God Thinking LXV - Alive Faith 5

"Dead faith is Intellectual, but not wise

Religious, but not righteousness

All talk, but no action.

As James so aptly puts it, “Even so faith, if it hath not works,

is dead, being alone.”   James 2:17

And in James 2:20, “But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

And in V 26 James writes, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”

If you are thinking that I am preaching salvation is by works, forget it, the Word clearly teaches, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

V9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

V10.  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.  Ephesians 2:8-10

Not of good works, but unto good works.

  

Those with dead faith try to make those with alive faith believe that they have alive faith too, but it is evident that they do not.

There’s no fruit - There’s no testimony

There’s no witness - There’s no power

Just the motions of having faith, some of the language, but no real connection.

Dead faith is stirred to rebellion each time it is faced with itself.

Dead faith is always trying to lower the bar.

Dead faith is not moved when God enters - because dead faith is callous to God’s gentle wooing.

Dead faith looks alive on Sunday, but by Monday, there’s not even enough residue from Sunday, to see it under a microscope."

Excerpt from God Thinking LXV - Alive Faith by Keith C. Powell Copyright                                                       2014