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James: Growing UpFaith Works: James 2:14-26May 24, 2015Please turn to James 2:14Michael\u2019s Personal Goal: to allow God to examine me as to how I\u2019m balancing the faith I profess with the actions I carry out2 Rhetorical Questions (V 14)#1: What good is a faith without works?#2: Can such a faith save a person?What does genuine fruit (faith) look like (V 15-20)?1: Real faith is a verb (V 15-17) Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:to look after orphans and widows in their distress\u2026 James 1:27a (adelphos): a: of the same + delphos: womb2: Real faith doesn\u2019t dance alone (V 17) Faith + Action = LifeFaith \u2013 Action = Death3: Real Faith is practical and not theoretical (V 18-19)Polar Opposite in the Hall of Faith (V 20-25)-Abraham: a moral man of the people of God (ref. Genesis 22)-Rahab: an immoral pagan (Joshua 2, 6)By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. Hebrews 11:31If you were up for consideration to be indicted Into the Faith Hall of Fame, what might your plaque read? Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you\u2014unless, of course, you fail the test? 2Corinthians 13:5What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?