Works Matter

“If people say they have faith, but do nothing, their faith is worth nothing. Can faith like that save them? James 2:14

James’ message is bare-knuckled; his style is bare-boned. Talk is cheap, he argues. Service is invaluable.

It’s not that works save the Christian, but that works mark the Christian. In James’ book of logic, it only makes sense that we who have been given much should give much. Not just with words. But with our lives.

Facts about God

Full of Compassion

Psalms 111:4 

He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

Psalms 112:4 

Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.

We know the truth

1 John 2:21 

I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

Family and Relationships

What you have inherited from your mother, you must earn over again for yourselves, or it will not be yours.    …         J. W. Von Goethe

Cups in the Bible

The Lord’s Cup

Jeremiah 25:15 

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.