themselves in that situation.

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 And what he's saying

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 is a dead person

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 doesn't remember

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 that they could be there also

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 if it wasn't for God's grace

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 and mercy

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 in their life.

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 James goes on

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 and he says

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 that alive faith

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 in verse 17,

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 even so,

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 if faith has no works,

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 it is dead,

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 being by itself.

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 He said that if faith

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 is alive,

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 that it's not independent

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 of works,

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 that faith always

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 produces works,

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 faith always produces fruit.

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 He says basically

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 in Greek

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 that faith and works

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 are like two wings

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 on a bird

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 and they have to be there.

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 They have to work together

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 and a bird with one wing

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 just doesn't work

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 and he says in the same way

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 that is true

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 with our life,

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 that if our faith

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 is alive,

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 that there's works

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 that follow.

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 That if our faith

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 is alive

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 and the word he uses there

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 is really intense,

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 if it has no works,

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 it's dead.

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 The Greek word

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 is nekra,

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 necrotic.

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 It's gangrene.

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 That when God looks at us

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 and our faith is dead,

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 all he sees is gangrene,

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 dirty tissue,

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 something bad.

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 But in a live faith,

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 James says,

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 in a live faith

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 it will affect our hearts,

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 it will affect our hands,

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 it will affect our feet,

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 it will affect our mouth,

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 it will affect our money,

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 it will affect our time usage,

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 it will affect what we do in there.

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 You see,

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.740
 in James' church,

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.879
 people were coming to church

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 every day

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 and they were reading

00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.939
 the Apostles' Creed.

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 Every day people

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 were walking into church

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 and they were dropping

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 their kids off of childcare

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 and they were doing communion.

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 Every day people

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 were listening to testimonies

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 over and over

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 in James' church

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 as he looked at the people

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 in his congregation.

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 He realized that

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.659
 not many people

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 were changing.

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 That their lives

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 were the same.

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 Two months before,

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 six months before,

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 one year before,

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 that there wasn't

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 a change in their hearts,

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 there wasn't a change

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 in their actions,

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 there wasn't a change

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 in their mannerisms.

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 And James says,

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 really bluntly,

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 if that's true,

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 your faith is dead.

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 So maybe the question

00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.600
 we ask ourselves today

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 is we look at our life.

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 Has your life changed?

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 I mean,

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 are you different

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 in your walk with God

00:20:10.219 --> 00:20:11.459
 today

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 than you were

00:20:13.719 --> 00:20:14.579
 two months ago?

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 Six months ago?

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 Two years ago?

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 If you were to examine

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 your walk with the Lord

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.359
 in your life,

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.579
 is it different?

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 And James is saying

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 it has to be different.

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 Because if you have

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 the seed of the gospel

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 in your life,

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.799
 if you have Christ

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 in your heart,

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 you're going to look

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 more and more like Him.

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 And the question

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 that James put to us

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 is are we looking

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 more and more

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 like Christ

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:51.059
 these days?

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 Or are we looking

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 more and more

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 like Tobin?

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 He says,

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 a live faith

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 will change us

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 and we'll be different.

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 He goes on

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 and he says

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 in verses 18,

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 he says,

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 a live faith,

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 a genuine faith

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 is not invisible.

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 But someone may say,

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 show me your faith.

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 I have works.

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.100
 Show me my works.

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.580
 You have faith.

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.420
 And what he's trying

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.080
 to say in the midst

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:18.700
 of all of that

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.680
 is that if you have

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.700
 a faith that is alive,

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:23.360
 people can see it.

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.660
 People can see

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.519
 your faith

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.580
 being lived out.

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:30.079
 They can see

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.699
 a difference

00:21:30.699 --> 00:21:31.559
 in your world.

00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:33.480
 He never had place

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:33.799
 where people

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.299
 who come in

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.799
 and you're talking

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.159
 to them

00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:35.519
 and they say,

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.000
 yeah,

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.899
 I'm a believer.

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.359
 I follow Christ.

00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.099
 And you say,

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:39.299
 well,

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:40.559
 how do I know that?

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.039
 And you say,

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:42.339
 because I said so.

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.419
 And you said,

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.579
 well,

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.119
 show me

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.220
 the change

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.939
 in your life.

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.419
 And the person says,

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.699
 well,

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.720
 my faith

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.519
 is very private.

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.839
 I don't want

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.879
 to talk about that.

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.240
 And James says,

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.060
 if that's

00:21:57.060 --> 00:21:58.360
 who we are,

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:03.280
 our faith is dead.

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.980
 It's useless.

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.880
 It's necrotic.

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.380
 It's gangrene.

00:22:11.520 --> 00:22:11.920
 He says,

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.780
 in a live faith,

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.200
 you're always

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.960
 going to be seen.

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:15.380
 A live faith

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:15.940
 will always

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.940
 represent itself.

00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:17.400
 It will always

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.200
 manifest itself

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:19.320
 in relationships.

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.120
 Relationships

00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.680
 with God.

