Deadly Faith!

 

Those two words, "deadly" and "faith" do not seem to go together. However, James tells us that not ALL faith is good faith. In fact, some types of faith are actually deadly.

 

Real Faith is supposed to produce life. Real faith is supposed to produce obedience. Real faith is supposed to produce fruit. Real faith is supposed to produce change. So, by those criteria, we have to ask ourselves ... "Is Our Faith Real?"

 

See what James says about "Deadly Faith." 

 

James 2:14-19

Three Types of Faith

Two Types of Deadly Faith

1st      Dead Faith    James 2:14-17

“Everybody talkin’  ‘bout Heaven ain’t goin’ there.”

James 2:14-19

14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,

16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?

17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

18 But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

19 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

Dr. Kelly Carr, Pastor, New Hope Community Church, 3849 FM 1827, McKinney, TX 75071,

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