Workless faith





Our faith is characterized by our works. Some of us say we have faith in God but our actions don't prove it.  We sat we have faith that God will do the impossible,  yet we still doubt God.

What shall it profit us to have faith without works.
An illustration given to us in the bible is that faith without works can be likened to someone who has no clothes.  The person is also hungry.  But when they come to you, you tell them to go in peace,  be warmed and be filled. But you didn't give them the needed things of the body.  So how will that profit them.  James 2:16

Sometimes we say we have faith,  but our faith is not producing anything. This is because we have faith but not works. Our faith is bounded by our actions. If you really have faith,  let your works or actions show it too.  Don't let it just be lip service.

Abraham did not only have faith in God, he had his works,  his actions to show for it. When God told him to offer his son,  Isaac on the altar,  he did not even doubt God. He believed in God totally.  James 2:22-23

Rahab the harlot is another example. She was justified by her works.  She could have told the messengers to go another way,  but she received them.  James 2:25

So likewise,  having faith alone is not enough. A man is justified by his works or actions.
Just as the body without the spirit is dead, so is faith without works. James 2:26.
For faith without works is dead...

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