Something has just happened to me which has me on edge. I wont go into details on fb, but lets just say that I now am a bit more aware of my actions and surroundings. The knowledge I now have has made me change the way I think and do certain things. The knowledge I received has demanded a response from me. This makes me think of those who have learnt of the gospel, and the sin nature of man. The knowledge they have now requires a change on their part. They are now required to change because they have learnt that what they do is no longer acceptable and they are sinning against a just and holy God. If they do not change, they will reap what they have sown, they will suffer the consequences. The moral of the story is, once you come to know God, and that you sin against a just and holy God, you cannot help but change, change the way you think, change the way you act and change the way you believe. You cannot just be a believer in God and have no change in any of part of your life. That is a dead faith and one that will not stand the test of time. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:14-26
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 04:19:17 +0000