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.740
 And relationships

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.260
 with the people

00:22:25.260 --> 00:22:26.020
 around us.

00:22:27.260 --> 00:22:27.760
 And so James

00:22:27.760 --> 00:22:28.720
 is warning his church,

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:29.440
 he's warning us

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:30.340
 to be careful

00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:31.120
 how you think

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.800
 you are.

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.280
 Don't think

00:22:34.280 --> 00:22:34.820
 that your faith

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.760
 is alive

00:22:35.760 --> 00:22:39.860
 if it's not.

00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:43.560
 Man,

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.500
 I've been running

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:46.080
 through this passage

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:49.640
 for 40 years now.

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:53.000
 And every time

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.880
 I look at it,

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:56.359
 those questions

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:57.319
 hit me.

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.259
 And I have

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.200
 to ask myself.

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.059
 Finally,

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.759
 James says

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.579
 in verses 19

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:03.940
 and 20,

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.339
 and I think

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.759
 this is the

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.220
 hardest one

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.559
 of all,

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.519
 verses 19

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.859
 and 20,

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.079
 he says,

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.460
 you believe

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.799
 that God

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.160
 is one,

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.660
 you do well.

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.039
 The demons

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.720
 also believe

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.599
 and they

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.019
 shudder.

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.440
 But are you

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.759
 willing to

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.160
 recognize,

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.019
 you foolish fellow,

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.720
 that your faith

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.619
 without works

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:17.819
 is useless?

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:20.839
 what James

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.419
 says here

00:23:21.419 --> 00:23:21.980
 is that

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:24.759
 faith,

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:27.039
 alive faith,

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:29.319
 is not just

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.799
 intellectual.

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.579
 It's just not

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.500
 knowing the right

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.220
 things to say.

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:35.939
 It's not just

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.960
 being theologically

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.419
 correct.

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.720
 It's not doing

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.299
 the right things

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.299
 and saying the right

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.980
 things and reading

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.799
 the right books.

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:45.220
 He says

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.720
 if that's how

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.759
 we live our life,

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.919
 then our faith

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.819
 is demonic.

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.180
 Did you catch

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.460
 that?

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.879
 He says

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.419
 if your life

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.700
 is just

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.139
 intellectual

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.700
 exercise,

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.139
 if you're just

00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.740
 reading and

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.259
 thinking and

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.779
 learning and

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.299
 spouting out

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.539
 things,

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.200
 but there's no

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.960
 change in your

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.220
 life,

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.059
 it's just words,

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.359
 it's just

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.819
 accumulation,

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:05.639
 it's just

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.000
 things that

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.480
 you're reading

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.240
 but you're not

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.599
 doing,

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.519
 if you're doing

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.700
 that,

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.099
 he says your

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.579
 faith is

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.619
 demonic.

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.759
 C.S. Lewis

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.180
 would say

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.940
 the best people

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.299
 to learn

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.159
 theology from

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:18.460
 are demons

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:21.279
 because demons

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.399
 know everything.

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.440
 They've been

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:24.940
 in the presence

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.460
 of God.

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.059
 Their theology

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.180
 is perfect.

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.599
 Their orthodoxy

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.480
 is perfect.

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.559
 In scripture

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.079
 they're always

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.639
 shouting out

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:35.279
 you're the son,

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:35.799
 the holy one

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.139
 of God,

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.480
 you've come

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.039
 to save us,

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.299
 you've come

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.700
 to put us

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.019
 away.

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.339
 Listen to him.

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.680
 The demons

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.839
 know their

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.200
 Bible.

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:48.819
 But their

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.279
 works are

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.680
 dead.

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.799
 And James

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.339
 is warning

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.960
 his church,

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.379
 he's warning

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:55.819
 us and he's

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.460
 saying be

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.859
 careful,

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.700
 don't think

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:57.980
 that just

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.379
 because you're

00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:59.419
 orthodox that

00:24:59.419 --> 00:25:00.139
 you understand

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.720
 and you believe

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.059
 because that's

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.839
 what the demons

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.339
 think.

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:06.460
 You ever

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.919
 done this?

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.460
 You're living

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.519
 life like you

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.099
 shouldn't do,

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.759
 this is me.

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.399
 And you're

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.000
 making choices

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.759
 that are poor,

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.180
 and you're

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.559
 doing things

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:14.759
 that you

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.359
 know don't

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.859
 please the

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.299
 Lord.

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.559
 And then

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.019
 someone asks

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.359
 you why

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.779
 you're doing

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.119
 that.

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.819
 And sometimes

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.319
 your response

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.579
 is, well,

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.379
 I don't know

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.740
 why I'm doing

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.259
 this, but I

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.079
 still love God,

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.619
 I still know

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.619
 God, I still

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.039
 know God.

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.579
 And James

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:34.919
 says don't

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.419
 do that

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:39.039
 because the

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.420
 demons

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:41.759
 know God.

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:44.840
 And they

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.180
 do something

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.560
 different.

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.660
 They know

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.279
 God and they

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.680
 shudder.

