Is Your Faith Dead or Alive? James 2:20 Updated American Standard Version (UASVY) But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is useless? The man spoken of here in verse 20 of chapter 2 applies... Continue Reading →
The Demons Also Believe James 2:14-20 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 19 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. James here exposes the reality that having no works is, in fact, a pseudo-faith. James is... Continue Reading →
My Faith By My Works James 2:18 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my... Continue Reading →
Faith Moves Us to Action! James 2:17 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. James is now connecting his example of what he has just said on how it relates... Continue Reading →
Works That Evidence Genuine Faith James 2:15-16 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet... Continue Reading →
Can Faith with No Works Save You? James 2:14-20 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 14 What use is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? What use is it,... Continue Reading →
You Only Have I Known Amos 3:2-3 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 2 “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 3 “Do two men walk together, unless they... Continue Reading →
Walk Humbly With Your God Imagine that the Creator of everything is willing to humble himself to walk with us. One would think that is a given (common sense) that it would and should be the other way, we would... Continue Reading →
Love Kindness If we are to walk with God, we must love kindness. The Hebrew word checed, is rendered “loving-kindness, steadfast love, grace, mercy, faithfulness, goodness, devotion.” “This word is used 240 times in the Old Testament and is especially... Continue Reading →
