Faith & Works A Common Misconception Faith & Works slide 1
1 Kings 3:25... And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Faith & Works slide 2
James 2:20, 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.... But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Faith & Works slide 3
Mark 10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Romans 12:3 Philippians 2:13 Faith & Works slide 4 Galatians 5:6
Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. Faith & Works slide 5
works faith Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,... Faith & Works slide 6
works faith Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Faith & Works slide 7
works faith Matthew 7:16-20 Ye shall know them by their fruits.... Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.... Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Faith & Works slide 8
Verb: ἀκούω (akouo191) I hear + ὑπό (hupo5259) under = ὑπακούω (hupakouo5219) I obey Faith & Works slide 9
Romans 6:11-13 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God,... as instruments of righteousness unto God. Faith & Works slide 10
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Faith & Works slide 11
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Faith & Works slide 12
Hebrews 4:1-3a Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest,... Faith & Works slide 13
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Faith & Works slide 14
1 Samuel 15:22 Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. Faith & Works slide 15
Genesis 22:18; 26:5 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Faith & Works slide 16
Isaiah 1:16-20 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well;... If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Note that willingness is here contrasted with refusal, and obedience with rebellion Faith & Works slide 17
Matthew 6:22-24 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.... No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. A single eye denotes an undivided mind; an evil eye, a divided mind. Faith & Works slide 18
Philippians 2:5-8, 12-13 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who... became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.... Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed [hupakouo],... work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Faith & Works slide 19
The Conclusion of the matter: God first God last God all the way through Faith & Works slide 20
The End Faith & Works slide 21