June 29, 2025
James: Get 'Er Done
Put Your Money Where Your Faith Is
James continues to press deep into the muscles and tissues of our faith. Is your faith doing what it was designed to do? Just like you might go to the doctor for a physical check-up, James offers a self-administered faith check-up in this passage. Where do you see signs of life in your faith?
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Questions:
James 2:14-26
- How would you explain the need for faith to a friend who doesn’t yet believe in Jesus? Why does God require faith?
- James wants to make sure his listeners have genuine faith. How do you measure genuine faith vs dead faith?
- Abraham is an example of faith. He was not perfect. What was it that made his faith genuine?
- Rahab is an example of faith. She was not perfect. What was it that made her faith genuine?
- Is there a chance God is putting the defibrillator on your faith this week? In what situation might your faith need to come to life?
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