Alex Kremer 02-02-2020 // James 2:14-26 - A Faith That Works

There once was a duck village populated by ducks.  In this village, was a duck church and they had their duck bible.  One Sunday, the duck preacher exhorted the duck congregation, "My duck brothers and sisters, God has given us wings so we can fly and glorify God." The duck congregation shouted in agreement, "Amen!" and then waddled home.

Throughout scripture, we see that man is justified by faith apart from works.  But then we get to James 2 where we read that faith without works is dead, and that we are justified by our works.  Is this a contradiction in Scripture?  How do we reconcile James with the rest of Scripture?

In today's lesson, we see there truly is no contradiction here.  We are justified, declared righteous through faith.  Works, then, become the evidence of that faith.