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Those who give to the poor will lack nothing but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses. –Proverbs 28:27
Faith Without Works Is Dead
What does it profit my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food and one of you says to them, ‘Depart in peace, be warmed and filled’ but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works is dead.
Someone will say, ‘You have faith and I have works.’ Show me your faith without your works and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is One God, you do well. Even the demons believe and tremble. Do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the alter? (Genesis 22:1-18) Do you see that faith was working together with his works and by works faith was made perfect and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ‘Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness and he was called the friend of God. (2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8) You see then a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot (Joshua 2:1-24) also justified by works when she received the messengers (spies) and sent them out another way?
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. –James 2:14-26
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