Real Talk - Faith Works (Message Notes BRC)
October 18, 2020

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? —James 2:14 (NIV)

Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. —James 2:15-17 (NIV)

The

in our lives is evidence of in our hearts

16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. —Matthew 7:16-20 (NIV)

But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” —James 2:18 (NIV)

You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. —James 2:19 (NIV)

20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? —James 2:20 (NIV)

Trust God to the point of

“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” —James 2:26 (NIV)

Don’t do good because you


Do good because you’re