Sermons by Pastor Christian Shields (Page 7)
Living Faith – Part Two: The Works of Living Faith
Introduction James 2:20-26 ESV Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? (21) Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? (22) You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; (23) and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a…
Living Faith – Part One: Faith WIthout Works is Dead
Introduction James 2:14-19 ESV What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? (15) If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, (16) and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? (17) So also faith by itself, if it does not have works,…
Feeding the Back Rows
Introduction Matthew 28:19-20 ESV Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (20) teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” John 3:16 ESV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.…
Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
Introduction James 2:13 ESV For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. James 2:13 ESVa For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. 1. The law of mercy (Matthew 5:7) 2. Law of forgiveness (Matthew 6:14-15) 3. Law of sowing and reaping (Galatians 6:7-8) Matthew 5:7 ESV “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matthew 6:14-15 ESV For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also…
Christians are Under the Law (Of Liberty)
Introduction James 2:12 ESV So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. James 2:9 ESV But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. James 2:12 ESV So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. Galatians 5:1 ESV For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to…
Guilty of the Whole Law
Introduction James 2:10-11 ESV For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. (11) For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. (12) So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. James 2:1 ESV My brothers, show no partiality as…
Can We Just Be a Christian church?
Introduction James 2:1-9 ESV My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. (2) For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, (3) and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You…
Pure, Undefiled Religion
Introduction James 1:27 ESV Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. Point One – God Has Not Forgotten the Widows and the Orphans James 1:27 ESV Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. Acts 6:1-3 ESV Now in…
Your Religion May Be Worthless
Introduction James 1:26 ESV If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. James 1:26 ESV If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Point One – Your Words Are Powerful James 1:26 ESV If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.…
The Basics: Keeping Up With Good Spiritual Hygiene
Introduction James 1:23-25 ESV For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. (24) For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. (25) But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in…
Open Your Bible, Read It, and Do What It Says
Introduction James 1:22 ESV But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22 ESV But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have, this day, done one thing because He said, do it! or once abstained because He said, do not do it! It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him,…
The Proper Way to Receive God’s Word
Introduction James 1:19-21 ESV Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; (20) for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (21) Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. Point One – Don’t Get Angry at God’s Word James 1:19-20 ESV Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick…