Active Faith (Day by Day in the Letter of James) * News that all need to hear: People can be __________ ( 2:24) * Why do / need to be justified? Because I am a _____________ of the law ( 2:2-11) * Whose law? The __________ of glory ( 2:1, 8; Rom 3:23; 2 Cor 5:10) * This Lord is Jesus the Christ, whose law can provide _________________ from sin ( 2:12-13) * Those who are free from sin are exercising ___________ faith ( 2:14) * Why? Because inactive "faith" is ___________ ( 2:15-17) * Empty, passive, unyielding intellectual __________________ is not active faith ( 2:18-20) * What is active faith? ( 2:21-25) ==> Consider the input of Hebrews 11: • By faith_ Abel offered an acceptable sacrifice to God ( 11:4) • By faith Enoch pleased God and was taken up ( 11:5) • By faith Noah constructed an ark (11:7) • By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out ( 11:8-10, 17-19) • By faith Sarah considered him faithful who had promised ( 11:11) • By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on his sons ( 11:20) • By faith Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph ( 11:21) • By faith Joseph made mention of the exodus and gave directions ( 11:22) • By faith Moses was hidden by his parents ( 11:23) • By faith Moses refused the fleeting pleasures of sin ( 11:24-28) • By faith the people of Israel crossed the Red Sea ( 11:29) • By faith the people of Israel encircled the walls of Jericho ( 11:30) ==> Active faith is shaped by hope and fueled by (Heb 11:1) ==> Active faith lays aside the weight of sin and compels to run the race ( Heb 12:1-2) ==> Without active faith, it is ____________ to please God ( Heb 11:6) ==> Active faith is ______________ ( 2:26), helpful ( 2:16), and useful ( 2:20) ==> Active faith is ___________ faith ( 2:14)