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1. Welcome to Pine Grove Church of Christ Pine Grove Church of Christ – 07/18/10

2. Faith Without Works is Dead Pine Grove Church of Christ – 07/18/10

3. Faith Without Works is Dead • James 2:14-26 – • (17) “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead”

4. Faith Without Works is Dead • James 2:14-26 – • (20) “But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead”

5. Faith Without Works is Dead • James 2:14-26 – • (21) “Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar”

6. Faith Without Works is Dead • James 2:14-26 – • (22) “Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect”

7. Faith Without Works is Dead • James 2:14-26 – • (24) “You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only”

8. Faith Without Works is Dead • James 2:14-26 – • (26) “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also”

9. Faith Without Works is Dead • Obedience to the Faith • Example of Obedience to the Faith

10. Obedience to the Faith • Romans 1:5-6 – • (5-6) “Through Him (Jesus) we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ”

11. Obedience to the Faith • Romans 16:25-27 – • (26) “but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith”

12. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (4) “By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain”

13. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (7) “By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household”

14. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (8) “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.”

15. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (9) “By faith Abraham dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country”

16. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (17) “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac”

17. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (20) “By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.”

18. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (21) “By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff”

19. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (22) “By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones”

20. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (23) “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three month by his parents”

21. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (24-25) “By faith Moses, when he become of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin”

22. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (27) “By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible”

23. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (28) “By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood”

24. Obedience to the Faith • Hebrews 11:1-40 – • (29) “By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land”

25. Faith Without Works is Dead • Obedience to the Faith • Example of Obedience to the Faith

26. Example of Obedience to the Faith • Abraham Offering Isaac • Genesis 22:1-3; 9-12 – • (2) God “said, ‘Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you”

27. Example of Obedience to the Faith • Abraham Offering Isaac • Hebrews 11:17-19 – • (17) “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac” • (19) “concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead”

28. Example of Obedience to the Faith • Joshua & The Destruction of Jericho • Joshua 6:1-20 • (3-4) “You shall march around the city… once. This you shall do six days… but the seventy day you shall march around the city seven times” • (20) “And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat”

29. Example of Obedience to the Faith • Joshua & The Destruction of Jericho • Hebrews 11:30 – • (30) “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days”

30. Example of Obedience to the Faith • Isaiah Walking Naked Three Years • Isaiah 20:1-6 – • (3) “Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia”

31. Example of Obedience to the Faith • Isaiah Walking Naked Three Years • Isaiah 6:8 – • (8) “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, ‘Here am I! Send me.’”

32. Conclusion • James 1:22 – • “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” • James 2:22 – • “Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect”

33. Welcome to Pine Grove Church of Christ Pine Grove Church of Christ – 07/18/10