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A. Assessing Learning
MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write True if the statement is true and if false
write the word/s that made it wrong. Write the answer on the space provided.
The two things that I like about the lesson are the Sacred
Teachings on the Calling of Abraham:
RECIPE OF FAITH
1. Make a recipe of faith. Put the needed ingredients in responding to God’s calling of
your chosen vocation.
2. Use terminologies in making recipes such as one cup, one kilo, one teaspoon, and
the likes.
3. Examples are given below.
Use this box for your own recipe.
C. Reflection
Write your personal response using the bible verse below.
I believe that "Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless
as a screen door on a submarine." People act in line with what they believe. For
instance, if we believe a stove top is hot, we will not place our hand on it. If we believe
vitamins are essential for good health, we will take them. Good marketers persuade
people to believe they need a certain product in order to induce people to buy it. The
actions that result from our faith are no different from those that result from other of
our beliefs. If we truly believe God is who He says He is and that the Bible means
what it says, we will act accordingly. The teaching of Christianity was revolutionary,
and it still is. The emphasis of the gospel is on grace, through faith, and not by the
good deeds—works—which we do. Instead of demanding sinless perfection and
sacrifice, or some subjective judgment, God was offering forgiveness of sins and an
eternal home with Him for all who believe in Christ. That leads to an all-important
question: "What does it mean to have a saving belief in Christ?" This is the issue
James is tackling in this part of Scripture. Reading James in context with the rest of
the New Testament helps us to answer that question. In this particular case, James is
making a crucial point about the gospel: simple mental agreement is not enough.
"Knowledge" is not "trust." Salvation does not come when a person agrees to the
facts of Christ's life, death, and resurrection. Accepting Christ is not like agreeing that
the city of Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska. Such a "belief" requires no response, no
action. In verses 15 and 16, James also pointed out that merely claiming something
does not make the claim true. A person who says, "I believe," but does nothing to
support such a belief, does not actually believe what they have claimed. James
makes clear that saving faith in Christ is active and transformative. Salvation is about
placing our trust in Christ; this necessarily transforms us in such a way that we begin
to make new and different choices. Living faith in Christ changes the direction of a
person's life. It always results in the believer beginning to participate in good works.
Where there are no works, there is only a dead "words only" faith—the king James
refers to in the first part of verse 14. It's important to note here what James is not
saying. He is not in any sense claiming that salvation requires good works. He's not
talking about following the law or being perfectly sinless. He's talking about doing
good works that are consistent with loving other Christians and obeying the Father.
That's what those who trust in Christ begin to do. In other words, we are saved only
by faith, and this faith which saves will produce good works. According to James,
those who lack works are not saved—not because they lack works, but because their
lack of works proves that they lack saving faith. In my own perspective, I believe that
Faith sees what could be. Faith does things. Faith takes action. Faith takes risks.
Faith leaves its comfort zone to do things for the Lord. And faith that doesn’t produce
works is a faith that doesn’t work. When we step out in faith, God will work.