FAITH REQUIRES ACTION - ZAMBIA 2008 MESSAGE continued....

Our Message delivered to Zambia in March 2008 continued.......



• Let me tell you what comes to my mind when I think of Faith:
 By Faith in Him, through His grace –a gift from our Father in heaven, is our salvation
 Faith without works is dead
 Faith requires action, and faith without action is really not faith at all. I suppose only words....


• Let’s read about several instances of Faith in God’s word James 2:14 - 25

14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 22You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. 24You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.

25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

So even Rahab, not by some group she belonged to, or set of rules the professed to follow, but the word tells us that she was 'considered righteous for what she did' -by her actions. She took great risk didn't she!? How many of you have taken a risk lately? Have you at anytime put it all out there for God? God doesn't need you, but he wants to use you to Glorify His Name. Are you ready to take a risk, to take action as you walk out your Faith today?


To be continued..........