02-22-2022 AM What Will Your Faith Cost You? – Interactive Study Guide
What Will Your Faith Cost You?
James 2:21–26 (NASB 1995)
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The Big Claim
Saving faith is living faith, and living faith always moves into costly obedience. If obedience costs you nothing, your faith is not the faith James describes.
Faith is not a decoration for a religious life; it is a power that
Luke 14:27-33
I. Abraham: Faith That Costs What You Love Most ▼
Abraham’s obedience shows how faith moves from conviction to
Isaac was not merely Abraham’s son; he was the promise embodied. Genesis records that Abraham rose early and went to the place God had told him (Gen 22:3). There is no recorded argument, no delay, no negotiation.
Personal Reflection
Read Genesis 22:12. What are you holding back from God right now? How does Abraham’s immediate obedience challenge your current response to God’s commands?
James 2:21–23
Genesis 15:6
Hebrews 11:17–19
II. Rahab: Faith That Costs Your Old Life ▼
Rahab’s action was a deliberate break with her old
and her old loyalties.
James deliberately moves from a patriarch to a prostitute, from a tent to a city wall. Rahab’s confession shows she truly believed in the God of Israel.
Discussion
Consider Hebrews 11:31. What did it cost Rahab to welcome the spies? What “old loyalties” or former ways of life is your faith requiring you to abandon today?
James 2:25
Joshua 2:11
Hebrews 11:31
III. The Principle: Faith That Costs Nothing Saves No One ▼
Works do not replace faith; they
it. For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Abraham laid Isaac on the altar. Rahab left her old world behind. Real faith always lays something down.
Application
What will your faith cost you this week? Identify one specific area where obeying Christ will require a tangible sacrifice of time, comfort, money, or pride.
James 2:26
Romans 2:13
Matthew 7:21
IV. The Invitation: Obedience to the Gospel ▼
The first act of living faith is obedience to the gospel. If you have been claiming faith while protecting sin, comfort, or control, James speaks plainly: Faith without obedience is dead.
We must Hear the message of Christ, Believe He is the Son of God,
of our sins, Confess Christ, and be
for the forgiveness of sins.
Your Response
Are you relying on a “dead faith” that demands nothing, or a living faith that acts? If you have not obeyed the gospel, what is stopping you from taking that step today?
Romans 10:17
Acts 17:30
Acts 2:38
Mark 16:16
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