Actions speak louder than words. If actions don’t correspond with your word, then you are a phony. Has faith found its full expression in you?
James wrote by The Holy Spirit in his Epistle in chapter 2:
14 My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith but demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone?
15 For example, if a brother or sister in the faith is poorly clothed and hungry
16 and you leave them saying, “Good-bye. I hope you stay warm and have plenty to eat,” but you don’t provide them with a coat or even a cup of soup, what good is your faith?
17 So then faith that doesn’t involve action is phony.
Faith requires supporting actions for it to be genuine. If you don’t confirm your faith by action then how can FATHER be pleased with you?
For as it is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 11:
6 And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faith knowing that He is real and that He rewards the faith of those who give all their passion and strength into seeking Him.
James continues:
18 But someone might object and say, “One person has faith and another person has works.” Go ahead then and prove to me that you have faith without works and I will show you faith by my works as proof that I believe.
Each of us must ask the question: Do I have proof that I have faith? How many people do you know whose word is no good? I know many who claim to be Christians/Believers yet their word does not support their actions thus I cannot and will not rely on their word.
19 You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that’s wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they’re unchanged—they remain demons.
It is not enough to believe in the One True God, your works must correspond to your belief else your belief is of no benefit to The Kingdom. Yes, it is a tough statement but we are now in times that require faith with actions.
20 O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?
21 Wasn’t our ancestor Abraham found righteous before God because of his works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 Can’t you see how his action cooperated with his faith and by his action faith found its full expression?
23 So in this way the Scripture was fulfilled: Because Abraham believed God, his faith was exchanged for God’s righteousness. So he became known as the Lover of God!
Are you known as a “Lover of God?”
24 So now it’s clear that a person is seen as righteous in God’s eyes not merely by faith alone, but by his works.
25 And the same is true of the prostitute named Rahab who was found righteous in God’s eyes by her works, for she received the spies into her home and helped them escape from the city by another route.
26 For just as a human body without the spirit is a dead corpse, so faith without the expression of good works is dead!
FATHER honored the faith of a prostitute to show us that no matter what your past, you can be pleasing to HIM. It is vital that we have works that correspond to our faith else the world will simply look at us as phonies and they will not listen to anything we have to say concerning the Kingdom.