Faith and Works.

[Sigma]

"So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself." (James 2:17)

Pray daily for Faith. It's God's gift.

It's your only requisite for the accomplishment of mighty deeds. Certainly you have to work, you have to pray, but upon Faith alone depends the answer to your prayers – your works.

God gives it you in response to your prayer, because it's the necessary weapon for you to possess for the dispersion of evil – the overcoming of all adverse conditions, and the accomplishment of all good in your lives, and then you having Faith, give it back to Him. It's the envelope in which every request to Him should be placed.

And yet, “Faith without works is dead.” So, you need works, too, to feed your Faith in Him. As you seek to do, you feel your helplessness. You then turn to Him. In knowing Him, your Faith grows – and that Faith is all you need for His Power to work.

 

[MatthewG]

Thank you, for sharing Sigma.

 

[Bob Estey]

"So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself." (James 2:17)

Pray daily for Faith. It's God's gift.

It's your only requisite for the accomplishment of mighty deeds. Certainly you have to work, you have to pray, but upon Faith alone depends the answer to your prayers – your works.

God gives it you in response to your prayer, because it's the necessary weapon for you to possess for the dispersion of evil – the overcoming of all adverse conditions, and the accomplishment of all good in your lives, and then you having Faith, give it back to Him. It's the envelope in which every request to Him should be placed.

And yet, “Faith without works is dead.” So, you need works, too, to feed your Faith in Him. As you seek to do, you feel your helplessness. You then turn to Him. In knowing Him, your Faith grows – and that Faith is all you need for His Power to work.

We need to have faith. We also need to obey God, which I would call "works."

 

[bro.tan]

Some of the great patriarchs in (Heb.11) gave up a lot, some even their lives in exchange for their soul. You see they had great faith (belief) that their souls (bodies) would be raised at the first resurrection. And some of you won’t even give up some of the littlest things like, going to church on Sunday, the pagan holidays of Christmas and Easter, praying to the Virgin Mary, I could go on and on. And most so-called Christians know these rituals have nothing to do with Jesus and the Bible, but a lot of work get put into them. But do they understand that they are offensive to God? Maybe it’s because they have more faith in man than God, maybe it’s because they fear how man is going to treat them, and don’t fear God. But listen up; (v.27) For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Now these are the words of Jesus (the Son of man), you know the savior of the world. He said that when he comes he is going to judge every man according to his works. Don't be deceived thinking you all you need to do is have faith in the Lord and you will be saved?