Big Healing Book - James 2:14-26

James 2:14-26:

What doth it profit, brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Notes on James 2:14-26:

Faith always involves action based on something you believe but can’t see. If you say you have faith, but your actions don’t agree with what you say you believe, you’re not in faith, and you don’t believe in the Bible sense.

The main action associated with faith is speaking what you believe. The spirit of faith says, “I believe, therefore have I spoken.” (2 Corinthians 4:13). Dead faith is faith that you never act on and never speak. It does not produce any results.

If you’re unwilling to say that you’ve received your healing, you aren’t in faith. If you’re not willing to praise God for the healing that you believe you already have, you aren’t in faith. Real faith acts and speaks in agreement with what it believes.

The last verse of this passage makes a great argument that life begins in the womb, not at birth.

This passage does not prove “salvation by works.” James’s point is that real faith is made known by works. Works don’t produce faith (or eternal life), but they can be evidence of it, or in some cases evidence of the lack of it.