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       James 2:24-26
       By: clark thompson Date: January 30, 2017, 8:03 am
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       James 2:24-26 King James Version (KJV)
       24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by
       faith only.
       25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works,
       when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out
       another way?
       26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without
       works is dead also.
       James 2:24-26 New Life Version (NLV)
       24 A man becomes right with God by what he does and not by faith
       only. 25 The same was true with Rahab, the woman who sold the
       use of her body. She became right with God by what she did in
       helping the men who had been sent to look through the country
       and sent them away by another road. 26 The body is dead when
       there is no spirit in it. It is the same with faith. Faith is
       dead when nothing is done.
       New Life Version (NLV) Copyright © 1969 by Christian Literature
       International
       These are my thoughts, please share yours.
       24 We are friends with Jesus by keeping His commands this is act
       of working thru faith. Righteousness is based of what we are
       doing, works, in our right living, grace.
       25 Rahab protected the Israelite spies as they went into
       Jericho, they needed her aid and they made sure she was saved
       from the destruction of the city because of the work she did out
       of faith. She had faith that God would allow them to take the
       city otherwise she would not have acted because then there would
       be no concern about her safety. She also had faith they would
       come back to help her.
       26 James compares faith to a corpse. Just as a body is a body
       but without life it is dead, James is saying the life to our
       faith is works and without these works our faith is dead and
       without life.
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