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.100
 The Greek

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.560
 word is they

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.000
 have these

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.039
 chills, it's

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.560
 like a cat

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:51.120
 arching his

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.420
 back.

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.120
 They know

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.420
 what's going

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.920
 to happen

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:56.460
 when God

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.100
 comes.

00:26:00.060 --> 00:26:00.500
 But James

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.000
 says sometimes

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.119
 we just

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:03.160
 live these

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.720
 intellectual

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.440
 exercises.

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.279
 And we

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.599
 say, well, I

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.119
 know God, I

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.619
 know God.

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.380
 And he

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.920
 says if

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.700
 knowing God

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:13.339
 was enough

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.700
 to get you

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.160
 into heaven,

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:18.279
 the demons

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.359
 would be

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.640
 there.

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:24.660
 know God.

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.540
 Knowing God,

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.180
 knowing about

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.860
 God, having a

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.520
 special agreement

00:26:29.520 --> 00:26:30.960
 with him, a

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:32.040
 special relationship,

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.140
 if that was

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.259
 enough to get

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.720
 you into

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:38.420
 heaven, the

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.880
 demons know

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.259
 that.

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.940
 So James is

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.540
 warning us,

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.060
 he's saying be

00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:44.759
 careful, be

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.340
 careful of what

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:45.900
 you believe

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.980
 because belief

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.980
 is not enough

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.420
 to get into

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.800
 heaven.

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.000
 And a

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.700
 live faith

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.420
 grows and

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.880
 it's connected

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.620
 to works, it's

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.100
 connected to

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.640
 actions and

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.220
 it's seen in

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.759
 friendships and

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.279
 relationships.

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.920
 Then James

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:02.000
 goes on and

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.340
 he says, I

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.779
 want to show

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.140
 you what a

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.860
 live faith is

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.240
 like.

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:04.960
 And he

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.440
 gives us two

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.320
 examples and

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:07.019
 the two examples

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.900
 cannot be more

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.580
 opposite than

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:08.960
 each other.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.620
 One is a

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.000
 lady named

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.519
 Rahab.

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.000
 She's a

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.279
 pagan.

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.000
 She's living in

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.420
 the city of

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.920
 Jericho.

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.600
 And one is a

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:16.600
 person named

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.220
 Abraham, the

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.740
 father of the

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.100
 faith.

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.299
 And James

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.919
 uses both of

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.259
 those as

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.740
 examples.

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.859
 They're totally

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.459
 opposite in

00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:23.219
 personality and

00:27:23.219 --> 00:27:23.819
 background and

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.119
 everything.

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:24.719
 But he says,

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.279
 this is what a

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.000
 live faith looks

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.359
 like.

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.039
 He says, look at

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.559
 Rahab.

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.519
 She's living in

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.240
 the walls of

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.579
 Jericho.

00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:32.379
 We've seen the

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:32.659
 walls.

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.079
 If you go to

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.480
 Israel, you can

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.759
 see them.

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.339
 They're laid

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.819
 down, but the

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.319
 archaeologists

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.939
 uncover them.

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.779
 And the walls

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.319
 were like a

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.279
 series of walls.

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.439
 And in between

00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:40.459
 the walls, there

00:27:40.459 --> 00:27:41.179
 were rooms.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.579
 And the rooms

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.139
 were filled with

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.000
 weapons and

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.099
 businesses and

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:45.619
 houses built into

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.039
 the walls.

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.779
 And so she's

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.759
 living in the

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.479
 walls and she's

00:27:48.479 --> 00:27:49.079
 carrying out the

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.519
 world's oldest

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.039
 profession.

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.539
 Not a bakery.

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.479
 She's a

00:27:54.479 --> 00:27:54.979
 prostitute.

00:27:56.239 --> 00:27:56.939
 Sometimes people

00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.679
 get that confused.

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.179
 And so she's

00:27:59.179 --> 00:28:00.559
 living in there and

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.319
 she's hearing these

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.299
 stories of God's

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.759
 people coming

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.099
 through and

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.500
 destroying

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.119
 everything.

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:06.099
 And everybody's

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.559
 afraid.

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.259
 And then one day

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.119
 the spies, two

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.000
 spies come to her

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.379
 door and they

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.119
 ask her to hide

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.419
 them.

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:13.839
 And she hides

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.239
 them on the

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.559
 roof.

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.099
 Now she's

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:17.299
 heard about

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.880
 God.

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.940
 She's seen him

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.720
 moving his

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.259
 people through

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.660
 the land.

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.599
 Somewhere in

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.579
 that process, she's

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:24.079
 put faith in

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.420
 God.

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.099
 Somewhere in that

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.960
 process, she's

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.380
 saying, this is

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.019
 what I need.

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.740
 This is what I

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.259
 want.

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:29.940
 And so she

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.599
 talks to the

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:30.920
 spies.

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.620
 When they're

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.160
 about to leave,

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.700
 she sends the

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.240
 people chasing

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.640
 them out in a

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.220
 different direction.

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.539
 That's another

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.900
 sermon.

