{"id":6954,"date":"2021-11-14T18:54:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T22:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2021-11-21T06:58:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T10:58:05","slug":"loving-god-through-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6954","title":{"rendered":"LOVING GOD THROUGH OTHERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Message By Warren W. Wiersbe,\u00a0 Presented By Rev. Richard Jones<\/h2>\n<h2>Due to a video glitch the video sermon message is in two parts.<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Audio:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6954-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Loving-God-Through-Others.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Loving-God-Through-Others.mp3\">http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Loving-God-Through-Others.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100007332300290\/videos\/424148059115225\/\">Video<\/a> (Part I)\u00a0 13.27 Min.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100007332300290\/videos\/4504679782948686\/\">Video<\/a> (Part II) 19.17 Min.<\/h2>\n<h1>LOVING GOD THROUGH OTHERS<\/h1>\n<h1>James 2: 14-24<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>DEAD FAITH\u00a0\u00a0 James 2: 14-17<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, \u201cGo in peace, be warmed and filled,\u201d without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>DEMONIC FAITH\u00a0\u00a0 James 2: 18-19<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>But someone will say, \u201cYou have faith and I have works.\u201d Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe\u201d\u201dand shudder!<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>DYNAMIC FAITH\u00a0\u00a0 James 2: 20-24<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, \u201cAbraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness\u201d and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Matthew 25: 31-46<\/h2>\n<h2>1 \u201cWhen the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, \u201d\u02dcCome, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.\u201d\u2122 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, \u201dLord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?\u201d 40 And the King will answer them, \u201d\u02dcTruly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>41 \u201cThen he will say to those on his left,\u201d Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.\u201d 44 Then they also will answer, saying, \u201dLord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?\u201d 45 Then he will answer them, saying, \u201d\u02dcTruly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.\u201d 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Matthew 22: 37-40<\/h2>\n<h2>And he said to him, \u201cYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>James 2: 8<\/h2>\n<h2>If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, \u201cYou shall love your neighbor as yourself,\u201d you are doing well.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>1 John 3: 16-18<\/h2>\n<h2>By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world&#8217;s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God&#8217;s love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Galatians 6: 9-10<\/h2>\n<h2>And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Ephesians 2: 8-10<\/h2>\n<h2>For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message By Warren W. Wiersbe,\u00a0 Presented By Rev. Richard Jones Due to a video glitch the video sermon message is in two parts. Audio: &nbsp; Video (Part I)\u00a0 13.27 Min. Video (Part II) 19.17 Min. 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