Your faith becomes complete when it’s put to work.
It’s one thing to believe in something. It’s another thing to believe in something so strongly that you have to live it out—letting it determine the way you live.
Think of an athlete who lives a healthy life. They eat well, work out, and practice because they truly believe doing those things makes them a better athlete.
The same is true with your faith. If you put your faith into action, it will be strengthened.
Maybe you believe in God but you haven’t really done much with that belief. You haven’t turned it into an active faith, sharing what you believe with others, helping others get closer to Jesus like the guys did with their paralyzed friend.
Do people know you’re a Christian because you tell them you are, or do they know you’re a Christian because you show them you are. If you say you’re a Christian, then your actions should match those words. Christians should act like Christians.
So you can choose to just believe in God, and maybe come to church when you have the time, and you can give yourself the label of “Christian.” You can do that. But if you want to see who God really is and what He can really do in your life, and if you want to make a difference in the lives of those around you and in this world, then it’s time to put your faith into action.
James 2:14-26 KJV
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.
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