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.799
 And she talks

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:39.059
 to them and

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.359
 she says, I

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.779
 know that your

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.339
 God is the God

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.839
 of heaven and

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.059
 earth.

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.500
 She makes a

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.000
 proclamation.

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.299
 It's her

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.539
 faith.

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.420
 In Hebrew, she's

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:43.779
 coming to

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.120
 faith.

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.420
 I know that

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.799
 your God

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.779
 controls everything.

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.779
 I know that

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.180
 your God is

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.579
 going to take

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.279
 care of all

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.220
 this land and

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.460
 it's going to

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.079
 be yours one

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.420
 day.

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.079
 I just ask it,

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.480
 when that

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.960
 happens, would

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.400
 you remember

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.720
 me?

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.120
 And the

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.500
 scout goes,

00:28:57.620 --> 00:29:00.660
 okay, this is

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.099
 what I want you

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.500
 to do.

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.140
 I want you to

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.640
 take this red

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.180
 ribbon and I

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.660
 want you to tie

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.099
 it around the

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.579
 window of your

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.059
 wall.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.359
 And whoever's

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.039
 inside your

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.779
 house when we

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.480
 attack, they

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.339
 will be saved.

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.799
 But whoever's

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.439
 outside of this

00:29:14.439 --> 00:29:14.879
 house, they

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.759
 will be destroyed.

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.139
 And if that

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:18.139
 ribbon falls down,

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.679
 the bargain's

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.099
 off.

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.839
 If you tell

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.359
 anybody about

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.819
 what's happened,

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.359
 the bargain's

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.779
 off.

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.919
 Think about

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.220
 that.

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:28.860
 And so she

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.480
 does that.

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.319
 Her faith is

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.839
 being acted

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.880
 out in works.

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.700
 In the midst

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.440
 of this battle,

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.620
 the walls are

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.240
 shaking.

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.380
 The walls are

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.319
 falling down.

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.960
 And she's

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.880
 living in the

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.460
 walls.

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.519
 Does that take

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.100
 courage and

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.480
 faith?

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.220
 And the

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.720
 scripture says

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.200
 that she's

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.720
 saved.

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.720
 And she's

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.220
 brought into the

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.920
 family of God.

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.539
 And James

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.000
 says, look at

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.519
 her faith.

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.140
 She has

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.779
 courage.

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.740
 She trusted

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.220
 the Lord.

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.920
 She made

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.480
 this statement

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.940
 of faith.

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.579
 And she

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.319
 lived it out.

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.759
 And you

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.220
 can see by

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.600
 her living

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:03.960
 out that

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.460
 that statement

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.019
 of faith was

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.640
 true and

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.240
 righteous and

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.559
 good.

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.539
 And that

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.980
 her faith is

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.519
 alive.

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.039
 Look at

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.740
 Abraham, the

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.259
 father of our

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.620
 people.

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:15.240
 He was once a

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.819
 pagan and

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.900
 Ur of Chaldees.

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:17.960
 He was

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.680
 worshiping false

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.160
 gods, we're

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.440
 told.

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.600
 He's not

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.000
 Jewish.

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.579
 There's no

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.920
 such thing as

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.360
 Jewish people

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.000
 before Abraham

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.440
 comes.

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.779
 And God

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.339
 comes to him

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.920
 at the age

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.759
 of 75.

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.500
 He says, I

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.819
 want you to

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.380
 leave everything.

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.620
 He was a

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:31.960
 very wealthy

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.380
 businessman.

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.920
 He was

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.360
 surrounded by

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.799
 his family.

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.200
 He had a

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.480
 lot of

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.839
 land.

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.799
 I want you

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.079
 to leave

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.400
 everything.

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.740
 I want you

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:38.920
 to go to

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.299
 this new

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.079
 land where

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.360
 I'm going

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.600
 to show

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.380
 you, and

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.720
 you've never

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.120
 been there,

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.620
 but I'm

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:42.799
 going to

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.160
 show you

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.620
 this new

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.019
 land.

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.620
 And we're

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:45.900
 told that

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.319
 Abraham

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.460
 listens.

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.680
 He comes

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.220
 to know the

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.500
 Lord.

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.000
 He puts

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.740
 that seed,

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:52.120
 that grain of

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.900
 the gospel in

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.559
 his life.

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.160
 And he

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.900
 says, okay.

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.720
 But is

00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:00.500
 Abraham a

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.100
 Christian yet?

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.559
 I don't

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.819
 know.

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.220
 We know that

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.920
 the seed went

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.559
 into his life.

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.039
 It's like Jesus

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.819
 telling this parable

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.279
 of the sower.

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.860
 The message

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.259
 went out.

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.140
 He accepted it,

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.400
 but we don't

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.640
 know what's

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.019
 going to happen

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.319
 to that

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.700
 message.

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.600
 And so

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.640
 Abraham does

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.460
 what God

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.799
 says.

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.519
 He leaves

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.799
 everything.

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.220
 He goes to

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.600
 this foreign

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:19.900
 land.

