FAITH IN PRACTICE – Saturday February 18th
2017
Memorise: For as the body
without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:26
Read: James 2:14-26 (KJV)
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he
hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily
food,
16 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?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18 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.
19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well:
the devils also believe, and tremble.
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works
is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he
had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works
was faith made perfect?
23 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.
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not
by faith only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by
works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without works is dead also.
Bible in one year: John 20:21,
Isaiah 40:24-41:7, Hymn: Sing hymn 1
MESSAGE:
One
common error in Christendom today is to think that it is scriptural to confess
your way to success without backing up such confessions with works. Faith in
practice is actually the opposite of this. It is not just about confessing
scriptures, but about acting it out when confronted with real life
circumstances and situations. Faith in practice is what produces the
miracle-working power of God. In contrast of faith, unbelief upsets God and we
must all run away from it. The children of Israel could not enter into the Promised
Land because of unbelief (Hebrews 3:19). In Mark 2:1-12, a paralytic man was
brought before Jesus by four men who broke the roof of a house to get him
there. This was faith in practice. They were practically saying to all the
forces and situations surrounding this man’s life that they were ready to get
injured while climbing and nothing would stop them. They were also ready to
take up the financial burden of damaging and repairing the roof of a house that
was not theirs. They did all this because they knew that the challenges facing
them were nothing when compared with the blessedness of having their paralytic
friend receive his miracle. There are people who have many different versions
of the Bible in their homes but do not practice the faith they read in it. Some
even possess a PhD in the study of the Bible but still have no faith. This is
because they read and study it, but they don’t apply its content to their
lives.
Key Point
Faith is acting on the word of
God.
Open Heaven Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye,
The General Overseer
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church
in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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iOpenHeavens is the electronic version of the Hard Copy. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC. Click HERE to DOWNLOAD Daily Open Heavens Devotional from January to December 2017
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