Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – 365 Days Of Guidance – Day 45 – James 2:14-17 – Claims To Have Faith – Growing As Disciples
What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If 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? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:14-17 (NIV)
Real Faith
There are two things about which I don’t want you to be confused. What are they? You know that my salvation is a free gift. You know that you cannot earn or in any way merit your salvation. You know that you cannot make yourself acceptable in my sight. My Son came into this world to die and pay for your sins. In faith you turned away from your sins and accepted Him into your life as your Savior and Lord. Yes, your Son, Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. He forgave my sin and cleansed me of all my unrighteous. He made me acceptable in your sight. Yes, He did. This is first of all what I want you to be clear about. I understand. By faith, Jesus Christ is my Savior and Lord. By faith, you are my God and Father. By faith, I know that I am filled with your Holy Spirit. What else do you want me to be clear about?
Your faith in me is real and alive and active. Your faith in me will show itself to the world. How will my faith in you show itself to the world? I will be working in and through your life every day. I will open your eyes to what I want you to see. I will open your ears to what I want you to hear. I will open your heart to what I want you to do. Because of your faith in me, you will want to do what I ask of you. Because of your love for me, you will want to do what I have given you to do for me. You will want to go where I send you. You will want to do what I ask of you. Does this sound like a hard and burdensome task to you? No, not at all, it will be my pleasure and joy to serve you. I want to be used by you. I want to bear an abundance of fruit for your kingdom. I want to bring glory to your name. Yes, I know that is what you want to do for me. You will bear an abundance of fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name, as your faith in me is real and alive and active. This is very clear to me. This is the desire of my heart that is filled with real faith in you. That is very good.
Lord, I want my faith in you to be real and alive and active. I want my faith in you to be demonstrafyted to the world. Open my eyes to see how you want to use me. Open my heart to do good deeds you have given me to do. Draw others to you through my faith. Amen
Key Question… What good works has the Lord done through your life because of your faith in Him?
Living It Out… Allow the Lord to work through your life so your faith will be alive and demonstrated to others in the world.
Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will work through your life in ways that will demonstrate your faith to the world.
Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how the Lord is working through your life and demonstrating your faith.
Prayer To Bless Others… May your faith in the Lord be demonstrated to the world today.
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