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The right faith comes from being in God's Word and Trusting it ------Faith is a substance --it is a reality ----it produces -----God created this world and all in it including us by Speaking Faith Filled words -------God's Faith Creates --it brings the unseen into this seen realm ------Faith is your title Deed to being stable and secure in the times of trouble -----
To mature in your Faith you need to be in the Word everyday and Trust that the Word is alive and Active as it says it is ------Jesus is the Word -----Jesus is alive and Active ----your Faith has to be in the Word who is Jesus -----
For instance ----take this Scripture -----from Matthew 6 NIV ----do you REALLY FULLY BELIEVE THIS -----DO YOU FULLY TRUST THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY these things ======
Many say well I believe this scripture is the Truth but they DON"T TRUST that God will Provide them with all that is said here -----
IT is very difficult to Trust a God you can't see to supply your needs -----True Faith WILL TRUST that God will do as HE says in His WORD _--as the Word Is Alive and Active -------When you can Fully Believe and FULLY Trust in this scripture and NOT WORRY about these things then you have conquered what TRUE FAITH really is -------
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own
Another Example is ----When you can Fully Believe and Fully Trust in God's promises to actually do as it says then you are Maturing in your Faith ----When you see God saying --I WILL ---this is always a Promise ----
-----
Philippians 4:19 AMP B
19 And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
I say
Then you need to put your Faith into action and do as the scripture says STOP WORRYING about your life and let God Work in your life -----True Producing Faith always requires an POSITIVE RESPONSE ------
There are 3 Faiths ----2 are non producing -----they will not stand the storms of life ------only God's Faith will move your mountains out of your way ------human Faith is non producing ---Demon Faith is non producing ----God's Faith produces what the word says ------
David and Goliath is a good scripture to read -----David trusted God fully to beat the giant ----Goliath represents the bad situations and storms and trials that come our way ---and David represents one who has God's Faith which makes you stable and confident---your TITLE DEED in your victory against all that will try and come against you --
This is very hard to accomplish and takes much courage and stamina for one to get to this stage ------it also requires much PRACTICE in the small situations that come to us and once we see a victory in the small situations we will have confidence to advance to bigger bad situations and trials that comes our way -------
Read here ---interesting to know --also gives the scripture to back it up
https://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/ja/ja_10.htm
THE EPISTLE OF JAMES"
Three Kinds Of Faith (2:14-26)
INTRODUCTION
1. Faith is certainly an essential element in the Christian life:
a. Without faith, it is impossible to please God - He 11:6
b. The Christian is saved by faith - Ep 2:8
c. The Christian is to walk (live) by faith - 2Co 5:7
d. Whatever we do apart from faith is described as sin - Ro 14:23
2. It is important to realize, however, that there are different kinds
of faith, but only one that is truly "saving faith"
3. In James 2:14-26, we find James discussing the different kinds of
faith, with an emphasis upon that faith which works to the saving of
the soul
[Beginning with verses 14-17, we notice the first kind of faith. We
might call this kind of faith...]
I. DEAD FAITH (14-17)
A. THIS KIND OF FAITH...
1. Substitutes words for deeds (consider James' example)
a. People with this kind of faith:
1) Know the correct vocabulary for prayer and sound doctrine
2) Can even quote the right verses from the Bible
b. But their "walk" does not measure up to their "talk"!
2. Is only an INTELLECTUAL faith
a. In one's mind, he or she knows the doctrine of salvation
b. But they have never really submitted themselves to God and
trusted in Jesus for salvation
c. They know the right "words", but they do not back up their
words with their "works"!
B. CAN THIS KIND OF FAITH SAVE?
1. NO! Three times in this passage, James emphasizes that "faith
without works is dead" - Jm 2:17,20,26
2. Any declaration of faith that does not result in a changed life
and good works is a false declaration: A DEAD FAITH!
3. Dead faith is counterfeit faith and lulls the person into a
false confidence of eternal life
C. DO WE HAVE THIS KIND OF FAITH?
1. We do, if our WALK does not measure up to our TALK!
2. We do, if our WORKS do not measure up to our WORDS!
[We need to beware of mere intellectual faith. As Warren Wiersbe said,
"No man can come to Christ by faith and remain the same, anymore than
he came into contact with a 220-volt wire and remain the same."
(compare this to 1Jn 5:12)
The next kind of faith is found discussed in verses 18-19...]
II. DEMONIC FAITH (18,19)
A. PERHAPS TO SHOCK ANY COMPLACENT READERS, JAMES REMINDS US THAT
EVEN "DEMONS" HAVE A KIND OF FAITH!
