Friday, 19 June 2009
Jumps of faith!
I read something amusing today - "Five frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? There are still five - because there's a difference between deciding and doing." This got me thinking about James 2:26 which makes the statement - "faith without works is dead". James is examining two kinds of faith: one that leads to godly works and one that does not. One is true, and the other is false. One is dead, the other alive. James is simply saying that if you ‘say' you are a Christian, then there had better be some appropriate works displayed or your faith is false. Can the dead ‘faith' that someone has which produces no change in a person and no good works before men and God be a faith that justifies? Absolutely not. It is not merely enough to say you believe in Jesus. You must actually believe and trust in Him. If you actually do, then you will demonstrate this faith by a changed and godly life. Go on - jump off the log!
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Jumps of faith ........ Yes this is true, and Jesus is our true judge ....the judge of our works and faith (as only He knows our real heart and motivations). If we judge ourselves properly we will be humbled before God and will not be judged ( 1 cor 31) but in judging others (pride perhaps) we risk bringing judgement upon ourselves. Gods ways are not the ways of the world and some who seem to have favour in the world will sadly be found without Gods favour in the final reckoning. I love the account of Luke 16 about the rich man and lazarus. Gods rewards are of faith not of merit and it is the quality of faith that is important, not the quantity, as a mustard seed faith is all we need to move mountains..............
Yeah ........ might as well jump ....... or is this a def leppard song!?
Asolutely! The lovely thing about the mustard seed analagy is that the seed would be hidden below ground and then yield it's growth above ground. So basically mustard seed in - mustard tree out. Many lives are obediently growing unnoticed then one day their fruit is displayed and gives shelter to many. Wow I want that faith of a mustard seed!
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