Genuine Faith – Fruitful

What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?  James 2:14

You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.  Matthew 7:16-18

A Fruitful Faith is a Genuine Faith

We Must Receive AND Respond

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.  James 1:22

If you love me, keep my commandments.  John 14:15

Remember and Respond

For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.  James 1:23-25

Pure Religion

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.  James 1:26

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.   James 1:27