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.800
 And then

00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.440
 at the

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.800
 age of

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.560
 99,

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.500
 the three

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.800
 things that

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.000
 he was

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.560
 promised was

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:25.040
 a name that

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.220
 would be

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.759
 made great,

00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:26.500
 land,

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.759
 and a

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.160
 heritage,

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.759
 a massive

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.480
 people following

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.759
 him.

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.759
 At the age

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.120
 of 99,

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.600
 he still has

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.140
 no son.

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.280
 And so

00:31:33.280 --> 00:31:33.560
 God says,

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:33.800
 I'm going

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.019
 to give you

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.400
 a son.

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.259
 Okay.

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.160
 And he

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.840
 has faith and

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.480
 he trusts God.

00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:39.820
 And that

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.740
 seed of the

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.620
 gospel continues

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.300
 to grow and

00:31:42.300 --> 00:31:42.740
 gets bigger

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.040
 in his

00:31:43.040 --> 00:31:43.519
 life.

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:49.200
 then 40

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.980
 years after

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.480
 he first

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.079
 meets God,

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.519
 so 40

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.819
 years after

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.420
 God first

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.900
 meets him

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.400
 and talks

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.839
 to him about

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.099
 what he

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.519
 wants from

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.759
 him,

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.900
 God comes

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.259
 to him and

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.460
 says,

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.920
 I want you

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.200
 to take

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.680
 your son,

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.379
 the son

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.660
 that you

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.019
 love,

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.059
 your only

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.400
 son.

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:06.980
 It's very

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.559
 specific in

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.759
 Hebrew.

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.680
 He's not

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:08.920
 going to say,

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.559
 well, what son

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.879
 are you talking

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.160
 about?

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.000
 God just

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.359
 pins him

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.779
 down to the

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.039
 ground.

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:13.420
 And I

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.619
 want you

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:13.960
 to take

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.299
 him to

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.639
 a far

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.079
 way land

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.379
 where I'll

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.839
 show you.

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.559
 And I

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.759
 want you

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.039
 to make

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.500
 a malk

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.920
 there.

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.139
 In Hebrew

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.460
 what he's

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.779
 saying is I

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.000
 want you

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.500
 to do a

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.720
 burnt

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.220
 offering

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.720
 of him.

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.019
 So now

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.559
 Abraham's

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.259
 like 120

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.960
 years old.

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.039
 And the

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.440
 Bible says

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.839
 he took

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.460
 his son

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:35.099
 with two

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.559
 helpers and

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.799
 they went

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.099
 to that

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.399
 land.

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.079
 And as

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.279
 they get

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.559
 to that

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.759
 land,

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:37.899
 they're

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.220
 about to

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.579
 do the

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.379
 sacrifice

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:42.640
 he

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:42.840
 tells

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.240
 the boys,

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.600
 the two

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:43.960
 helpers,

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.380
 you stay

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.900
 here and

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.160
 the boy

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.380
 and I

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.620
 will go

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.040
 worship.

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:46.840
 And when

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.100
 we're done

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.500
 worshiping,

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:47.920
 we're coming

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.200
 back.

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:48.680
 So Abraham,

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.160
 he has

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.440
 faith.

00:32:49.520 --> 00:32:49.860
 He knows

00:32:49.860 --> 00:32:50.640
 that Isaac

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:50.980
 is who

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.280
 he's supposed

00:32:51.280 --> 00:32:51.500
 to have

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.060
 the heritage

00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:52.340
 in.

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:53.000
 For some

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.220
 reason,

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.620
 God is

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:53.980
 doing this.

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.480
 I don't

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.760
 know what's

00:32:54.760 --> 00:32:54.940
 going to

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.200
 happen,

00:32:55.520 --> 00:32:56.020
 but maybe

00:32:56.020 --> 00:32:56.460
 God's going

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.700
 to raise

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.140
 Isaac from

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.400
 the dead.

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.700
 I don't

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:57.840
 know,

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.060
 but I

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:58.300
 know the

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:58.640
 promises

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.120
 in Isaac

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.780
 and God

00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:00.000
 has told

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.240
 me to

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.580
 sacrifice

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.520
 him and

00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:02.000
 I just

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.200
 need to

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.720
 be obedient

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.180
 to whatever

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.740
 God has

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.200
 called me

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.019
 to do.

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.140
 And we're

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.640
 told in the

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.140
 passage that

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.380
 when he

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.880
 gets there

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.440
 and he's

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.059
 about to

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.079
 raise his

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.660
 hand with

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.059
 the knife,

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.819
 God speaks

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.360
 to him.

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.539
 He says,

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:15.960
 Abraham,

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.120
 Abraham,

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:22.220
 don't raise

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.799
 your hand

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.259
 against the

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.500
 son.

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.460
 Because now

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:28.519
 I know

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.500
 you love

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:32.180
 me more

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.519
 than all

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.900
 these other

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.319
 things.

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.579
 Now I

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.039
 know that

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.559
 you fear

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:39.599
 me more

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.960
 than all

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.379
 these other

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.900
 things.

