Title: Show Your Deeds by Faith!
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Sunday day sermon
Text: James 2:14-26
Title: Show Your Works by Faith!
It is easy for the people of Israel in the Old Testament times to say that they believe in Jehovah God, or today, Christians who say they believe in Jesus, or believe in Jesus with words. But it is never easy to put what you believe in words into action. You have to show what you believe in the words of faith through your own actions. Otherwise, the Bible defines that faith as dead faith. Nevertheless, it is truly heartbreaking that so many people today are arguing with their word of faith, that is, a dead faith, as if they are going to heaven.
Although this pulpit is repeatedly emphasized in this lecture, it cannot be said that the life of faith under the law or the life of faith under the spiritual law given by the Holy Spirit today is a perfect life of faith. The reason is because God first gave His people a law and allowed them to live a religious life under that law, because no corrupt human being can fully keep the law God has given, so the people who lived under that law are all sinners who broke God’s law. to make you aware of the facts. However, unaware of this fact, everyone mistakenly thought that they were obeying the law, so everyone is proud that they have been saved. So, the words given as the basis for testing it are, “Then show me once by practicing the faith you have.”
Today, even those who claim to have good faith, if they ask them to see it through their actions, they all go crazy. The reason is that the faith they have is not actually the faith through Jesus, but the dead faith that they gained by calling on the name of Jesus only with their mouths. Living faith requires the life of Jesus to be in you. This is because even if I die, I have the conviction that I can live again through Jesus. However, no matter how much a person who does not have the life of Jesus calls on the name of Jesus and makes a fuss with all kinds of Bible verses, he does not have the life of Jesus.
So what is action?
In a word, action is to show one's own words by one's own actions. For example, by quoting the Bible, “Love your neighbor!” If you do, you should really be able to love your neighbor. However, by quoting the Bible, others are admonishing him well, but he doesn't even lift a finger. In addition, it is considered that they practiced love for their neighbor, and they consider it to be that they practiced the love the Lord said by taking a poor person and serving them a meal. All of these people are false teachers. The love of neighbor that the Lord spoke of means, “You are to be willing to give your life to your neighbor.” But who in this world can love who gives his life to his neighbor? Even if I wash my eyes and look for it, I can't find it. Looking at it this way, the words of the Bible cannot be really contradictory.
But what Jesus said is that, knowing that as human beings no one can do such a thing, if all humans raise their hands because they are sinners, then Jesus enters the hearts of humans as the Spirit (the Word) and becomes the master of humans. , At that time, because everyone has life through Jesus, they have the belief that even if they die, they can live again, so they are willing to give their lives for their neighbors. Therefore, all the words recorded in the Bible are in fact words that human beings would not be able to see as works without Jesus. It is wrong to say that people with corrupt hearts who do not know this will live according to the words of the Bible.
So, if we want to live according to the Word of the Bible, we must first confess that we are sinners, receive mercy from the Lord, and then establish ourselves as our Lord, so that we can only live according to the Word of the Bible. However, without going through any of these complicated and difficult procedures, if you say the name of Jesus and say that you have the life of Jesus in you as if you were eating cows, then a passing ghost would hear it and sneer at you.
Now, what are you going to do before the Lord?
It is one of the easiest and most difficult tasks for you. If you believe that this pulpit is the pulpit where the Lord is with you, do not doubt anything about the pulpit's instructions and practice it as it is. In other words, if this pulpit gives you some instructions, you are told to withdraw from it and follow the directions of the pulpit, no matter how right you think you are at that time. If you believe in the pulpit, follow this instruction, if you don't believe it, you don't have to. This is said to be the easiest and the most difficult.
And until you came here, everyone knew that they were righteous people who were saved, but when you come here and listen to the lecture from the pulpit and realize that you are a sinner, you are already those who have surrendered before the Lord. Once you confess that you are a sinner, you must remain a sinner until the end, but the sinner's behavior changes frequently. How can I ask you to see and believe in the Lord for all of you who engage in such irresponsible behavior?
Even if a nation goes to war, the losing nation becomes a subordinate to the victorious nation, and the people live there as slaves. In addition, gangs and other gangs fight against other organizations, and Jinja becomes a subordinate of the victor. Even more trivial beings like this one who overcomes like this make Jinja his servant, and Jinja treats the victor with the same respect, but you can hardly show the true form of Jinja. At least since you came here, everyone has acknowledged the mistakes of the past and vowed to live with the Lord as their new master. However, it is only a word, and so far, it has not been kept in action.
So now, the Lord will take special measures because he can't just keep watching and watching. The special action is the fact that the organization will show bitterness without mercy to those who do not follow what they say or do not follow the instructions of the pulpit with their own thoughts. The victors are mercilessly punished when the losers betray and disobey their organization. So now we can't help it. And since this is not coercion, those who can't bear such suffering should leave this place as soon as possible! That's because there will be no blushing in each other's faces. Again, I warn you, those who feel that they cannot submit themselves to the Lord, please leave this place as soon as possible! Otherwise, those who remain here and do not give up their stubbornness to the end will be punished severely.