I have faith and I am sure that you do too. But does it always show? How can you tell I have faith? James says that our faith is shown in our works. So, it is not just good enough to claim to have faith or to be a Christian. We must show it by our good lives, by our actions and by our deeds.
James goes on to give us two examples or Old Testament people who were judged faithful not by what they said but by what they did. Look at Abraham. He did not just say he would obey the Lord. He actually prepared and set out to sacrifice his son because God had asked him to do it. Whew, I am glad He didn't ask me to do that!
Also Rahab. She was not even a Jewish woman...in fact, she was a prostitute, a woman of the night or even a "ho." Whoa, James put her in his chapter on faith? Yes, check it out...
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
James goes on to give us two examples or Old Testament people who were judged faithful not by what they said but by what they did. Look at Abraham. He did not just say he would obey the Lord. He actually prepared and set out to sacrifice his son because God had asked him to do it. Whew, I am glad He didn't ask me to do that!
Also Rahab. She was not even a Jewish woman...in fact, she was a prostitute, a woman of the night or even a "ho." Whoa, James put her in his chapter on faith? Yes, check it out...
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
Get out there and show God your faith!
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