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Faith Good Works

Faith & Good Works Pt. 3

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In our series on Maturity & Ministry we have been looking at the need to maintain good works. As we continue in James, we learned today about the very real possibility of hearing the Word so much with a heart that intellectually believes it, without considering our lives in the light of it. To hear the word and NOT produce the ‘good works’ of the word.

James offers controlling what comes out of your mouth as proof of ‘good works’ produced by faith. He also mentioned caring for widows (especially those of your own family) and orphans as a demonstration of true worship of God.

We ended in chapter 2 verse 17 where James really begins to bear down on the fact that true saving faith is always accompanied by works. He then introduced the unique subject of ‘dead faith’, which we will learn more about next week beginning in verse 18.

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Faith Good Works

Faith & Good Works Pt. 2

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Last week we turned to James for more wisdom on living out our confession of Jesus as our Lord having first read what Romans 2 and Hebrews 10 had to say about ‘Good Works’.

James bears down on the necessity of faith in the production of ‘Good Works’. To do this he starts off with how the believer is to approach times of temptation which James tells us is a testing of our faith as well as our character.

He offers seeking God for wisdom and how the poor and rich should approach life as examples.

He wraps up with a teaching on temptation and where to set our focus which offers us more insight on the topic than perhaps any single author in the New Testament.

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Faith Good Works

Faith & Good Works Pt. 1

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Well if you have been following this series of “Maturity & Ministry” you know that we have been investigating what the New Birth looks like in terms of our ongoing responsibilities and stewardships in the Kingdom.

These include, but are not necessarily limited to:
• Love and respect for God
• Being proactive about the Word of God abiding in us
• Pursuing love of the brethren
• Desiring and being good stewards over the spiritual gift(-s) given to us
• Being faithful stewards over the ministry to which Jesus, the Lord of the Body, appointed us.
• Producing good works

Over the past 4 weeks we have taken a journey through the New Testament identifying specific things God calls “good works”.

This week we are beginning to look at the role faith plays in our pursuit of good works and our responsibility to encourage it in our fellow believers.

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Everything that has breath, Praise the Lord!

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Well tonight we wrap up the book of Psalms. It’s been one of the most educational and informative books we’ve studied yet.

In it we…
• Identifying the Psalms various authors and time periods
• Got to know how the greater book of Psalms was compiled from all of the individual psalms
• We came to understand the 5 book divisions
• We learned more about Hebrew poetry

These final 5 chapters are the ending doxology to the entire book of Psalms.

As I said last week these are a type of doxology – a composition praising God. However, strictly speaking ‘Doxologies’ “should be” a composition praising the glory of God specifically.

The word Doxa is the Greek word for “glory” and God’s glory in particular.

Since it is from this Greek word that we get the English word ‘Doxology’, a true doxology would not simply express praise to God in general, but particularly capitalize on His transcendent glory. These last 5 Psalms largely stick to this more precise definition!

The word ‘Glory’ means dignity, honor, majesty, splendor & even wealth. Ultimately these points to one’s character and impressive, sometimes weighty presence.

All that having been said, these Psalms do not require much in the way of explanation or deeper teaching – they are what they are – simple praises to God’s grandeur and glory… so Enjoy!

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Good Works & the Widow List

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:28:11 — 92.6MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS   Sunday 06/15/25 Title: Good Works & the Widow List Click for Message Video Message Audio Player: ***Video is HERE*** Good Works & the Widow List Well its Father’s day and while I almost never allow a date celebrated on the calendar to dictate what I teach, this one was pretty easy. God created humans so that many aspects of His relationship with us were baked into our instincts for parenting. As such, it is no wonder that there are so many similarities between what most fathers desire (and sometimes demand) […]

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