Faith Without Works Is Dead!
By: Wanda L. Ball
JOHN 9:4 SAYS, “AS LONG AS IT IS DAY, WE MUST DO THE WORK OF HIM WHO SENT ME. NIGHT IS
COMING, WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK.” IF WE LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE CLOSELY, DAY MEANS THE
TIME ALLOTTED FOR JESUS TO DO GOD’S WILL. WE INCLUDES THE DISCIPLES AND BY
EXTENSION, ALL OF US AS BELIEVERS. AND NIGHT IS THE TIME LIMIT SET TO DO GOD’S WORK.
SO IN JESUS’ CASE, NIGHT WAS HIS COMING DEATH AND OUR DEATHS AS WELL. THE DEFINITION
OF FAITH IS THE CONFIDENT BELIEF OR TRUST IN THE TRUTH OR TRUSTWORTHINESS OF A
PERSON, IDEA OR THING. FAITH IS IN GENERAL, THE PERSUASION OF THE MIND THAT A CERTAIN
STATEMENT IS TRUE.
WE AS WOMEN OF GOD HAVE A GREAT WORK TO DO, WHILE WE ARE HERE ON EARTH. OUR JOB
IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GOD’S WILL IS FOR OUR LIVES AND STRIVE TO DO HIS WILL EVERY DAY.
GOD HAS GIVEN ALL OF US A GIFT AND THAT GIFT SHOULD BE USED TO GLORIFY, TESTIFY AND
BRING PEOPLE TO CHRIST. THAT’S WHAT JESUS MEANT BY SAYING, “WE MUST DO THE WORK OF
HIM WHO SENT ME.” IF WE DON’T USE OUR GIFTS, THEY CAN BE WASTED ON EARTHLY THINGS
AND TREASURES THAT ARE NOT PROSPEROUS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. OUR LABOR OR WORKS
WOULD NOT BE FRUITFUL AND WOULD NOT LEAD OTHER PEOPLE TO CHRIST, WHICH IS OUR
ULTIMATE GOAL. PHILIPPIANS 2:12-13 SAYS, “SO THEN, MY LOVED ONES, AS YOU HAVE AT ALL
TIMES DONE WHAT I SAY, NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT, BUT NOW MUCH MORE WHEN I AM NOT
WITH YOU, GIVE YOURSELVES TO WORKING OUT YOUR SALVATION WITH FEAR IN YOUR HEARTS;
FOR IT IS GOD WHO IS THE CAUSE OF YOUR DESIRES AND OF YOUR ACTS, FOR HIS GOOD
PLEASURE.” THIS IS OUR CHRISTIAN OBLIGATION BECAUSE GOD WANTS US TO LABOR, AS CHRIST
DID, TO PROMOTE HIS GLORY. HE ALSO WANTS OUR LABOR OR FRUIT TO BE HOLY SO WE WILL
HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. AND WE CAN ONLY ACCOMPLISH THIS BY CONTINUALLY DEPENDING ON
GOD, SO WHEN WE STAND BEFORE HIM WE WON’T COME UP SHORT, BY GIVING AN AWFUL
ACCOUNT OF OUR WORKS.
