Faith That Works
June 14, 2026
Sermon Guide — follow along and fill in the blanks.
Paul and James are not ____ — they’re ____.
Paul tells you how you’re saved. James tells you how you ____.
Faith alone saves … but the faith that saves is ____.
Paul guards the ____ — you didn’t generate it, Christ did.
James guards the ____ — power you never flip never lights a room.
1. The Source — It Is Finished
The source is on. Christ did the ____.
You can’t ____ it. You can’t ____ it. You can’t ____ it.
Even Paul couldn’t talk about faith for two verses without putting feet on it.
Saved by grace, through faith — not by works … created for good works.
2. The Switch — Faith That Works
James isn’t writing to people who don’t know they’re loved. He’s writing to people who ____ … and whose lives look no different.
Abraham didn’t obey to ____ the promise. He obeyed because the promise had ____.
Because — not so that.
You never forget the meal you actually eat.
3. Where’s Your Switch Off?
Three frogs sat on a log. One decided to jump. How many are left? ____.
Deciding isn’t ____.
Where in your life is the lamp wired up … but the switch ____?
Flipping a switch is not hard work. It’s a ____ … followed by a ____.
The cross is faith that works. The cross is the switch.
Today is your ____. Today is the day you flip the switch.
Scriptures:
John 19:30
2 Peter 1:3
Ephesians 2:8–10
James 1:22
James 2:14–17
James 2:21–22
James 2:25–26
Romans 5:19
Conversation Starters
Where have you confused trying to earn God’s love with simply receiving it?
Paul says saved by grace, not works — then immediately says we were created for good works. How do you hold those two truths together?
James picks Abraham and Rahab — opposites — to make one point. What does that say about who “faith that works” is available to?
Where in your life is the switch still off? What has kept you from flipping it?
What is one specific move you can make this week to turn belief into action?