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Today's talk comes from Pastor Louis Giglio.

James is about real faith.

James is about the kind of faith that actually works.

Not a faith that is an internal decision that we make that's invisible to the world around us,

but James is about a faith that is so infectious that once it gets a hold of your heart,

it works its way out into every single area of your life.

In fact, chapter 1 ends with this encouragement.

If anyone considers himself religious, the word religious isn't a great word to a lot of us

because we don't consider ourselves religious, we consider ourselves faithful followers of Jesus.

But James means that when he says religious here.

So he's not talking about go-to church stand-up, sit down, say the right thing, pray the right prayer,

give the right amount of money, act religious.

He's talking about people of faith in Jesus.

If anyone considers himself, so can we just say that, a person of faith in Jesus,

yet does not keep a tight reign on his tongue, he deceives himself or herself,

and his faith in Jesus is worthless.

See, that's James. James is like, oh, you go to passioncitychurch.

Oh, you're in a community group. Oh, you're a door holder.

Well, you know what? Your tongue is burning down for relationships right now.

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