To understand the necessity of fruitful living as evidence of genuine faith.

1. JAMES 2:14-26

2. TWO DECEPTIVE DOCTRINES
“I believe in Jesus’ existence and respect
all that He said, although I don’t live by it.
Aren’t I entitled to go to heaven?”

3. TWO DECEPTIVE DOCTRINES
“God values me based on my
performance. I’ve earned the right to sit
at His right hand in heaven.”

4. THE TRUTH…
We are saved by grace through faith. It is
a gift of God, AND…
SALVATION’S CONFIRMATION IS
TRANSFORMATION.

5. John 15:2
Matthew 12:33
Matthew 23:1-4

6. 1 John 1:6
“If we say that we have fellowship with
Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and
do not practice the truth.”
THE APOSTLE JOHN

7. 1 John 2:4
“He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does
not keep His Word, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him.”
THE APOSTLE JOHN

8. 1 John 2:6
“He who says he is in the Light, but
hates his brother, is in darkness until
now.”
THE APOSTLE JOHN

9. You suffer the fate of
your cast. Perhaps
things will in better in
the next reincarnation.
HINDUISM

10. “Die… Good
riddance!”
CAESARS, EMPERORS,
ANCIENT DICTATORS

11. Your fate is nature’s
way of eliminating
the weaker members
of the human race.
HITLER

12. The State deserves
your sacrifices.
Blame the Capitalists.
KARL MARX

13. If you're not Muslim,
die before I kill you.
MUSLIM EXTREMISM

14. “Give me you tired,
your poor, your
huddled masses
yearning to breathe
free…”
WHY ARE WE BLESSED?
NO BRAINER!

15. “… the wretched
refuse of your teaming
shore, send these the
homeless, tempest-
tossed to me.”
WHY ARE WE BLESSED?
NO BRAINER!

16. WHAT AUTHENTICATES FAITH?
Genuine faith is not cruel or indifferent. It is
compassionately engaged.
V.15-17

18. WHAT AUTHENTICATES FAITH?
Genuine faith is not theoretical. It’s very
practical.
V.18

19. WHAT AUTHENTICATES FAITH?
Genuine faith is authenticated by its results.
V.19-20

20. WHAT AUTHENTICATES FAITH?
Genuine faith is validated by obedience, not
notoriety.
V.21-26

21. Matthew 13:31-32
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a
mustard seed which a man took and
sowed in a field, which indeed is the
least of all the seeds…
JESUS

22. Matthew 13:31-32
“But when it is grown, it is greater than
the herbs and becomes a tree, so that
the birds of the air come and nest in its
branches.”
JESUS

23. JAMES 2:1-13