Discussing Faith & Works Together, Part 1 (TMF:2005)

Friday, January 13, 2023
Peace to Live By: Discussing Faith & Works Together, Part 1 (TMF:2005) - Daniel Litton
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       Next, verse 18: "But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works” (James 2, ESV). Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” As James is trying to make clear here, this is not about one person having ‘faith’ and another having ‘works.’ I think the implication here is that one cannot just have faith without works. It’s not that one can just have works apart from faith. You either have faith and works, or you have nothing at all. You can’t just have faith, and you can’t just have works. The second of these two, just having works, is what we identify as the secular person—the person who does this good thing and that good thing, but it’s not in the name of God. This is the humanitarian or just good person. However, without knowing God one cannot be with him for all eternity. One cannot transcend into peace after this life without that proper relationship.