April 4

James 2:26

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

The Bible says that we are saved by FAITH, but it is a certain kind of faith. It is not a mere intellectual assent to the truth, or a mere belief system. IT IS LIFE-CHANGING; It is living, vital, and productive. It seems that our age in particular is afflicted with a sort of faith that is anemic, sentimental, and unproductive; a faith with notions in the HEAD rather than works and love that come from the HEART. The faith that SAVES is a faith that WORKS; TRUE service and not just LIP service. Unless your faith is the kind that changes your life and causes you to live for the One who “loved us and gave Himself for us”, then it is a DEAD faith; a mere deception that lulls you to sleep, and makes you UNAWARE of the danger and terrible fate, of not committing your life to Christ. James tell us that “THE DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE”, and tremble because of it. Do you see? Even the demons believe, BUT THEY REMAIN DEMONS. James 2:19. "But wilt thou know, O vain man that faith without works is dead? Let us not be content until we have a living, vital faith that reaches out to Christ, changes our lives, and sets us to living for Jesus! Amen.

Commentary by Francis L. Harris

"...what must I do to be saved?" Acts 16:30