Faith & Works

Faith & Works
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

James 2:17
Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Genuine faith always produces works. Genuine faith gives birth to corresponding actions. Faith that doesn't produce actions is a dead faith.

Genuine faith causes a change in your speech and in your actions.  Mark 5 talks about a lady who was suffering from the issue of blood for twelve years and had spent all that she had on doctors but instead of getting better, she grew worse. Think about this lady for a moment. Think about her speech, her actions and her life in the midst of this terrible sickness. One day, she heard about Jesus as the Healer. Romans 10.17 says, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. As soon as she heard about Jesus, her thoughts, words and actions began to change because she believed what she heard. She kept saying to herself, If I touch Him, I will be healed. Not only did she say that, she got up and went after Jesus, touched the hem of His garment and was made completely whole. Glory to God. Genuine faith always produces actions. Dead faith doesn't move. It's passive. No change. No response. Just dead! Dead faith gets nothing from God. If her faith was dead, she would not have changed her words and actions after hearing about Jesus. Faith that produces corresponding actions is a perfect faith. Faith that does not produce corresponding actions is a dead faith. What is your faith producing?

Friend, when Abraham's faith was strong, it produced corresponding actions - He started giving glory to God. Weak faith cannot produce corresponding actions. Feed your faith with the word of God. The word of God is faith food. Take Scriptures that concern you and keep listening, meditating and speaking them so that your faith becomes stronger than ever. Build your faith by praying much in other tongues. You will see your faith grow strong and producing works, producing corresponding actions that will make your faith perfect and you will never fail to receive from the Lord. Go on with Jesus!