Do You Have FAith

Have you heard the story about the American that told a French tightrope walker he'd pay him a million dollars if he would come to America and walk blindfolded across Niagara Falls? Well the French guy came and walked a tight robe across the Falls blind folded with a wheelbarrow. When he got to the other side he asked the American, "Do you have faith that I could do it?" The American said, "I jut saw you do it." The French guy said, "But do you have faith that I can do it?" The American said, "I just saw you do it." The French guy asked again, "But do you have faith that I can do it?' The American repeated again, "But I just saw you do it." The French man asked again, "Yes, but do you have faith that I can do it?" Finally the American said, "Well of course I have faith in you, I just saw you do it." "Good," The French guy said, "You are getting in the wheelbarrow and we are going back across."
The point of this story is is you can have two kinds of faith. There is faith by believing only. And then there is faith by believing and showing works. This type of faith is what is talked about in James 2:14-26. You see James says that faith without works is dead. But faith and showing your work, now that is true faith. That is the kind of faith that Abraham showed when he was willing to sacrifice Issac on the alter. It is the kind of faith that Rahab showed when the messengers entered her home and she protected them when her home was searched.
Pastor John Collins at Bringing Back God in Bristol, TN states, "That one of the more serious problems we have in Christianity is that people say they have faith but they do very little to prove their faith." He states that, "You can not believe in Jesus Christ, believe in God our Father, believe in that cross, say you have faith but do not live by the Bible." It isn't hard to have common courtesy and follow the commandments that were given to Moses. It isn't hard to sit down and read the Holy Bible. It isn't hard to get down on your knees at night and pray for thanks and forgiveness. But how many people actually do all of this? That is the problem. Just because you say that you will do it is one thing. But actually following through and doing, well then you will be on the right path to see god one day.
James goes onto team us that once we have received salvation, and that we establish a genuine relationship with God, then works that reflect our relationship with God must flow from within us. It will be natural and come as a second nature to you.
If you would like to find out more information on this topic or if you have any questions, stop on by they church. It is located at 1505 Broad Street, Bristol, TN. Bringing Back God. Or give us a call and talk to Pastor John at 423-274-8110.
God Bless You, The Church Girl  Goer.