“…if faith does not have works, faith is dead, being by itself. But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I WILL SHOW YOU MY FAITH FROM MY WORKS. You believe that there is one God, you do well; even the demons believe and tremble. But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD ALSO.” (James 2:17-20, 26)
James says if we just believe we are no better off than the devils who also believe and tremble. No, we must DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR BELIEVING. Why? Because faith without works is dead…It’s as dead as dead can get. Faith is designed to always spur us on TO OBEDIENCE IN CHRIST and TO BE LIKE HE IS. It is the “evidence of things that we do not see,” (Hebrews 11:1). We must hold strong to our faith because it is the very thing that leads us towards the things we hope for. It’s the thing that keeps us moving forward, even if that movement seems slow and uneventful.
DO NOT MERELY LISTEN TO THE WORD, DO WHAT IT SAYS…
-Bill Stockham