1. They believe in God (no atheists or agnostics here!)
2. They even believe in the deity of Christ - cf. Mk 3:11-12
3. They also believe in the existence of a place of condemnation
- cf. Lk 8:31
4. And they believe Jesus will be the Judge! - Mt 8:28-29
B. WHAT KIND OF FAITH DO "DEMONS" HAVE?
1. We saw that the man with "dead faith" was "touched only in his
intellect"
2. The demons are "touched also in their emotions" (note that they
"believe and tremble")
3. This is one step above a "dead faith" - it involves both
INTELLECT and EMOTIONS
C. CAN THIS KIND OF FAITH SAVE?
1. NO! A person can be enlightened in his mind and even stirred
in his heart and still be lost forever!
2. True saving faith involves something more, something that can
be seen and recognized: a changed life! (cf. Jm 2:18)
3. Being a Christian involves trusting Christ and living for
Christ!
a. You first RECEIVE the life...
b. Then you REVEAL the life!
D. DO WE HAVE THIS KIND OF FAITH?
1. We do, if we just BELIEVE the right things and FEEL the right
things
2. We do, if our service to God does not go beyond...
a. Intellectually adhering to the right doctrines
b. Emotional experiences while attending services
[Thus, James has introduced us to two kinds of faith that can NEVER
save: DEAD faith (involving the intellect alone), and DEMONIC faith
(involving the intellect and the emotions, but stopping there).
He closes this section by describing in verses 20-26 the only kind of
faith that can save...]
III. DYNAMIC FAITH (20-26)
A. WHAT KIND OF FAITH IS THIS?
1. We know from other passages that such faith is based upon the
Word of God - cf. Ro 10:17
2. Dynamic faith involves the WHOLE MAN
a. DEAD faith touches only the intellect
b. DEMONIC faith involves both the mind and the emotions
c. DYNAMIC faith involves the intellect, the emotions, AND the
WILL!
1) The MIND understands the truth
2) The HEART desires and rejoices in the truth
3) The WILL acts upon the truth
3. True, saving faith, then, LEADS TO ACTION
a. It is not intellectual contemplation
b. It is not emotionalism
c. It is that which leads to obedience in doing good works
Hope this helps
To mature in your Faith you need to be in the Word everyday and Trust that the Word is alive and Active as it says it is ------Jesus is the Word -----Jesus is alive and Active ----your Faith has to be in the Word who is Jesus -----
For instance ----take this Scripture -----from Matthew 6 NIV ----do you REALLY FULLY BELIEVE THIS -----DO YOU FULLY TRUST THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY these things ======
Many say well I believe this scripture is the Truth but they DON"T TRUST that God will Provide them with all that is said here -----
IT is very difficult to Trust a God you can't see to supply your needs -----True Faith WILL TRUST that God will do as HE says in His WORD _--as the Word Is Alive and Active -------When you can Fully Believe and FULLY Trust in this scripture and NOT WORRY about these things then you have conquered what TRUE FAITH really is -------
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own
Another Example is ----When you can Fully Believe and Fully Trust in God's promises to actually do as it says then you are Maturing in your Faith ----When you see God saying --I WILL ---this is always a Promise ----
-----
Philippians 4:19 AMP B
19 And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
I say
Then you need to put your Faith into action and do as the scripture says STOP WORRYING about your life and let God Work in your life -----True Producing Faith always requires an POSITIVE RESPONSE ------
There are 3 Faiths ----2 are non producing -----they will not stand the storms of life ------only God's Faith will move your mountains out of your way ------human Faith is non producing ---Demon Faith is non producing ----God's Faith produces what the word says ------
David and Goliath is a good scripture to read -----David trusted God fully to beat the giant ----Goliath represents the bad situations and storms and trials that come our way ---and David represents one who has God's Faith which makes you stable and confident---your TITLE DEED in your victory against all that will try and come against you --
This is very hard to accomplish and takes much courage and stamina for one to get to this stage ------it also requires much PRACTICE in the small situations that come to us and once we see a victory in the small situations we will have confidence to advance to bigger bad situations and trials that comes our way -------
Read here ---interesting to know --also gives the scripture to back it up
https://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/ja/ja_10.htm
THE EPISTLE OF JAMES"
Three Kinds Of Faith (2:14-26)
INTRODUCTION
1. Faith is certainly an essential element in the Christian life:
a. Without faith, it is impossible to please God - He 11:6
b. The Christian is saved by faith - Ep 2:8
c. The Christian is to walk (live) by faith - 2Co 5:7
d. Whatever we do apart from faith is described as sin - Ro 14:23
2. It is important to realize, however, that there are different kinds
of faith, but only one that is truly "saving faith"
3. In James 2:14-26, we find James discussing the different kinds of
faith, with an emphasis upon that faith which works to the saving of
the soul
[Beginning with verses 14-17, we notice the first kind of faith. We
might call this kind of faith...]