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.200
 James tells

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.660
 us as we

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.859
 look at

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.359
 Abraham's

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:47.619
 life,

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.079
 we see a

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.900
 life of

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.660
 obedience.

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.859
 That kernel

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.579
 of truth,

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.160
 the gospel,

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.700
 the message

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.240
 entered into

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.700
 his life,

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.240
 but it

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.660
 hadn't been

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.859
 fruitioned yet.

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.079
 And it

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.400
 wasn't until

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.980
 40 years

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.400
 later when

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.000
 these works

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.839
 happened and

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.299
 he showed

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.639
 that his

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.039
 faith was

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.460
 true by

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.220
 his works.

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.720
 But James

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:09.059
 says he

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.719
 was justified

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:12.659
 by his

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.039
 works.

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.579
 He didn't

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.880
 come to

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.259
 faith.

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.360
 His faith

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.300
 was seen

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.239
 to be true

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.199
 and real

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:23.000
 because of

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.619
 his obedience.

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.679
 And so

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.320
 James tells

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.699
 us this is

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.139
 what it looks

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.659
 like to

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.119
 follow the

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.420
 Lord.

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.460
 God.

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.079
 We're told

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.320
 in the

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.019
 passage later

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.460
 on that

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.139
 Abraham is

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.559
 called a

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.940
 friend of

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:36.500
 God because

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.240
 he obeys.

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.440
 What a

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.180
 great title.

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.599
 Wouldn't

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.860
 you like to

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.019
 have a

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.559
 business card

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.180
 with Tobin

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.380
 Miller,

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.860
 friend of

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.159
 God?

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.820
 If even

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.200
 neater,

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.680
 if God

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:46.940
 was the

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.240
 one who's

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.559
 saying,

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.320
 he's my

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.720
 friend.

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.220
 That would

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:53.200
 be amazing.

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:55.399
 in John

00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:55.879
 15,

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.619
 Jesus says

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.839
 that all

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.139
 of his

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.559
 children

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.579
 are his

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:00.980
 friend.

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.679
 But you

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:01.819
 know what

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.259
 he says?

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.899
 You're my

00:35:04.899 --> 00:35:07.960
 friend if

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.519
 you obey

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.859
 me.

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.619
 Because as

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.119
 we obey,

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.899
 as we walk

00:35:13.899 --> 00:35:14.339
 with him,

00:35:14.399 --> 00:35:14.879
 our faith

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.419
 is made

00:35:15.419 --> 00:35:18.659
 full and

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:21.079
 true and

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:23.019
 real and

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.759
 seen by

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.159
 everybody

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.099
 around us.

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.179
 Finally,

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.900
 James ends

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.699
 in verse 26

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.099
 where just as

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.440
 the body

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.719
 with the

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.159
 spirit is

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.420
 dead,

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.279
 so also

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.880
 faith without

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.319
 works is

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.579
 dead.

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.299
 What he's

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.960
 basically saying

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.539
 there is that

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.420
 if you don't

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.159
 have works,

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:38.639
 if people

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.279
 cannot see a

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.659
 difference in

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.019
 your life,

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:40.819
 if they can't

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.440
 see a change

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.039
 in your life,

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.480
 then your

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.079
 faith is not

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.799
 real faith.

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.659
 How are we

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:47.860
 doing?

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.420
 I mean,

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.679
 when people

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.059
 look at your

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.500
 life and

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.759
 they look at

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.099
 your faith,

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.519
 do they see

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.019
 a faith that's

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.539
 indifferent to

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.000
 the needs of

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.279
 people?

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.739
 Or do they

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.460
 see a faith

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.759
 that is

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.500
 concerned with

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.940
 needy and

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:04.840
 hurt people?

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.519
 When people

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.940
 look at your

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.400
 life, do they

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.920
 see a faith

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.579
 that's independent

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.319
 of works?

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.079
 It's just

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.699
 words, it's

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.279
 just words,

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:13.639
 it's just

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.360
 words, but

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.079
 it's nothing

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.960
 else besides

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.179
 words.

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.179
 When people

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.619
 look at your

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.779
 life, do

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.339
 they see a

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:23.339
 faith that

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.119
 is invisible,

00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:24.519
 that it

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.880
 can't be

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.420
 seen by

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.139
 everyone?

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.199
 It's

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.639
 private.

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.559
 When people

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:31.920
 look at your

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.400
 life, do

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.779
 they see

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.159
 something that

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.779
 is intellectual?

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.139
 Do you

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.659
 talk about

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.460
 your life a

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.659
 lot?

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:39.900
 Do they

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.460
 talk about

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.880
 your faith

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.420
 a lot?

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:42.880
 But all

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.159
 they know

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.519
 about you

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.799
 is your

00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.339
 talk.

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.880
 They don't

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.659
 see fruit.

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:50.279
 they don't

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:51.059
 see works

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.659
 coming forth

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.119
 from that.

