Faith the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith the backbone of this Christian journey, many have chosen to travel. It is a walk of faith, it is a life of hope, for the bible tells us we are saved by hope. The bible tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God, for they that come to him must first believe that he is and that he a rewards them who diligently seek Him. He gives each man a measure of faith, yet many today chose to live a defeated life. Many give into sin and the ways of this world because they don't have a working faith.
James tells us that faith without works is dead. Now he is not saying we can work our way into heaven, or that we can work our way into salvation. No salvation is a free gift offered to all who will by faith accept this free gift. Now this is where the working of your faith comes into play. See by faith we believe when we are baptized that the old man, the flesh man, the sinner man and all his ways was put to death with Christ. When Christ died on the cross with the sins of the world, by faith we when we accept his death believe that our old man also died, and was raised with him a new creature in Christ old things have past away, behold all things are become a new. So now we are a new creature born of the spirit of God, and by faith we believe we can walk in the righteousness of God, in faith we believe we are no longer a slave to the flesh and it's desires. Now when trials and temptations come upon us, when the desires of the flesh raises up against us, by faith we believe that Jesus has power over all flesh and he will deliver us from these weak moments, that he will save us from ourselves, that he will deliver us from evil, that he will carry us through as he strengthens us. But in the event that we don't submit to God and resist the devil, that we do give in to the lust and desires of the flesh, that we are over taken by a fault, by faith we believe that if we go to him with a repented heart, seek his face and ask for forgiveness, in faith we believe he will forgive us and restore us back to his righteousness.
This is working faith. We must put our faith to work, believe that Christ can keep you in the times of weakness, and forgive you when you surrender to the wiles of the enemy. Don't live life thinking that you have to sin, if you believe that your old self died and you have risen a new creature in Christ. Walk by faith in the new creature, believeing that Him whom you rose with has all power, and if you do fall know that he is faithful and just to forgive your shortcomings
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