Read James 2:14-16
“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead” (James 2:26).
What Does This Scripture Mean for Us?
It’s always puzzled me to try to understand why some believers battle over “faith v. works,” as though it were that silly riddle about which came first — the chicken or the egg?
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Read James 2:1-13
“Judgement without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment” (James 2:13).
What Does This Scripture Mean for Us?
That’s a good thing, wouldn’t you agree? That mercy triumphs over judgment, I mean.
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Read James 1:19-27
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (James 1:27)
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Read James 1:1-18
“He who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not
think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does”
(James 1:6,7).
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Read Hebrews 13
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).
What Does This Scripture Mean for Us?
Okay, so maybe I’m just getting old but I have to tell you — I HATE change. Well, probably
not all change, of course. But I really tend to get set in my ways and want relationships, daily routines, favorite restaurants, all those things just to stay the SAME.
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Read Hebrews 12:14-29
“You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel” (Hebrews 12:23,24).
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Read Hebrews 12:1-13
“Consider him [Jesus] who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart” (Hebrews 12:3).
What Does This Scripture Mean for Us?
Read Hebrews 11:17-40
“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect” (Hebrews 11:39,40).
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Read Hebrews 11:1-16
“All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance” (Hebrews 11:13).
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Read Hebrews 10:19-39
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds” (Hebrews 10:23,24).
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