Dynamic Duo

James 2 cont’d:

What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?  If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

Did you know this passage comes right after all of the instruction about partiality?  I didn’t realize it.

Faith without works is not a faith that can be used.  Faith without works doesn’t help a friend in need.  Faith without works doesn’t warm a cold heart. And faith without works is dead…because it’s alone without its counterpart.

I love it when in times of national disaster, churches open their doors to feed those that have lost everything.  The churches gather clothing and goods to get their neighbors on their feet again.  That’s faith in action.

It’s awesome when a friend is going through hard times and we show up at their door with a meal, or a box of goodies to bless them and meet their needs.

And it’s amazing when we hear of a need and give of our own stash of money in order to bless someone else, who has nothing.

That’s the kind of faith that others see, and it’s the kind of faith that draws others in, to the love of Christ.

Faith with works – it’s a dynamic duo!