We might believe that faith is a New Testament belief or doctrine but faith in God has been around as long as the Bible has been written. Are there references to faith in the Old Testament? It’s not amazing that some are saved…but that anyone is! 7. The fact that we were once enemies of God, being ungodly and wicked sinners shows us that it’s all about God’ s grace and not about us (Rom 5:6-10). We were dead men and dead women walking (Eph 2:1) until the Spirit of God enters our hearts and revives us to new life, much like Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. None of us are worthy at all, not even one of us (Rom 3:10-12). The song, “Amazing Grace” gives praise to God for saving wretches like us. The power of God is found in His Word and in His Spirit, so when the Word of God is heard, it comes with the power of God to make a new creature in Christ (2 Cor 5:17), It is much like Paul wrote in 1 st Corinthians 1:18 where he wrote “the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor 1:18). Paul writes about “the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” (Rom 1:16) but what is this power? Paul may mean the faith of the old covenant led on to the faith of the new covenant, which shows that salvation has been by faith from the call of Abraham to the present time. What does the Apostle Paul mean by writing “the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith” (Rom 1:17a)?ĭoes the Apostle Paul mean a different faith than that of saving faith when he writes Romans 1:17 saying that the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith? The faith Paul is talking about is saving faith because that’s the very righteousness of God (2 Cor 5:21) so it is not from works to faith but faith that produces works. Did Naaman’s pride interfere with his being healed? Why? 4. James Bible Study Guide – You can get our complete James Bible study as a downloadable E-book or a paperback version from Amazon.Ĭhoose one of our online lessons from our James Bible study guide to started.When Elisha asked Naaman, a great commander in the mighty army of Syrian army to dip seven times in the Jordan River so that he could be healed of leprosy, the commander “Naaman was angry and went away, saying, ‘Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper’” (2 Kings 5:11). This is shown clearly in the book of James which says that we must be “doers” and not just “hearers.” Please share with us what you are going to do to obey the passage in the comments after each lesson. These convict us, encourage us, and change us. Our website is called Study and Obey because we believe that every believer is called to carefully study His Words. If you study it with an open heart and by the leading of the Spirit, your life is sure to be transformed. The relationship between faith and works, joy in the face of trials, having a godly business, wisdom from above versus wisdom in this world, hearing and obeying the word, and powerful prayers are just a few of the practical topics we find in this book.
Many important themes are found inside this letter. James was the half-brother of Jesus and the leader of the Jerusalem church.
It is an excellent choice to study in your own small group.
Of all the sixty-six books in the Bible, James is likely the most practical.
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