James 2:19

“You believe that God is one; you do well. The demons also believe — and they shudder.”

In his ongoing attempt to persuade his readers that ‘faith’ is not enough, he pulls in the ‘faith’ of demons…

Matthew 8:29

““What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?””

Luke 4:34

““What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.””

Did the demons have faith? It was they who acknowledged out loud with their words that Jesus was ‘the Son of God’; ‘the Holy one of God’. 

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James may be trying to contrast a head faith vs. a faith of the heart.  The demons (and many of his readers) might declare with their words that Jesus is truly the Son of God – but do they bow their knee to Him? Do their ‘actions’ indicate a surrendered life?  

James might ask; 

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