GOD ALSO TELLS US WHAT TYPE OF GOOD WORKS WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR IN ORDER TO DO HIS
WILL. 1 TIMOTHY 6:11-19 SAYS, “BUT YOU, O MAN (OR WOMAN) OF GOD, KEEP YOURSELF FROM
THESE THINGS, AND GO AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS, RELIGION, FAITH, LOVE, A QUIET MIND, GENTLE
BEHAVIOR. BE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT OF THE FAITH; TAKE FOR YOURSELF THE LIFE ETERNAL,
FOR WHICH YOU WERE MARKED OUT, AND OF WHICH YOU GAVE WITNESS IN THE EYES OF ALL. I
GIVE YOU ORDERS BEFORE GOD, THE GIVER OF LIFE, AND CHRIST JESUS, WHO BEFORE PONTIUS
PILATE GAVE WITNESS TO THE FAITH, TO KEEP THE WORD UNTOUCHED BY EVIL, CLEAR FROM ALL
SHAME, TILL THE REVELATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: WHICH ONLY HAS LIFE FOREVER,
LIVING IN LIGHT TO WHICH NO MAN MAY COME NEAR; WHOM NO MAN HAS SEEN OR IS ABLE TO
SEE: TO WHOM BE HONOUR AND POWER FOREVER. SO BE IT. GIVE ORDERS TO THOSE WHO HAVE
MONEY AND GOODS IN THIS LIFE, NOT TO BE LIFTED UP IN THEIR MINDS, OR TO PUT THEIR HOPE IN
THE UNCERTAIN CHANCES OF WEALTH, BUT IN GOD WHO GIVES US IN FULL MEASURE ALL THINGS
FOR OUR USE; AND TO DO GOOD, HAVING WEALTH IN GOOD WORKS, BEING QUICK TO GIVE, TAKING
PART WITH ONE ANOTHER; MAKING READY FOR THEMSELVES A SAFE PLACE FOR THE TIME TO COME,
SO THAT THE TRUE LIFE MAY BE THEIRS.” THIS SCRIPTURE CLEARLY TELLS US THAT GOD WANTS
US TO FLEE FROM EVIL THINGS AND WAYS AND HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. HE WANTS US TO BE
PATIENT IN ALL OF OUR TRIALS AND AFFLICTIONS AND BE MEEK ABOUT THEM. WE ARE TO FIGHT
THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH BECAUSE OUR HONOR, LIFE AND SOUL ARE AT STAKE. WE ARE TO
LIVE THE GOSPEL AND DEFEND THE CAUSE OF GOD, BY UNMASKING HYPOCRITES, LIVING IN THE
SPIRIT OF OUR RELIGION AND GIVING OURSELVES HOLY TO HIS WORK. WE ARE TO DO THIS
BECAUSE MANY EYES ARE ON CHRISTIANS TO SEE IF WE WILL REMAIN FAITHFUL UNDER
PERSECUTION. AND WE MUST WIN EVERY TIME! WE HAVE TO KEEP THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD
INTACT AT ALL TIMES. MEANING WE CAN’T ADD NOTHING TO IT, TAKE NOTHING FROM IT OR
CHANGE NOTHING IN IT. AND WE ARE TO GIVE SO THAT OUR GOOD WORKS ARE AS ABUNDANT AS
OUR RICHES.
FAITH IS THE KEY TO ACHIEVING GOOD WORKS, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS “FAITH WITHOUT
WORKS IS DEAD.” WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT SEE OUR BROTHER AND SISTER HURTING AND
IN NEED AND NOT LEND A HELPING HAND. OUR WORKS SHOULD PRODUCE WORKS OF CHARITY
AND MERCY WHICH IS OUR TRUE FAITH AND LOVE TO GOD AND TO MAN. FOR JAMES 2:14-20
SAYS, “WHAT USE IS IT, MY BROTHERS (AND SISTERS), FOR A MAN TO SAY THAT HE HAS FAITH IF HE
DOES NOTHING? WILL SUCH A FAITH GIVE HIM SALVATION? IF A BROTHER OR A SISTER IS
WITHOUT CLOTHING AND IN NEED OF THE DAY’S FOOD, AND ONE OF YOU SAYS TO THEM, GO IN
PEACE, BE WARM AND FULL OF FOOD; BUT YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE THINGS OF WHICH THEIR
BODIES HAVE NEED, WHAT PROFIT IS THERE IN THIS? EVEN SO FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD.
BUT A MAN MAY SAY, YOU HAVE FAITH AND I HAVE WORKS; LET ME SEE YOUR FAITH WITHOUT YOUR
WORKS, AND I WILL MAKE MY FAITH CLEAR TO YOU BY MY WORKS. YOU HAVE THE BELIEF THAT
GOD IS ONE, AND YOU DO WELL; THE EVIL SPIRITS HAVE THE SAME BELIEF, SHAKING WITH FEAR.
DO YOU NOT SEE, O FOOLISH MAN (OR WOMAN), THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS OF NO USE.”
INDEED, NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK AND IT’S COMING SOON. NO OPPORTUNITY
FOR DOING GOOD SHOULD BE MISSED, BECAUSE DAY REPRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY, AND NIGHT
REPRESENTS THE LOSS OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND AS CHRISTIAN WOMEN WE CAN’T AFFORD
TO NEGLECT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE BODIES AND SOULS OF OTHERS THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST.
