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-What about faith being made perfect by works? James 2:22,26

The works it is talking about here are works of belief:.James 2:23. Here it is talking of Abraham so very long ago.

He was a man who believed God and acted upon it. Do you believe God when He says you too will be rewarded for your works?

One cannot believe unto justification.(verse 24).unless the Infinite One has given him the gift of belief

And our works cannot produce any kind of perfect faith necessary to be saved. Those works were done by Emmanuel, also so very long ago. But the works we now do have nothing to do with salvation, only with our reward in salvation; saved now, but yet to rule with Christ in the kingdom of God, the government of God to be on this Earth.

Only the result of spiritual work in us, called Christ's works in us, in the Holy Bible.(Ephesians 2:10; Hebrews 12:2).can produce perfection:.Colossians 1:27. Only by having the faith of Christ in us can we be saved:.2Timothy 1:9

James is saying here that belief alone is about as good as a vehicle battery with only a positive terminal. It won't do anything:.James 2:18-20.

He is saying that God gave us the gift of belief to be used. If you believe you are saved, do something with that belief, do something because you indeed do believe, do something to make a positive improvement in another's life.

We are excited about and appreciative of just what it is that we together have in God. We want to share and contribute to one another's joy and spill this over to those not yet believing who may need help and are suffering many hardships. 

The reason we care for one another.(1Corinthians 12:6-26.note especially verses 6,7,25 and 26;.James 2:1 "My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Emmanuel the Christ the Lord of glory with respect of persons.{partiality}."), is because we love. 1Thessalonians 1:3 talks of this work of faith. 

Faith and love are inseparable:.Galatians 5:6 ".....faith which works by love.".Christ is watching our works:.Revelation 2:19
    The difference between belief and faith is a subtle one.

Now we need to keep ourselves in the faith of Christ.(Revelation 14:12).and build ourselves up in it.(Jude 1:3,20), bewaring of any alternate gospel that could cause us to make Christ of none effect in us:.Galatians 5:4. To keep yourself on the right pathway of joy, be sure to meditate, contemplate and of course, pray; however it is that your soul is sending signals to you to participate in at the time. Listen inward!

To overcome the bad things.(hate, resentment, anger, jealousy {example}, greed, selfishness.and such:.1Timothy 6:11).about us and gain a reward, we need to work on our faith:.1John 5:4..'Our faith' is what we have received from Christ specifically and individually:.Romans 12:3. Our faith is the measure of God's Spirit we have received to do things. 

And how do we get this faith? Things can be added to this faith:.2Peter 1:5-9

Our faith is to be in God.(1Peter 1:21).and not in our works.(Matthew 7:22,23).as was the Pharisees' credence. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't do good works.

It means that you do not begin to think on the self as being better due to all the good works you have done.('patting yourself on the back as a great guy') (Philippians 2:3; Psalms 51:17), but rather, realize that your good works count with God in getting you a reward. You leave the thinking about your good works to Him. It is Christ in you that is responsible for your good nature and attitude toward others, and actions:.John 14:10,12 ".....the Father that dwells in me, he does the works...He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also....."

Realize that a reward accrues to you as works are done. And if you ask, God will grant you similarly as He did Jabez.

It is never advantageous to focus upon the self if a chance exists to be puffed up in pride. It is also never advantageous to focus upon the self if a chance exists to depress you. Both these take your mind off Him and put it on you. 

Doing these things gets your mind on your performance.(or, lack of it).and leaves off thinking about the reality of Christ in you; that you are part of the family of God; that you feel for and increase in emotional attachment to your brothers and sisters in Christ and to others in the world, to anyone needing compassion and encouragement:.1Thessalonians 5:12,13; Romans 14:19; 1Thessalonians 5:11; 1:3

The purpose of the faith you have is to ensure your salvation.(1Peter 1:5,9), so you no longer have to worry about performance to please the Creator and now can concentrate on works of loving and caring for others, so that you are highly rewarded

Your faith works with your heartfelt desire to help others.(Galatians 5:6; 1Thessalonians 3:6).to produce good works.(1Timothy 4:12; 1:5), for which you gain a reward:.2Thessalonians 1:3. And sometimes it's a sacrifice to help others as the subject on compassion shows:.Philemon 1:5

Rahab the prostitute is listed with others.(such as these midwives).because of the righteousness that comes from knowing who one really is. See her story.

Nothing is said that Rahab had changed from being a prostitute:.Luke 6:37. Perhaps she did. Perhaps she did not. It does not matter as our Creator looks at one's intent in one's heart:.1Samuel 16:7. Her faith is accounted unto her for righteousness. Ours too. Rahab's story.

Aren't you glad you are not being judged and condemned for the sins you may still have? I'm sure glad nothing is held against any of us. We are judged for our good works of kindness unto others towards a reward, not for any lack of performance in keeping bygone Old Testament Mosaic Law rules and regulations or for using untruths the type of which the good midwives and Rahab used.

Now that we are justified by Christ, we should go out and live, doing good unto others as we seek and find opportunity:.Matthew 18:35; Ephesians 6:6

When we are rooted in love for others, we bring more of Christ's nature out from within:.Ephesians 3:17; Galatians 6:10; Hebrews 10:24

Emmanuel took all the judgement upon Him for our bad works, all of our past, all of our present and all of our future bad works. That's how much He loves you and me. You're now free. Free to love and have good works towards your reward, free to get a lesser reward or no reward. Free to learn to live better or not. 

His performance was sufficient for a perfect gift of righteousness.(Romans 5:17).to be made available unto all who believe. That's what He did for us!
 


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