I. DEAD FAITH (14-17)
A. THIS KIND OF FAITH...
1. Substitutes words for deeds (consider James' example)
a. People with this kind of faith:
1) Know the correct vocabulary for prayer and sound doctrine
2) Can even quote the right verses from the Bible
b. But their "walk" does not measure up to their "talk"!
2. Is only an INTELLECTUAL faith
a. In one's mind, he or she knows the doctrine of salvation
b. But they have never really submitted themselves to God and
trusted in Jesus for salvation
c. They know the right "words", but they do not back up their
words with their "works"!
B. CAN THIS KIND OF FAITH SAVE?
1. NO! Three times in this passage, James emphasizes that "faith
without works is dead" - Jm 2:17,20,26
2. Any declaration of faith that does not result in a changed life
and good works is a false declaration: A DEAD FAITH!
3. Dead faith is counterfeit faith and lulls the person into a
false confidence of eternal life
C. DO WE HAVE THIS KIND OF FAITH?
1. We do, if our WALK does not measure up to our TALK!
2. We do, if our WORKS do not measure up to our WORDS!
[We need to beware of mere intellectual faith. As Warren Wiersbe said,
"No man can come to Christ by faith and remain the same, anymore than
he came into contact with a 220-volt wire and remain the same."
(compare this to 1Jn 5:12)
The next kind of faith is found discussed in verses 18-19...]
II. DEMONIC FAITH (18,19)
A. PERHAPS TO SHOCK ANY COMPLACENT READERS, JAMES REMINDS US THAT
EVEN "DEMONS" HAVE A KIND OF FAITH!
1. They believe in God (no atheists or agnostics here!)
2. They even believe in the deity of Christ - cf. Mk 3:11-12
3. They also believe in the existence of a place of condemnation
- cf. Lk 8:31
4. And they believe Jesus will be the Judge! - Mt 8:28-29
B. WHAT KIND OF FAITH DO "DEMONS" HAVE?
1. We saw that the man with "dead faith" was "touched only in his
intellect"
2. The demons are "touched also in their emotions" (note that they
"believe and tremble")
3. This is one step above a "dead faith" - it involves both
INTELLECT and EMOTIONS
C. CAN THIS KIND OF FAITH SAVE?
1. NO! A person can be enlightened in his mind and even stirred
in his heart and still be lost forever!
2. True saving faith involves something more, something that can
be seen and recognized: a changed life! (cf. Jm 2:18)
3. Being a Christian involves trusting Christ and living for
Christ!
a. You first RECEIVE the life...
b. Then you REVEAL the life!
D. DO WE HAVE THIS KIND OF FAITH?
1. We do, if we just BELIEVE the right things and FEEL the right
things
2. We do, if our service to God does not go beyond...
a. Intellectually adhering to the right doctrines
b. Emotional experiences while attending services
[Thus, James has introduced us to two kinds of faith that can NEVER
save: DEAD faith (involving the intellect alone), and DEMONIC faith
(involving the intellect and the emotions, but stopping there).
He closes this section by describing in verses 20-26 the only kind of
faith that can save...]
III. DYNAMIC FAITH (20-26)
A. WHAT KIND OF FAITH IS THIS?
1. We know from other passages that such faith is based upon the
Word of God - cf. Ro 10:17
2. Dynamic faith involves the WHOLE MAN
a. DEAD faith touches only the intellect
b. DEMONIC faith involves both the mind and the emotions
c. DYNAMIC faith involves the intellect, the emotions, AND the
WILL!
1) The MIND understands the truth
2) The HEART desires and rejoices in the truth
3) The WILL acts upon the truth
3. True, saving faith, then, LEADS TO ACTION
a. It is not intellectual contemplation
b. It is not emotionalism
c. It is that which leads to obedience in doing good works
Hope this helps
Our faith is tested all the time, so there is no need for us to test our own faith.
In any given situation, we either turn our hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ and live in accordance with what we know from Scripture (rely on God and God's Word), or we turn to our own devices, thoughts, ideas (rely on self).
As we learn to live our lives according to God's Word, our faith is strengthened by God as He works in our hearts when we trust Him to see us through the situations that arise in our lives.
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
In any given situation, we either turn our hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ and live in accordance with what we know from Scripture (rely on God and God's Word), or we turn to our own devices, thoughts, ideas (rely on self).
As we learn to live our lives according to God's Word, our faith is strengthened by God as He works in our hearts when we trust Him to see us through the situations that arise in our lives.
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
