Real faith is demonstrated through obedience to God's word, not just belief. True believers will be doers of God's word and not hearers only, as faith without works is dead. All people, whether Jew or Gentile, have sinned and fall short of God's standard, so all need a savior to save them from their sins and the judgment to come.

1. We all need a Savior to save ussave us from our sins.
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God sent His only Son to
shed His Blood for the
remission of our sins.

2. Rom 2:12
For as many as have sinned without law
shall also perish without law: and as many as have
sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
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(For notnot the hearers of the law are just before
God, but the doersdoers of the law shall be justified.
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The Jews hadhad the Law and still sinned.
Gentiles had no lawno law and still sinned.
EverybodyEverybody needs a Savior!

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For as many as have sinned without law
shall also perish without law:
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If some are not judged by the Standard
of the Law of Moses,
For what will they be judged?
First and foremost for not seekingnot seeking to know
the True and Living God.
Anyone who seeks Him will find Himwill find Him.

4. Abram was raised an idol worshipper before GodGod
spokespoke to him and called himcalled him out of idolatry.
He sought and found the True God.
Joshua 24:2-3
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SecondlySecondly, those who do not havedo not have the Law of
Moses for a standard,
Do have a conscienceconscience, and God is greaterGod is greater
than their conscience.
They will also be judged according
to their conscienceto their conscience.

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For as many as have sinned without law shall
also perish without law: and as many as have
sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
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All who knowknow the Truth will bewill be judged
by the Truth.by the Truth.
Paul is speaking of Jews and Gentiles.
Let's bring it to ourselves.

6. The Word of God has
always been clearlyclearly and
trulytruly taught in this church.
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But some who were raisedraised
in this church
have gone their own wayown way.
Some who were savedsaved
in this church
have gone their own wayown way.

7. Your daddydaddy may have been a good preacher.
Your grandpa may have been a good mangood man.
Your mamamama may have been a fine Christian lady.
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Proverbs 1 7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction. 8
My son, hearhear (hearken to) the
instruction of thy father, and forsake notforsake not the law of
thy mother: 9
For they shall be an ornament of
grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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(For notnot the hearers of the law are just before
God, but the doersdoers of the law shall be justified.
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James 1 22-25
But be ye doersdoers of the Word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any
be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like
unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall bethis man shall be
blessed in his deedblessed in his deed.

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If we don't clean it, we go
all day with a big blackbig black
blobblob on our forehead.
The Scriptures are our
mirror.
We must seesee ourselves as
we are, and fix itfix it.

10. James 2 14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though
a man saysay he hath faith, and have not works? can
faith save him?
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If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of
daily food, 16
And one of you say unto them, Depart
in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding
ye give them not those things which are needful to
the body; what doth it profit? 17
Even so faith, if it
hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Such faith is all talkall talk and no walk;
It is not the real thingreal thing.
Can suchsuch faith save him?

11. Love and faith are alikealike in that both will produceproduce
works that are fittingfitting.
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To trusttrust God is to believebelieve His Word and livelive
our lives fullyfully by His Teaching.
If I really believereally believe that there is blessingblessing and
rewardreward for paying my tithes,
I will be eagereager to give unto the Lord.

12. If I really believe that everyevery Word of God is pure
and willwill produce blessing as we believe and obey,
I will study to knowstudy to know God's Word that I may
receivereceive every blessing He has for me.
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The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and
He addeth no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22
If I believe that with my whole heartwhole heart, I will not
strive within myselfwithin myself to have more.
I will work aswork as unto the Lord, and allow Himallow Him to add
unto me in His timeHis time and methodmethod.

13. There is always time to do alldo all
that God wantsGod wants us to do.
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Life only gets hectichectic and rushed, when we are
tryingtrying to do everything we wantwe want to do,
And then add a littleadd a little of God's stuff on.
God can not benot be an after-thought.
When our onlyonly concern is God's WillGod's Will:
What HeHe gives us to do;
Then we will have plenty of timetime and energyenergy.

14. 2 Timothy 1 5-6
When I call to remembrance the
unfeigned faithunfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in
thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and
I am persuaded that in thee also. Wherefore I put
thee in remembrance that thou stir upstir up the gift of
God, which is in thee by the putting on of my
hands.
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Genuine faith is notnot all talk.
We will bestir ourselvesbestir ourselves to do all that GodGod has
giftedgifted us and calledcalled us to do.

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Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have
works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I
will shew thee my faith by my works. 19
Thou
believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the
devils also believe, and tremble. 20
But wilt thou
know, O vain man, that faith without works is
dead?
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You believe in God?
Real faith will trust in Jesus Christtrust in Jesus Christ for
salvation.

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Was not Abraham our father justified by works,
when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
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Seest thou how faith wrought with his works,
and by works was faith made perfect? 23
And the
Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham
believed God, and it was imputed unto him for
righteousness: and he was called the Friend of
God. 24
Ye see then how that by works a man is
justified, and not by faith only.
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You trust God?
Real faith will obey Himobey Him in all things.

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Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified
by works, when she had received the messengers,
and had sent them out another way? 26
For as the
body without the spirit is dead, so faith without
works is dead also.
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To believebelieve in God does not save you; you
have to humblehumble yourself and askask in Jesus'
Name.A blessed lifeblessed life is not the result of
believing that the Bible is trueBible is true.
We must trust and obeytrust and obey every Word of God.

18. Friday, January 7, 2011
1811-14-10
Men's Fellowship and Meeting
Saturday, November 20 at 5:30 PM
Golden Corral