By: Wanda L. Ball
JOHN 9:4 SAYS, “AS LONG AS IT IS DAY, WE MUST DO THE WORK OF HIM WHO SENT ME. NIGHT IS
COMING, WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK.” IF WE LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE CLOSELY, DAY MEANS THE
TIME ALLOTTED FOR JESUS TO DO GOD’S WILL. WE INCLUDES THE DISCIPLES AND BY
EXTENSION, ALL OF US AS BELIEVERS. AND NIGHT IS THE TIME LIMIT SET TO DO GOD’S WORK.
SO IN JESUS’ CASE, NIGHT WAS HIS COMING DEATH AND OUR DEATHS AS WELL. THE DEFINITION
OF FAITH IS THE CONFIDENT BELIEF OR TRUST IN THE TRUTH OR TRUSTWORTHINESS OF A
PERSON, IDEA OR THING. FAITH IS IN GENERAL, THE PERSUASION OF THE MIND THAT A CERTAIN
STATEMENT IS TRUE.
WE AS WOMEN OF GOD HAVE A GREAT WORK TO DO, WHILE WE ARE HERE ON EARTH. OUR JOB
IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GOD’S WILL IS FOR OUR LIVES AND STRIVE TO DO HIS WILL EVERY DAY.
GOD HAS GIVEN ALL OF US A GIFT AND THAT GIFT SHOULD BE USED TO GLORIFY, TESTIFY AND
BRING PEOPLE TO CHRIST. THAT’S WHAT JESUS MEANT BY SAYING, “WE MUST DO THE WORK OF
HIM WHO SENT ME.” IF WE DON’T USE OUR GIFTS, THEY CAN BE WASTED ON EARTHLY THINGS
AND TREASURES THAT ARE NOT PROSPEROUS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. OUR LABOR OR WORKS
WOULD NOT BE FRUITFUL AND WOULD NOT LEAD OTHER PEOPLE TO CHRIST, WHICH IS OUR
ULTIMATE GOAL. PHILIPPIANS 2:12-13 SAYS, “SO THEN, MY LOVED ONES, AS YOU HAVE AT ALL
TIMES DONE WHAT I SAY, NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT, BUT NOW MUCH MORE WHEN I AM NOT
WITH YOU, GIVE YOURSELVES TO WORKING OUT YOUR SALVATION WITH FEAR IN YOUR HEARTS;
FOR IT IS GOD WHO IS THE CAUSE OF YOUR DESIRES AND OF YOUR ACTS, FOR HIS GOOD
PLEASURE.” THIS IS OUR CHRISTIAN OBLIGATION BECAUSE GOD WANTS US TO LABOR, AS CHRIST
DID, TO PROMOTE HIS GLORY. HE ALSO WANTS OUR LABOR OR FRUIT TO BE HOLY SO WE WILL
HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. AND WE CAN ONLY ACCOMPLISH THIS BY CONTINUALLY DEPENDING ON
GOD, SO WHEN WE STAND BEFORE HIM WE WON’T COME UP SHORT, BY GIVING AN AWFUL
ACCOUNT OF OUR WORKS.
