Faith without deeds

Key verse
Jeremiah 10:6 - No one is like you, O Lord; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.


James 2:26 - As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

Jeremiah
One thing we can learn from Jeremiah is perseverance.  People are plotting to kill him so that they don't have to listen to his message from the Lord, and yet he still relies on God for safety and continues to speak.


James
I think what James is getting at here is not that you have to do good works in order to be saved, but that good works are a natural outcome of true salvation. If we truly believe in Christ, we should believe in what he taught, and follow through on his teachings.  Therefore, true faith cannot come without good works.