Be Mature

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Be Mature

• False Faith
• Chapter 6
• James 214-26

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• Faith is the key in Christian life.
• Sinner is saved by faith (Eph 28-9)?
• Believers must walk by faith (2 Cor 57)?
• Faith pleases God (Heb 116)?
• Apart from faith is sin (Rom 1423)?
• Faith is obeying in spite of consequence, not
  believing in spite of evidence
• Faith is a confidence that Gods Word is true
  and conviction that obeying the Word will bring
  His blessing
• Relationship between faith and works
• Three kinds of faith
• Dead faith (James 2 14-17)?
• Believers have responsibility to help those in
  basic needs

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• Gal 610 -As we have therefore opportunity, let
  us do good unto all men, especially unto them who
  are of the household of faith.
• Matt 25 40 - And the King shall answer and say
  unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
  have done it unto one of the least of these my
  brethren, ye have done it unto me.
• Gal 56 - For in Jesus Christ neither
  circumcision availeth any thing, nor
  uncircumcision but faith which worketh by love.
• Luke 10 25-37 Good Samaritan and dead faith
• James 214 - What doth it profit, my brethren,
  though a man say he hath faith, and have not
  works? can faith save him?
• Dead faith doesnt show changed life and good
  works
• James 217 - Even so faith, if it hath not works,
  is dead, being alone.

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• Alone means by it itself
• The saving faith brings life and life produces
  good works
• Dead faith relies on intellect (mind) and is not
  saving faith a counterfeit faith
• Demonic faith (2 18-19)?
• Devils also believe the existence and deity of
  God
• Sonship Mark 311-12
• Existence of hell Luke 8 31
• Jesus as judge Mark 5 1-13
• Faith is based on intellect and emotion (heart)?
• James 219 - Thou believest that there is one
  God thou doest well the devils also believe,
  and tremble.
• Being a Christian involve trusting Christ and
  living for Christ (Ephesians 28-10)?
• Receive and reveal life
• Dead in Greek means barren or idle

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• Dynamic faith (2 18-19)?
• Real saving faith that is based on the Word of
  God (Rom 107)?
• This involver the whole man intelligent (mind),
  emotion (heart), and will.
• The mind understands the truth
• The heart desires the truth
• The will act upon the truth
• Dynamic faith leads to action and obedience on
  the part of the will
• Reveals good work
• Examples
• Abraham, a Jew God called to move to make out
  of him a great nation Israel where Jesus was
  born.
• Genesis 15 God showed stars and said and make a
  promise to him. He believed (15-16)?

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• Counted a legal or financial term meaning to
  put to ones account
• Justification is an act of God which is
  once-for-all event, not process (sanctification)?
• Justify by faith justified before God and
  righteous
• Justify by work justified before men as in
  demonstrated
• How? Isaac on the altar
• James 116 - Do not err, my beloved brethren.
• Titus 38 - This is a faithful saying, and these
  things I will that thou affirm constantly, that
  they which have believed in God might be careful
  to maintain good works. These things are good and
  profitable unto men.
• Rahab a Gentile who responded mentally,
  emotionally and willfully.
• Will protected the Jewish spies and shared the
  good news of deliverance with her family members
• Harlot host in Joshua 2
• immoral person in James 2

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• II Corinthians 135a
• Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith
  prove your own selves.
• Was there a time when I honestly realized I was a
  sinner and admitted this to myself and to God?
• Was there a time when my heart stirred me to flee
  from the wrath to come? Have I ever seriously
  been exercised over my sin?

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• Do I truly understand the Gospel, that Christ
  died for my sins and rose again? Do I understand
  and confess that I cannot save myself?
• Did I sincerely repent of my sins and turn from
  them? Or do I secretly love sin and want to
  enjoy it? Or do I hate sin and fear God?
• 5. Have I trusted Christ and Christ alone for my
  salvation? Do I enjoy a living relationship with
  Him through the Word and in the Spirit?

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1. Has there been a change in my life? Do I
   maintain good works, or are my works occasional
   and weak? Do I seek to grow in the things of the
   Lord? Can others tell that I have been with
   Jesus?
2. Do I have desire to share Christ with others? Or
   am I ashamed of Him?
3. Do I enjoy the fellowship of Gods people? Is
   worship a delight to me?
4. Am I ready for the Lords return? Or will I be
   ashamed when He comes for me?

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• Psalm 13923-24
• 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart try me,
  and know my thoughts
• 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and
  lead me in the way everlasting.