Faith or Works

I Have Questions

By Lee Renfro, May 18, 2025

How do we make sense of the Bible when it doesn’t seem to make sense?



The between Faith and Works



James 2:14 – What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?



James 2:24 – You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.



Galatians 2:16 – Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.



The between Faith and Works



James 2:17-18 – So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.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 works.



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James 2:19-20 – You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! [20] Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?



Right vs Right



Romans 4:2–3 – For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.



James 2:21 – Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?



between Faith and Works



James 2:22 – You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works



James 2:23 – and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.



Our shows Our Faith



What fruit is your life producing?