James 1:1
January 12, 2020
preached by Doug Cooper
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.”

~ Brennan Manning (1934-2013), American author

“To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience. In our eagerness to get rid of the legalistic doctrine of works we have thrown out the baby with the bath and gotten rid of obedience as well.”

~ A.W. Tozer (1897-1963), American Christian pastor and author

“What does it look like for Christians to live out Jesus’ Kingdom vision in our daily lives? It looks like taking care of widows and orphans, advocating for the poor, improving economies, paying taxes, honoring those in authority, loving our neighbors, pursuing excellence at work, and blessing those who persecute us.”

~ Scott Sauls, contemporary pastor and author

“It is impossible, indeed, to separate works from faith, just as it is impossible to separate heat and light from fire.”

~ Martin Luther (1483-1546), German professor of theology, composer, writer, and seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation

“Although we are sure that men are not saved for the sake of their works, yet we are equally sure that no man will be saved without them.”

~ C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), English minister

“Faith without works is like a bird without wings…”

~ Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre

“Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again – until they can scarcely distinguish which is the one and which is the other.

~ William Booth (1829-1912), English Methodist minister and founder of The Salvation Army

Sermon Passage

James 1:1 (NIV)

¹ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:
Greetings.