“Don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says.” James 1:22
“What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions.” James 2:14
” Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.” James 2:26
Good works are the result of faith and not faith the result of good works. We sometimes get our thought process confused. Many in the world today believe that if they are good and do good for the rest of the world they will get to heaven. They believe that the better they do the more assurance they will have in getting saved. Salvation does not come from all the good we do in this world. Our Lord tells us that we are saved if we have faith in him. We must humble ourselves before the Lord, repent of our sins, ask for his forgiveness, and then ask that he come and live in our hearts. When that happens, we change. Our thoughts begin to change, and our way of life will change. We are to practice our beliefs and live them each day. Practice makes us better in whatever we decide to do in our lives. Being a Christian is no different. The more we practice the better we get. Our faith life will begin to produce good works. We will begin to love others and want to do good and not evil. As we practice, our faith becomes stronger day by day. We begin to depend upon our Lord God in heaven and believe that we receive. We begin to accept him as our source and not the world itself. So, let us all live the life that our God has allowed us to live, with him in charge and our faith and trust so strong that it will never waver. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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