Sermons on James 2:24:

How To Activate Your Faith

Contributed by J Spurling on Feb 6, 2003

How do Christians activate their faith? We’re going to look at a couple of practical directives given to us in James 2:14–26 that instruct us how we are to activate our faith.

How to Activate Your Faith He was born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, the third of eight children. At eleven he quit school to help with the family expenses, and got his first full-time job at $3.50 per week. At fifteen he got interested in automobiles and went to work in a garage at $4.50 a week. He ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26, James 2:14

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Symptoms

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 14, 2004

You’re terminal but there’s a cure!

Symptoms When you go to a Doctor, he asks you if you are experiencing shortness of breath, dry cough, etc. etc. He is asking for your symptoms so that he can diagnose your disease. Now the problem with this is that many diseases share the same symptoms so he has to ask tons of questions and run ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:15-23, Romans 5:12, Galatians 5:19-21, Romans 3:20-25, Romans 8:10-13, Matthew 13:8-9, James 2:14-26, 1 John 1:8-10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Believable Faith Series

Contributed by Daniel Colvin on Feb 20, 2004

A look at the types of Faith that James describes. Dead faith; Your saved but your not doing anything for the kingdom of God. Devils faith; you don’t work for Him, although you may believe in Him from a distance, but that is as far as it goes. Active (Doi

Believable Faith James 2:14-26 Introduction There are three things I want to accomplish this morning using this text. First I want us to look at the scriptures to what Paul says about works and what James says about works and see if they contradict each other or compliment each other. Second I ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Faith Equals Action Series

Contributed by W.bryan Jackson on Feb 21, 2004

Faith without works is dead. How often have I heard that sitting in the pews. James talks about meeting peoples needs as a way of showing faith. I want to take that a step further.

James 2:14-26 what good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? (15) Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. (16) If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Methodist

Saved By Faith Or Works

Contributed by Jack Whitehead on Oct 4, 2002

This sermon is for people who believe the Bible controdicts itself.

Faith that Saves Are you saved by faith alone; or by faith plus the works that you do. It has been said that the Bible is a book full of contradictions, and that the writers teach one thing in one book or verse, and another thing in another book or verse. Take for instance the Teaching of the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:28, James 2:14-28

Denomination: Baptist

Developing A Dynamic Faith Series

Contributed by Tim Bond on Aug 19, 2002

James warns us that faith that does nothing at all is not real faith. Faith can be either dead, demonic, but God is looking for dynamic faith from His followers.

Read Text: James 2:14-26 Over the centuries, the human race has passed along alot of wisdom from generation to generation. “Wise old sayings” are a part of every day life, and we use them without thinking. “A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.” Lots of great insight into life is passed ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26, James 1:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Obedience Of Faith

Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Sep 5, 2002

Can mere belief in God and the truths of His Word win the Lord’s approval and blessings? To the contrary, the Scriptures plainly teach that only a faith that leads to obedience to God wins approval and reward.

When one reads the Letter to the Romans and then reads the Letter of James, there may appear to be a contradiction. Romans 4:1-6 clearly teaches that we are justified by faith apart from works. However, James 2:24 says that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. Martin Luther saw ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:26-27, James 2:24-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Faith That Fails Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Sep 16, 2002

The fourth of six on James. Not all faith is powerful. There is a faith that fails. There is a faith that is worthless. James says that faith without works is dead. The deeds we do are the natural outgrowth of our faith. If there are no deeds, no wo

Faith that Fails Not all faith is powerful. There is a faith that fails. There is a faith that is worthless. James says that faith without works is dead. The deeds we do are the natural outgrowth of our faith. If there are no deeds, no works of the flesh, then there is no real faith because ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blessings Through Obedience

Contributed by David Cambridge on Aug 3, 2002

This lesson aims to demonstrate the distinction between ’works’ and ’obedience.’ We certainly cannot earn our salvation but OBEDIENCE is necessary.

Blessings Through Obedience Introduction 1. On the one hand, the Scriptures teach that we are saved by faith, not by works: "8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9) 2. On the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9, James 2:24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Screen Door On A Submarine

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 1, 2005

A Comparison of faith and works.

JAMES 2:14-26 “A SCREEN DOOR ON A SUBMARINE” A) Faith without works is like a song you can’t sing, * It’s about as useless as a screen door on a submarine! * James makes the same point: * Faith without works is dead, noting that works is what defines a Christian life. * There are those who read ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Baptist

The Evidence Of Faith

Contributed by Donald Carpenter on Jan 11, 2003

Faith is an unseen substance,however, true faith also produces evidence that can be noticed by others .

The Evidence of Faith James 2:14-26 Introduction: One of the greatest debates throughout all of Christendom is that of faith versus works as it relates to one’s eternal destiny. Reformation fires burned over this issue. This great debate rages on today. Probably the most controversial and ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Baptist

A Living Faith!

Contributed by Dewayne Gamez on Dec 11, 2004

A continuation of a study in faith

A Living Faith Hebrews 11:21-22 James 2:17-26 Abel. Enoch. Noah. Abraham. Isaac. Joseph. Can you tell me what they all have in common? They were all listed in the faith chapter as men of faith. They all showed their faith in God when he gave them directives. Some were pretty drastic directives, ...read more

Scripture: James 2:17-26

Faith Without Works

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Feb 18, 2007

James says, "The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse (2:26 - The Message).

Faith Without Works James 2:14-26 February 18, 2007 This message is really a continuation of last week’s, when we discussed the necessity of getting off the bench and into the game. In other words, as James said in 1:22: “Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Methodist

Living Faith Series

Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jan 17, 2007

A series in James about possessing a foolproof faith. This message focuses on faith that lives what it says it believes.

Foolproof – A Study of James January 14, 2007 LIVING Faith – James 2:11-26 Sunday AM Recap: We’re in a series in James about how to have a foolproof faith so that we won’t be fooled into thinking we have genuine faith when we’re only religious and so we can’t be fooled into ...read more

Scripture: James 2:11-26

Denomination: Baptist

Faith And Works

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 1, 2005

James says that faith will evidence itself in real works if it is a living faith

Faith and Works 7/25/05 am, SBC Philippi, Rev. Jeff Simms Faith and Works James 2:14-26 Primary Purpose: To discuss what a real and living faith looks like Let’s pretend for a moment that you’ve suffered a terrible loss of home, clothing and food in a terrible disaster. All you have is what ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Baptist