Slide Deck from 03.18.12 message on James 2:14-26

1. GETTING IT...

2. PAUL’S Concern
I
obey/serve/work
therefore, I’m
ACCEPTED
LEGALISM
Salvation by
WORKS

3. PAUL’S Concern JAMES’S Concern
I I’m
obey/serve/work ACCEPTED
therefore, I’m therefore, I
ACCEPTED DON’T HAVE TO
obey/serve/work
LEGALISM LAZINESS/LICENSE
Salvation by Salvation by
WORKS MENTAL ASCENT

4. THE BIBLICAL GOSPEL
I’m
ACCEPTED
therefore, I
obey/serve/work
Salvation by grace through faith
that produces works

5. I I’m
obey/serve/work ACCEPTED
therefore, I’m therefore, I
ACCEPTED DON’T HAVE TO
obey/serve/work
Legalism I’m Laziness/License
(Paul’s Concern) ACCEPTED (James’s Concern)
therefore, I
obey/serve/work
The Biblical Gospel

6. 4 ways to understand the
faith/works relationship...

7. 4 ways to understand the
faith/works relationship...
1. works >>> salvation

8. 4 ways to understand the
faith/works relationship...
1. works >>> salvation
2. works + faith >>> salvation

9. 4 ways to understand the
faith/works relationship...
1. works >>> salvation
2. works + faith >>> salvation
3. faith >>> salvation

10. 4 ways to understand the
faith/works relationship...
1. works >>> salvation
2. works + faith >>> salvation
3. faith >>> salvation
4. faith >>> salvation + works

11. For by grace you have been saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God;
not as a result of works,
so that no one may boast.
For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand so that
we would walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10

12. No person can be saved
BY works.
No man can be saved
WITHOUT PRODUCING works.

13. We are saved by faith alone,
but not by a faith that is alone.

14. We are not saved BY good works.
We are saved FOR good works.

15. Sanctification is not the reason
for our justification.
Justification is the motor
for our sanctification.

16. Our faith is not IN OUR works,
but in Christ’s work.
Our faith is SHOWN BY our works.

17. Our faith is not IN OUR works,
but in Christ’s work.
Our faith is SHOWN BY our works.

18. True faith cannot exist apart from works
Works acceptable in the sight of God
cannot be performed without true faith.

19. JUSTIFIED
Paul means
“declared righteous” before God.
Salvation is by faith alone.
James means
“proven” or “vindicated.”
Salvation is not by a faith that is alone.

20. FEELING IT...

21. How is your faith
WORKING?

22. Is your faith
LIVING?

23. Is your faith
REAL?

24. Are you
REALLY SAVED?

25. FIXING IT...

26. Gospel
Gospel
wonder
LIVING
& trust