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So far, our journey through the book of James has introduced us to many different thoughts on what it truly means to be a Christian.
What’s the implied answer?
No.
You say you have faith but your behavior states otherwise.
Is that really faith that leads to salvation?
James is not saying that our actions save us.
He is not saying that we must do ______ to be saved.
What he is saying that saving faith, genuine faith will affect ones behavior.
Genuine faith will affect behavior.
James continues to hit on two main thoughts, faith and attitude.
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James is making the argument that faith not backed up by actions is not faith at all.
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James 2:
Intellectual Faith
Three marks of true religion
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Control your tongue
care for the needy
don't be corrupted by worldly standards
Good question James.
What’s the implied answer?
No.
You say you have faith but your behavior states otherwise.
Is that real faith that leads to salvation?
James is not saying that our actions save us.
He is not saying that we must do ______ to be saved.
What he is saying that saving faith, genuine faith will affect one's behavior.
James is making the argument that faith not backed up by actions is not faith at all.
True faith is followed by action.
Intellectual Faith
Intellectual faith is having the right beliefs about theological and doctrinal truths but not letting those truths direct one's life.
One has an understanding of God and what he requires but does not show evidence of life change.
Keep this thought, and we'll come back to it in a moment.
Living Faith
Faith is an interesting word.
Remember, I'm an 80's kid.
I grew up with MTV.
Actually, I was 4 when MTV first came on the air.
I also have an older sister who ruled the tv.
Back then, it was a completely different world of technology.
See if anyone remembers our cutting edge technology.
We had the boom box aka, the ghetto blaster that was soon replaced by the Walkman.
This telephone was upgraded to this.
And we got an answering machine.
Two tapes.
We started with a super 8 camera with film, this camera for photos, and upgraded to a camcorder.
A calculator watch if you were cool enough.
Then there was the television, complete with rabbit ear antennas.
The tv was the centerpiece of furniture.
I can't count the times I hit my head on these corners.
I hated those corners.
And if this tv goes out, you had to get it repaired which meant calling a repair guy to come to your house and fix it, which could take weeks if you had the extra money to fix it.
If not, it could be months before it was repaired.
What did you do?
Bring out the smaller tv and set it on top.
Remotes?
None.
You had to get up to change the channel.
VHF or UHF, channel 1-13.
If the signal was weak, adjust the rabbit ears.
Maybe add some foil to improve the reception.
One thing that took me a while to understand is that our bodies improve antenna reception.
Wait, hold it there.
No, back.
Ok, don't move.
Perfect picture.
What did you do?
Then all of our problems were solved with the invention of cable.
We got this box with a 20-foot cable.
We could channel surf from our seat.
Get comfortable on the couch and change the channel with ease.
Click, click, click.
Just imagen siblings fighting over the remote.
I would use the cable to my advantage.
Tie my sister's hands together so she couldn't change the channel.
Oh, and don't run over the cable with the vacuum cleaner because it's back to walking to the tv to change the channel.
MTV.
Music Television.
Music was the language of the 80's kid.
We would watch hours and hours of music videos.
Most not appropriate for teenagers, let alone younger kids.
We eventaully got a VCR.
Now, we could make a mixtape of music videos.
We would record our faviort music videos on VHS tape so that we could watch them on demand whenever we wanted — no more waiting for them to come back on rotation.
This is where the word faith comes in.
My family was not Christian, we didn't hold Christian values; we occasionally went to church service.
Easter, sometimes Christmas.
My sister loved the 80s heartthrobs; one was George Michael.
MTV has a song of his on constant rotation.
Faith.
I thought this was a religious song.
Faith.
I never used that word and connected it to religion.
You know the chorus.
'Cause I gotta' have faith
I gotta' have faith
Because I gotta' have faith, faith, faith
I got to have faith, faith, faith
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