I did not go to church today. I could have, but decided not to, due to really being too tired. Once I started getting going during the day, I had some thoughts about church and my relationship with God. My thoughts are as followed.
com·mit·ment (noun)
1. A pledge to do.
2. Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
3. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
This is going to be another one of my patented definition quiet times.
James 2:14-24
What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,"and he was called God's friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
So, I want to say that I am committed to my church, but let's be honest, I haven't been to a church function in a few weeks now. "Faith and deeds?" I say I may have faith, and maybe I do, but what actions am I using to back it up with? How hard is it to believe in God? Not hard if the demons believe it. The difference is that the demons don't follow God. They don't trust in him. So where do I stand? I may be heading down a road I don't want to go. Heading toward a wider path. I need to focus on getting back to a narrow road.
com·mit·ment (noun)
1. A pledge to do.
2. Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
3. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
This is going to be another one of my patented definition quiet times.
James 2:14-24
What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,"and he was called God's friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
So, I want to say that I am committed to my church, but let's be honest, I haven't been to a church function in a few weeks now. "Faith and deeds?" I say I may have faith, and maybe I do, but what actions am I using to back it up with? How hard is it to believe in God? Not hard if the demons believe it. The difference is that the demons don't follow God. They don't trust in him. So where do I stand? I may be heading down a road I don't want to go. Heading toward a wider path. I need to focus on getting back to a narrow road.
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