GOD ALSO TELLS US WHAT TYPE OF GOOD WORKS WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR IN ORDER TO DO HIS
WILL. 1 TIMOTHY 6:11-19 SAYS, “BUT YOU, O MAN (OR WOMAN) OF GOD, KEEP YOURSELF FROM
THESE THINGS, AND GO AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS, RELIGION, FAITH, LOVE, A QUIET MIND, GENTLE
BEHAVIOR. BE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT OF THE FAITH; TAKE FOR YOURSELF THE LIFE ETERNAL,
FOR WHICH YOU WERE MARKED OUT, AND OF WHICH YOU GAVE WITNESS IN THE EYES OF ALL. I
GIVE YOU ORDERS BEFORE GOD, THE GIVER OF LIFE, AND CHRIST JESUS, WHO BEFORE PONTIUS
PILATE GAVE WITNESS TO THE FAITH, TO KEEP THE WORD UNTOUCHED BY EVIL, CLEAR FROM ALL
SHAME, TILL THE REVELATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: WHICH ONLY HAS LIFE FOREVER,
LIVING IN LIGHT TO WHICH NO MAN MAY COME NEAR; WHOM NO MAN HAS SEEN OR IS ABLE TO
SEE: TO WHOM BE HONOUR AND POWER FOREVER. SO BE IT. GIVE ORDERS TO THOSE WHO HAVE
MONEY AND GOODS IN THIS LIFE, NOT TO BE LIFTED UP IN THEIR MINDS, OR TO PUT THEIR HOPE IN
THE UNCERTAIN CHANCES OF WEALTH, BUT IN GOD WHO GIVES US IN FULL MEASURE ALL THINGS
FOR OUR USE; AND TO DO GOOD, HAVING WEALTH IN GOOD WORKS, BEING QUICK TO GIVE, TAKING
PART WITH ONE ANOTHER; MAKING READY FOR THEMSELVES A SAFE PLACE FOR THE TIME TO COME,
SO THAT THE TRUE LIFE MAY BE THEIRS.” THIS SCRIPTURE CLEARLY TELLS US THAT GOD WANTS
US TO FLEE FROM EVIL THINGS AND WAYS AND HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. HE WANTS US TO BE
PATIENT IN ALL OF OUR TRIALS AND AFFLICTIONS AND BE MEEK ABOUT THEM. WE ARE TO FIGHT
THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH BECAUSE OUR HONOR, LIFE AND SOUL ARE AT STAKE. WE ARE TO
LIVE THE GOSPEL AND DEFEND THE CAUSE OF GOD, BY UNMASKING HYPOCRITES, LIVING IN THE
SPIRIT OF OUR RELIGION AND GIVING OURSELVES HOLY TO HIS WORK. WE ARE TO DO THIS
BECAUSE MANY EYES ARE ON CHRISTIANS TO SEE IF WE WILL REMAIN FAITHFUL UNDER
PERSECUTION. AND WE MUST WIN EVERY TIME! WE HAVE TO KEEP THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD
INTACT AT ALL TIMES. MEANING WE CAN’T ADD NOTHING TO IT, TAKE NOTHING FROM IT OR
CHANGE NOTHING IN IT. AND WE ARE TO GIVE SO THAT OUR GOOD WORKS ARE AS ABUNDANT AS
OUR RICHES.
FAITH IS THE KEY TO ACHIEVING GOOD WORKS, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS “FAITH WITHOUT
WORKS IS DEAD.” WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT SEE OUR BROTHER AND SISTER HURTING AND
IN NEED AND NOT LEND A HELPING HAND. OUR WORKS SHOULD PRODUCE WORKS OF CHARITY
AND MERCY WHICH IS OUR TRUE FAITH AND LOVE TO GOD AND TO MAN. FOR JAMES 2:14-20
SAYS, “WHAT USE IS IT, MY BROTHERS (AND SISTERS), FOR A MAN TO SAY THAT HE HAS FAITH IF HE
DOES NOTHING? WILL SUCH A FAITH GIVE HIM SALVATION? IF A BROTHER OR A SISTER IS
WITHOUT CLOTHING AND IN NEED OF THE DAY’S FOOD, AND ONE OF YOU SAYS TO THEM, GO IN
PEACE, BE WARM AND FULL OF FOOD; BUT YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE THINGS OF WHICH THEIR
BODIES HAVE NEED, WHAT PROFIT IS THERE IN THIS? EVEN SO FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD.
BUT A MAN MAY SAY, YOU HAVE FAITH AND I HAVE WORKS; LET ME SEE YOUR FAITH WITHOUT YOUR
WORKS, AND I WILL MAKE MY FAITH CLEAR TO YOU BY MY WORKS. YOU HAVE THE BELIEF THAT
GOD IS ONE, AND YOU DO WELL; THE EVIL SPIRITS HAVE THE SAME BELIEF, SHAKING WITH FEAR.
DO YOU NOT SEE, O FOOLISH MAN (OR WOMAN), THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS OF NO USE.”
INDEED, NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK AND IT’S COMING SOON. NO OPPORTUNITY
FOR DOING GOOD SHOULD BE MISSED, BECAUSE DAY REPRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY, AND NIGHT
REPRESENTS THE LOSS OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND AS CHRISTIAN WOMEN WE CAN’T AFFORD
TO NEGLECT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE BODIES AND SOULS OF OTHERS THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST.
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