00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:55.000
 What kind

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.319
 of faith

00:36:55.319 --> 00:36:55.559
 do they

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.960
 see in

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.239
 us?

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:02.980
 I'm

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.279
 over,

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:05.819
 but I have

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.179
 one last

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:06.519
 thought to

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.839
 give you.

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:08.840
 God's

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.840
 love.

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.320
 I have

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.880
 heard that

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:12.160
 you love

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:15.559
 me more

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.860
 than all

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:29.539
 these things.

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.780
 Your works

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.400
 have shown,

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.539
 they've proven,

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.200
 they've borne

00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:35.000
 fruit, that

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.680
 your faith is

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.159
 true and

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:37.139
 sincere, you

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.719
 love me.

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.879
 Fast forward

00:37:45.879 --> 00:37:46.879
 2,000 years

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:49.659
 on the same

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:51.759
 mountain in

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.139
 Jerusalem.

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.239
 God, our

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.659
 Father,

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.039
 takes his

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.619
 only son.

00:38:00.919 --> 00:38:01.279
 He doesn't

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.639
 put him

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.599
 there for

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.259
 display in

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.059
 his act of

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.839
 do I love

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.220
 you more

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:05.620
 than all

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.059
 these other

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.559
 things.

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.559
 We're told

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.000
 God the

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.420
 Father

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:12.180
 crucifies and

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:13.140
 sacrifices his

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:16.039
 son for

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:18.559
 you and

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.079
 for me.

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.300
 I know

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.720
 it's not in

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:24.019
 scripture,

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:27.700
 but I wonder

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.340
 if God is

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.940
 saying there as

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.320
 he's doing

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:29.680
 that.

00:38:29.680 --> 00:38:30.320
 I love you

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:36.800
 more than

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.380
 this.

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.539
 I love you

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.039
 more than

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.400
 this.

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.580
 The question

00:38:45.580 --> 00:38:46.300
 I have for us

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.880
 as a church

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.160
 and as

00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:48.019
 individuals is

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:49.960
 when we

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.460
 think of

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.780
 that,

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.380
 when we

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:52.680
 think of

00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:53.280
 what God

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.920
 has done

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.980
 for us

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.340
 in the

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.920
 sacrificing

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.340
 of his

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.720
 son,

00:38:58.119 --> 00:39:00.139
 what kind

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.880
 of emotions

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:03.019
 stir up

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.480
 inside of

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.659
 you?

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.680
 When we

00:39:09.680 --> 00:39:09.940
 think of

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.539
 Christ being

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.840
 crucified for

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.280
 you,

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.639
 and God

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:16.860
 saying,

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.260
 I love

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.559
 you,

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:18.980
 and I

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.360
 never want

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:19.619
 you to

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.099
 doubt how

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.480
 much I

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.900
 love you,

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:22.800
 let me

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.200
 prove it

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:23.360
 through

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:23.840
 killing my

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.159
 son.

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.599
 What are

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.300
 the thoughts

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:28.619
 that come

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.579
 into your

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:29.860
 head?

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.260
 What are

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:36.960
 the actions

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.280
 that are

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:37.740
 stirred up

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:38.220
 inside of

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:38.280
 you?

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.539
 What are

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.159
 the emotions

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:40.000
 that you

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.360
 feel?

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.659
 What are

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.079
 the things

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.420
 that come

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.820
 into you

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.420
 as you

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.800
 think of

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:42.980
 these

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.380
 things?

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.180
 James

00:39:48.180 --> 00:39:48.659
 says

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:51.079
 that if

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.440
 your faith

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.119
 is alive,

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:56.880
 your heart

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.159
 is going

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.380
 to be

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.819
 stirred,

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:02.079
 that you're

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.219
 going to

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:02.359
 be

00:40:02.359 --> 00:40:02.779
 different,

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.960
 that you're

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.039
 going to

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.239
 look at

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:06.460
 people

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.900
 differently,

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.039
 that you're

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.079
 going to

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.259
 look at

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:09.639
 your life

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.019
 differently,

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:11.519
 you're

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:11.619
 going to

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.059
 do things

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.460
 differently.

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.420
 You have

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.699
 to,

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.779
 because your

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.099
 faith is

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.559
 alive.

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.559
 And if you

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.019
 think of the

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.579
 cross and you

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:20.880
 think of what

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.319
 Christ has

00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:21.500
 done,

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.900
 what God

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.139
 has done

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.460
 for you,

00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:22.920
 and it

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.179
 doesn't

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.760
 elicit a

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.900
 change of

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.480
 movement,

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.440
 an emotion,

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.619
 a thought,

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:32.320
 you're not

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.820
 doing it to

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.539
 get saved.

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.340
 I mean,

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.860
 if we're

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.239
 God's

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:36.460
 children,

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.000
 we're already

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.639
 saved.

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.340
 But James

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.719
 says you're

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.119
 doing it

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:43.840
 because you

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.420
 love God.

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:46.420
 God's

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.420
 love God.

