‘Good works… are the fruits and evidences of a true and lively (living) faith…’ – James 2:14-20 – Good Works; 1st – Validate The Reality of Grace in Our Life – the grace of God makes us gracious people… 2nd – Good Works Demonstrate the Activity of Grace through a person’s life – so that we; (1st) Grow in Our Assurance – as the graces of God become more and more evident in our lives our assurance of salvation becomes stronger… 1 Jn 3:17-19; 2:3-5… (2nd) Edify Our Brethren – Heb 10:24-25… 2 Cor 8:1-7… 9:2… Tit 3:8. (3rd) Adorn The Gospel – we make the gospel attractive and glorify our Savior when we decorate our lives with good works… Tit 2:3-10… 1 Tim 6:1. (4th) Silence Our Adversaries – our actions and our life will either confound and silence those who oppose our Savior… or they will give them more ammunition for their hostility to Christ and His gospel – 1 Peter 2:12,15 (5th) Glorify God – Matthew 5:16; Hebrews 13:20-21