The document summarizes a sermon on different types of faith based on James 2:14-26. It discusses three types of faith: 1) a dead faith, which is faith without deeds; 2) a deceptive faith, where even demons have faith in God's existence; and 3) an authentic, dynamic faith, exemplified by Abraham and Rahab, where faith is demonstrated through actions. The sermon uses their examples to argue that faith without deeds is useless, and that a person is made righteous through faith demonstrated by what they do, not by faith alone.

1. In 2013/14 the Bank of England
took 680,000 counterfeit bank
notes out of circulation with a
face value of £11.5 m

2. Series – ‘Developing a faith that works’
Today
‘Work out your faith’
James 2:14-26

3. Counterfeit faith No.1 - a dead faith – 2:14-17
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

4. Counterfeit faith No.1 - a dead faith – 2:14-17
Suppose a brother or a sister is without
clothes and daily food. 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?
James 2:15-16

5. Counterfeit faith No.1 - a dead faith – 2:14-17
Can that kind of faith save them?
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is
not accompanied by action, is dead
James 2:17

6. Counterfeit faith No.1 - a dead faith – 2:14-17
Therefore, as we have opportunity,
let us do good to all people,
especially to those who belong to the
family of believers
Gal 6:10

7. Counterfeit faith No.2 - a deceptive faith – 2:18-19
But someone will say, ‘You have faith;
I have deeds.’ Show me your faith without
deeds, and I will show you my faith by my
deeds. You believe that there is one God.
Good! Even the demons believe that –
and shudder
James 2:18-19

8. Demons believe in …
• The existence of God
• The deity of Christ

9. We are made right with God through faith
and not by obeying the law
Romans 3:28

10. Authentic faith - a dynamic faith – 2:20-26
You foolish person, do you want evidence
that faith without deeds is useless?
James 2:20

11. Authentic faith - a dynamic faith – 2:20-26
Abraham
Man
Jew
Godly man
Friend of God
Rahab
Woman
Gentile
Prostitute
Belonged to God’s enemies

12. Righteousness for Abraham
He (God) took him outside and said,
‘Look up at the sky and count the stars –
if indeed you can count them.’ Then He
said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’
Abram believed the Lord, and He credited
it to him as righteousness
Gen 15:5-6

13. Righteousness for Us
The words ‘it was credited to him’ were written
not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God
will credit righteousness – for us who believe in
him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He
was delivered over to death for our sins and was
raised to life for our justification
Rom 4:23-25

14. Was not our father Abraham considered
righteous for what he did when he offered his son
Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his
actions were working together, and his faith was
made complete by what he did … You see that a
person is considered righteous by what they do
and not by faith alone - Gen 15:21-22, 24

15. Righteousness for Rahab
In the same way, was not even Rahab the
prostitute considered righteous for what she
did when she gave lodging to the spies and
sent them off in a different direction? As the
body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without deeds is dead
James 2:25-26

16. How do I get ‘faith’?
Read God’s Word
faith comes from hearing the
message, and the message is heard
through the word about Christ
Rom 10:17 NLT

17. How do I get ‘faith’?
Ask God
For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith – and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by
works, so that no one can boast
Eph 2:8-9

18. Has there been a time when you …
• Realised that in God’s eyes you were a sinner?
• Fully understood the Gospel – Christ died
for your sins and rose again?
• Repented of your sin?
• Trusted Christ and Christ alone for salvation?

19. Is your faith ….
Dead?
Deceptive?
Dynamic?