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:51.200
 So my

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:52.260
 question to

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.680
 close our

00:40:52.680 --> 00:40:53.220
 time with

00:40:53.220 --> 00:40:55.720
 is do you

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:56.340
 love God?

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.700
 Do you

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:58.420
 love God?

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:59.420
 love God?

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:07.119
 Do you

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:07.539
 love Him?

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.880
 James says

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.519
 if we do,

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.740
 our life is

00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:17.059
 going to be

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.460
 different.

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:18.659
 It's going to be

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.659
 marked by works

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:21.320
 and fruit

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:23.200
 that is going

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:23.760
 to be seen

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.480
 in every

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.280
 relationship of

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:25.820
 your life

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:27.580
 and in

00:41:27.580 --> 00:41:28.220
 your relationship

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:29.620
 with God.

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.519
 Father, we

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.940
 thank you for

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.340
 this day.

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:33.840
 We thank you

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.180
 for your

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:34.640
 son.

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.140
 We thank you

00:41:35.140 --> 00:41:35.360
 for the

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.600
 book of

00:41:35.600 --> 00:41:36.040
 James,

00:41:36.120 --> 00:41:36.560
 which is

00:41:36.560 --> 00:41:37.400
 hard.

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.920
 Some of

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.740
 us are

00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:40.280
 hard-headed.

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:40.660
 We need to

00:41:40.660 --> 00:41:41.340
 get beat up

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.920
 sometimes.

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.460
 But the

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.960
 amazing thing

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.340
 is that you

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:45.100
 always pour

00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:47.640
 grace and

00:41:47.640 --> 00:41:49.560
 mercy over

00:41:49.560 --> 00:41:49.980
 us.

00:41:51.640 --> 00:41:52.220
 And so we

00:41:52.220 --> 00:41:52.760
 come before

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.180
 you and we

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:53.560
 look at this

00:41:53.560 --> 00:41:54.160
 passage and

00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:54.380
 we,

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:55.740
 I pray that

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:56.320
 none of us

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:58.880
 don't go to

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.220
 sleep this

00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.760
 week in some

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.260
 way and not

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.740
 think about

00:42:00.740 --> 00:42:01.260
 what is my

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:01.800
 faith really

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.240
 like?

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.840
 Lord, show

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.380
 us if our

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.780
 faith is

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:06.420
 alive.

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.280
 Show us if

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.840
 our faith is

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.220
 dead.

00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:13.800
 Show us if

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.360
 our faith is

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.860
 demonic.

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:18.059
 And wherever

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.880
 we are in that

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.440
 journey, Lord,

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.800
 we just need

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.820
 you and we

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:23.680
 love you.

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:25.640
 And we ask

00:42:25.640 --> 00:42:26.320
 you to change

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:26.780
 us and to

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:27.300
 make us

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:28.460
 people that

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.039
 are different,

00:42:30.660 --> 00:42:31.340
 people that

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:32.340
 are seen as

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:33.019
 different to

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.599
 the world.

00:42:34.680 --> 00:42:35.340
 Again, not

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.800
 because we're

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.400
 trying to earn

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:36.920
 your favor,

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:38.160
 because there's

00:42:38.160 --> 00:42:38.860
 no way your

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.980
 son did that

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.579
 for us, but

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:43.800
 because we

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:44.260
 love you.

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:47.500
 God, I pray

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.020
 for this

00:42:48.020 --> 00:42:48.560
 church.

00:42:51.040 --> 00:42:51.860
 I know that

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.360
 I don't pray

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:53.120
 for people as

00:42:53.120 --> 00:42:54.140
 much as James

00:42:54.140 --> 00:42:54.660
 did, but

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:55.140
 what I pray

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.900
 for us,

00:42:58.400 --> 00:42:58.640
 that when

00:42:58.640 --> 00:42:59.240
 people look at

00:42:59.240 --> 00:43:00.000
 our words,

00:43:00.600 --> 00:43:00.900
 but more

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.240
 importantly,

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.600
 when they look

00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:01.840
 at our

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.420
 actions,

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:04.720
 they would

00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.040
 see a

00:43:05.040 --> 00:43:05.740
 church and

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.300
 a people

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:09.620
 that's been

00:43:09.620 --> 00:43:10.120
 radically

00:43:10.120 --> 00:43:13.380
 transformed by

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:14.160
 your son in

00:43:14.160 --> 00:43:14.720
 the gospel,

00:43:17.180 --> 00:43:17.460
 that they

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.880
 would see a

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:18.420
 church and a

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:21.599
 people that

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:22.240
 loves you,

00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:26.140
 and that you

00:43:26.140 --> 00:43:26.940
 would teach us

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:28.340
 each right now

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:28.960
 what that looks

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:31.860
 like, and how

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:32.200
 we're to live

00:43:32.200 --> 00:43:32.980
 that love out

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:35.240
 all of our

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.579
 lives.

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:38.440
 we love you,

00:43:39.319 --> 00:43:39.759
 we pray these

00:43:39.759 --> 00:43:40.039
 things in your

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:40.920
 son Jesus' name,

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:41.759
 amen.