Sermon Tone Analysis

*The Completion of Faith*               6~/10~/06 a.m.

*                                                            James 2:14-26*

*James 2:22 *22 Do you see that faith was *working* together with his works, and *by works faith was made 9perfect?*  (complete)

 

He is talking about works done in obedience to the gospel, the proper and necessary effects and fruits of sound believing in Christ Jesus.

James is confirming what Paul, in other places, says of his faith,

that *it is a laborious faith,* and a faith working by love, Gal.

5:6; 1 Th.

1:3; Titus 3:8; [1]

 

A bare profession, opinion, or speculation, or assent, without works, is not faith;

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*/"Show/*/ me thy faith by thy works,’’/ speaks of our faith being justified before men:

 

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*Faith w~/o works is foolish and unacceptable before God the Father.*

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*14 What /does it/ profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?

Can faith save him?

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*Mt.

7:21-23  *21 “Not everyone who says to Me,  ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but *he who does the will of My Father* in heaven.

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*V 26-27*

26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and *does not do them*, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 

 

*Mere profession is useless as well as worthless *

*15  If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and  one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what /does it/ profit?

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*To say I love you w~/o filling the need is empty talk;*

*To say God bless you w~/o doing what we can to help is hypocritical;*

*These words w~/o any actions are like clouds that bring no rain.

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*Not to act according to our faith is disobedience.*

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*Mt.

25:41-46  *41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand,  ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for  the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ 44 “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then *He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you,  inasmuch as you did not do /it/ to one of the least of these, you did not do /it/ to Me*.’ 46 And  these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

*We are to have actions that perform what we profess.*

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*Faith w~/o works is cold, barren, powerless, inactive, and dead *

*17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

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*1dead* \ˈded\ adj

[ME /deed,/ fr.

OE /dēad;/ akin to ON /dauthr/ dead, /deyja/ to die, OHG /tōt/ dead — more at die] bef.

12c

*1*           *: *deprived of life *: *no longer alive

*2*     *a*     *(1)* *: *having the appearance of death *: *deathly 〈in a /dead/ faint〉

          *(2)* *: *lacking power to move, feel, or respond *: *numb

     *b*      *: *very tired

     *c*     *(1)* *: *incapable of being stirred emotionally or intellectually *: *unresponsive 〈/dead/ to pity〉

          *(2)* *: *grown cold *: *extinguished 〈/dead/ coals〉

*3*     *a*      *: *inanimate, inert 〈/dead/ matter〉

     *b*      *: *barren, infertile 〈/dead/ soil〉

     *c*      *: *no longer producing or functioning *: *exhausted 〈a /dead/ battery〉

*4*     *a*     *(1)* *: *lacking power or effect 〈a /dead/ law〉

          *(2)* *: *no longer having interest, relevance, or significance 〈a /dead/ issue〉

     *b*      *: *no longer in use *: *obsolete 〈a /dead/ language〉

     *c*      *: *no longer active *: *extinct 〈a /dead/ volcano〉

     *d*      *: *lacking in gaiety or animation 〈a /dead/ party〉

     *e*     *(1)* *: *lacking in commercial activity *: *quiet

          *(2)* *: *commercially idle or unproductive 〈/dead/ capital〉

     *f*      *: *lacking elasticity 〈a /dead/ tennis ball〉

     *g*      *: *being out of action or out of use 〈the phone went /dead/〉 /specif/ *: *free from any connection to a source of voltage and free from electric charges

     *h*     *(1)* *: *being out of play 〈a /dead/ ball〉

          *(2)* *: *temporarily forbidden to play or to make a certain play in croquet

*5*     *a*      *: *not running or circulating *: *stagnant 〈/dead/ water〉

     *b*      *: *not turning 〈the /dead/ center of a lathe〉

     *c*      *: *not imparting motion or power although otherwise functioning 〈a /dead/ rear axle〉

     *d*      *: *lacking warmth, vigor, or taste

*6*     *a*      *: *absolutely uniform 〈a /dead/ level〉

     *b*     *(1)* *: *unerring

          *(2)* *: *exact 〈/dead/ center of the target〉

          *(3)* *: *certain to be doomed 〈he’s /dead/ if he’s late for curfew〉

          *(4)* *: *irrevocable 〈a /dead/ loss〉

     *c*      *: *abrupt 〈brought to a /dead/ stop〉

     *d*     *(1)* *: *complete, absolute 〈a /dead/ silence〉

          *(2)* *: *all-out 〈caught it on the /dead/ run〉

*7*           *: *devoid of former occupants 〈/dead/ villages〉 — *dead•ness* n —*dead in the water*

*1*           *: *incapable of being effective *: *stalled 〈peace talks were /dead in the water/〉

*2*           *: *as good as dead *: *doomed 〈most books are /dead in the water/ long before their publication —Phillip Lopate〉 —*dead to rights* *: *with no chance of escape or excuse *: *red-handed 〈had him /dead to rights/ for the robbery〉 —*over one’s dead body* *: *only by overcoming one’s utter and determined resistance 〈vows that they’ll raise his taxes /over his dead body/〉

*/syn/* dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late mean devoid of life.

dead applies literally to what is deprived of vital force but is used figuratively of anything that has lost any attribute (as energy, activity, radiance) suggesting life 〈a /dead,/ listless performance〉.

defunct stresses cessation of active existence or operation 〈a /defunct/ television series〉.

deceased, departed, and late apply to persons who have died recently.

deceased is the preferred term in legal use 〈the estate of the /deceased/〉.

departed is used usu.

as a euphemism 〈our /departed/ sister〉.

late is used esp.

with reference to a person in a specific relation or status 〈the company’s /late/ president〉.[2]

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*Gal.

5:6  *6 For  in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith *working* through love.

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*Ones faith is seen in the works of the believer, not his words only*

*18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.”

 Show me your faith without your works,  and I will show you my faith by my works.

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*James 3:13  *13  Who /is/ *wise and understanding* among you?

Let him *show* by *good*

*                          conduct* /that/ his *works* /are done/ in the meekness of wisdom.

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6:4*  4  let each one examine his own *work, *

 

*Titus 3:8* 8  This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that *those who have believed in God should* *be careful to maintain good works.*

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*We are judged, regarded, or treated as righteous WHEN we have works that correlate to our professed faith  *

*19 You believe that there is one God.

You do well.

Even the demons believe—and tremble!

20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is 8dead?

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

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*jus•ti•fy* \ˈjəs-tə-ˌfī\ vb

*-fied;* *-fy•ing* [ME /justifien,/ fr.

AF or LL; AF /justifier,/ fr.

LL /justificare,/ fr.

L /justus/] /vt/ 14c

*1*     *a*      *: *to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable

     *b*     *(1)* *: *to show to have had a sufficient legal reason