ACTIONS OF FAITH
James 2:14-26
Some think that because something is spiritual it doesn't require any physical responsibility on our part.
If Joseph had thought like that, Jesus would have been killed because he would have thought that God had the power to protect him anyhow without him having to do anything physical thing on his part, Matthew 2:13.
Jesus told the lame man by the pool of Bethsaida after he had healed him that he should go and sin no more lest a worse thing happen to him, John 5:14.
That is his physical responsibility in maintaining the healing he just received.
Even though he was healed by the power of God, he has to sustain that healing through physical instructions of not going back to his old ways.
Why does something that is spiritually given has to be physically maintained?
Because it's manifestation is in the physical world.
For anything spiritual to manifest in a physical world, a physical structure must be provided it called body.
That body because it is in a material world and not a spiritual world needs some physical structures to maintain it, even though it must not be exchanged to be the source from which it came.
This is why even though a church is spiritually borne, it is a physical establishment that need physical administration, management and organization for its smooth running.
If you want anything that God has given you spiritually to run effectively upon the earth, that is in a material world, there must be a measure of physical responsibility put in place to maintain it.
There must be a balance of both the spiritual and the physical to make it successful and effective upon the earth.
Many are so spiritual that they ignore the fact that they are still living in a physical or material world.
God gives a vision which is spiritual but the execution is physical and so requires planning which is a very physical excercise.
Anything spiritual that does not have a physical body cannot manifest in a physical world. It is a law, James 2:26.
The amount of physical labour you put into that vision is what determines the extent it will speak upon the earth. It is called the work of faith, 1Corinthians 15:10.
Faith is spiritual, but the amount of physical work you put into it, is what gives it a physical expression in a material world.
Faith is of the heart but action that gives your faith expression is purely physical.
Your speaking, going, sowing, preaching and laying on of hands are all physical actions that gives your faith expression physically.
Without these physical actions your faith will remain in the realm of the spirit.
That physical laying on of hands or sowing or speaking is the body you have provided for your faith which is in your heart to find a physical expression, James 2:21-22.
That faith in your heart flows from your heart into your hands and enter the body of the person and the healing takes place.
So your sowing or going or speaking or preaching e.t.c are all actions of faith.
In a physical/material world actions are required to make our faith manifest. So faith without action is dead, locked up in our heart or in the realm of the Spirit, James 2:26
Real faith always always act or work to give what it believes expression. Faith speaks, faith acts, faith goes, faith obeys, faith walks, James 2:17
Without any physical action on our part to give our faith physical expression, faith has not yet come.
When faith comes it acts. Faith can be rising, but it might not yet have come because when it comes it acts.
When we say we have faith, how we proof it is by our actions not by our saying that we have faith.
To God, Faith equals the corresponding action of faith that is taken on our part after we have believed.
Faith does not end at believing, we must act out or act on what we beleive, until then it is not yet faith.
The fact that faith rises shows that it can grow but when it is fully blown what happens is that you act. At that point you can say faith has come.
Keep growing your faith by the Word of God until it comes, Romans 10:17. And don't feel bad if for you faith has not come.
If you can't take that bold step yet, just keep on nurturing and nourishing it with constant feeding on the word of God in various forms, it will surely come and when it comes how you will know is that you will act on what you believe, Matthew 9:20-21.
PRAYER: FATHER, PLANT IN ME A HUNGER AND A PASSION FOR YOUR WORD LIKE NEVER BEFORE
PEACE
SALVATION PRAYER
Anything short of you being born again and living a life of holiness and purity hurt Jesus so much. But you can make things right here and now by saying this simple prayer and mean it genuinely from your heart:
Lord Jesus I come to you today. I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I cannot help myself. I repent of all my sins and I forsake them. Jesus, I invite you into my life, be my Lord, be my Saviour.
Wash me by your precious blood, forgive my sins and write my name in the book of life. From this day, I promise to follow you all the rest of my life. Help me Lord, in Jesus name, Amen. Congratulations you are now born again!
PEACE
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