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[707.08 --> 708.00] They don't have debates |
[708.00 --> 709.48] over whether he might exist |
[709.48 --> 709.88] or not. |
[710.44 --> 711.16] They watch him |
[711.16 --> 712.42] throughout all history. |
[712.96 --> 713.56] They watched him |
[713.56 --> 714.40] work for the salvation |
[714.40 --> 715.12] of humankind. |
[715.54 --> 716.24] But as we know, |
[716.34 --> 717.86] they don't do anything good |
[717.86 --> 719.16] as a result of their faith. |
[719.68 --> 720.34] After all, |
[720.34 --> 721.82] they're demons. |
[728.26 --> 730.18] This man who only has faith |
[730.18 --> 731.50] in James' hypothetical |
[731.50 --> 732.72] is described as believing |
[732.72 --> 733.74] that God is one. |
[734.78 --> 736.02] James commends this person |
[736.02 --> 736.74] for believing that |
[736.74 --> 738.08] because believing that statement |
[738.08 --> 739.64] is in fact great. |
[740.30 --> 741.80] It's good that he believes that. |
[742.26 --> 743.06] James isn't saying |
[743.06 --> 743.56] that the person |
[743.56 --> 744.28] is like a demon |
[744.28 --> 745.86] or is a demon. |
[746.28 --> 746.96] Not at all. |
[747.42 --> 748.30] He's encouraging the man |
[748.30 --> 749.44] that if he believes, |
[749.44 --> 751.02] then good deeds |
[751.02 --> 751.94] should follow |
[751.94 --> 753.54] unlike a demon |
[753.54 --> 754.54] who does evil. |
[756.20 --> 756.94] James is trying |
[756.94 --> 757.50] to tell the reader |
[757.50 --> 758.20] that you cannot |
[758.20 --> 759.16] separate the two. |
[759.78 --> 760.08] And again, |
[760.12 --> 761.04] I'm repeating myself here |
[761.04 --> 761.56] so that you know |
[761.56 --> 762.60] I'm not saying otherwise. |
[763.28 --> 764.46] James is not teaching |
[764.46 --> 765.40] that by doing good |
[765.40 --> 766.60] you can earn salvation. |
[767.46 --> 768.28] He's saying |
[768.28 --> 769.88] we are saved |
[769.88 --> 770.78] through faith alone. |
[770.78 --> 772.62] but a faith that saves |
[772.62 --> 774.16] is never alone. |
[775.78 --> 776.84] We've talked about |
[776.84 --> 777.44] the idea |
[777.44 --> 778.46] of deeds following |
[778.46 --> 779.92] as a result of true faith |
[779.92 --> 782.04] and also as a signifier |
[782.04 --> 783.04] showing that that faith |
[783.04 --> 783.60] is true. |
[784.60 --> 785.82] This is for us |
[785.82 --> 787.12] so that we can see |
[787.12 --> 788.14] that we are being sanctified |
[788.14 --> 789.04] by the Holy Spirit. |
[789.70 --> 790.82] We can see that God's promise |
[790.82 --> 792.06] of making us more like Christ |
[792.06 --> 793.42] is happening in real time. |
[794.32 --> 794.98] We can look back |
[794.98 --> 796.00] at who we used to be |
[796.00 --> 797.42] and see the power of God |
[797.42 --> 798.46] working in our life |
[798.46 --> 799.38] and in turn |
[799.38 --> 800.62] we draw into him |
[800.62 --> 801.66] more and more. |
[803.62 --> 805.06] We know that we as Christians |
[805.06 --> 806.32] when we're talking about faith |
[806.32 --> 807.50] we talk about faith |
[807.50 --> 808.44] in Christ. |
[809.42 --> 810.54] Jesus says these words |
[810.54 --> 811.80] that we're all familiar with. |
[811.80 --> 814.32] For God so loved the world |
[814.32 --> 815.48] that he gave his one |
[815.48 --> 816.18] and only Son |
[816.18 --> 817.74] that whoever believes in him |
[817.74 --> 818.60] shall not perish |
[818.60 --> 819.68] but have eternal life. |
[820.98 --> 823.24] We owe everything to Jesus. |
[824.06 --> 825.44] If Christ didn't live |
[825.44 --> 826.26] the perfect life |
[826.26 --> 827.74] if he didn't preach |
[827.74 --> 828.36] the gospel |
[828.36 --> 829.64] if he didn't die |
[829.64 --> 830.28] on the cross |
[830.28 --> 831.36] instead of us |
[831.36 --> 833.00] if he wasn't raised |
[833.00 --> 833.78] from the dead |
[833.78 --> 835.42] we would be dead |
[835.42 --> 836.14] in our sin. |
[837.56 --> 839.14] It is in Christ alone |
[839.14 --> 840.10] that we are saved. |
[840.10 --> 842.42] We also affirm |
[842.42 --> 843.72] that this is a gift |
[843.72 --> 845.58] of God's undeserved grace. |
[846.38 --> 847.56] Ephesians 2.8-9 |
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