{"id":16769,"date":"2023-12-23T16:59:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T15:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byheart.org\/?post_type=recitation-videos&p=16769"},"modified":"2023-12-23T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T16:14:32","slug":"faith-without-works-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"recitation-videos","link":"https:\/\/byheart.org\/?recitation-videos=faith-without-works-is-dead","title":{"rendered":"Faith without works is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
James 2:14-17 is often used to prove that good works are necessary for a person to have what they call final salvation before God. But what James is actually doing is calling for born-again people to apply what we believe. It is a powerful passage. But in order to get the most of it, we need to understand it correctly: James was addressing Christian believers, not unbelievers. For the Jewish people, providing and caring for the poor was fundamental for living out the command to love God and love others.<\/p>\n
Jesus isn\u2019t saying that our acts toward the poor and needy are what save us. But if our hearts have truly been transformed, we will <\/em>demonstrate that by being compassionate, welcoming, loving, and generous to others\u2014especially the \u201cleast of these.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Faith without works is dead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16771,"parent":0,"template":"","books-of-the-bible":[523],"type-of-passage":[464],"topic":[374,383],"passage-topics":[],"language":[51],"yoast_head":"\n