There is always room to grow but it is easy to get caught up in doing works in His glory. However, we need to remember that we all have salvation by grace through faith!
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What's up, everybody? Thank you for coming on here today. My name is Zeal and I'm so excited about this word It's a challenge for me All of these that I put up are a challenge for me as well because I there's always room to grow in everyone's life I wanted to talk about one of my favorite scriptures that I actually needed to find balance in because I Found that sometimes, you know early on when you're so passionate about serving God and all this stuff You could become performance-based in your walk with the Lord think you need to earn salvation Or he doesn't love you the same if you're not, you know doing all these works and stuff And so I am a I love to do a lot of works. I love to just stay active. I'm a I'm a go-getter. I you know, like to make a lot of plans and execute it and I'm just that type of person So when I see the scripture that I'm going to talk about today, which is faith without works is dead I had to find balance in myself That it's not me trying to earn my salvation. You know, I had to really remind myself I can't earn this thing but by grace through faith. I am saved right? but also faith Without works in the sense of do I really believe? That God is God in this and am I going to follow through and I'm gonna obey his commandments Or am I gonna worship him when things are bad worship is a part of our faith as well A pastor just said that recently I was just like that is so true Like are we still gonna worship God when things are not going our way because we have faith Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen are we still gonna worship God when we don't see It happening and do the work that he's called us to do knowing that by grace Through faith we're saved still so we can't earn our salvation but Through our works people can see that we for real trust God is such a balance with that you know and the Holy Spirit can give you understanding of that if you struggle like I did where it's just like Well, how many works do I you know? Sometimes you can get so caught up into that but I hope that gives somebody comfort but I wanted to read from James chapter 2 verses 14 And I'm gonna skip around a little bit there So it says what is the profit my brethren if someone says he has faith, but does not have works Can faith save him if a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food and one of you says to them Depart in peace be warmed and filled but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body What is it profit like doesn't make any sense like I hope you find some clothes and you have some in your trunk or something It's like Give up some clothes faith that that works is dead. You know, I'm just gonna be praying for you now It's just like you have it in your hand to help them. So go help And then verse 18 says but someone will say you have faith and I have works Show me your faith without your works and I will show you my faith by my works. Okay And then verse 24, I wanted to touch on you see then that a man is justified by works and not by faith only so Even though we're not we're not earning our salvation We still it's kind of even like I think about the man on the other side of the cross With Jesus where he's like, all you got to do is believe he still had to do something He's like, I believe that you're the I believe you're the truth. Okay, I believe in what you're saying He's like, all right by grace through faith you are saved right but he had to confess with his mouth and believe in his heart There was still an action there, right? And so as we mature in Christ, there's an action of If the Lord is telling you go do this and do that and you're just like, all right. Yeah, okay disobedience can set in and It's like do we really believe that? God is who he says he is as well and we need to follow the commandments that he gives us He said if you love me, you will follow my commandments, right? so We're justified by works not by faith only verse 26. I'm gonna jump down So as the body without the spirit is dead so faith without works is dead as well, right? So we can't just say oh, I love the Lord. Oh, he's my savior. I oh, I'm gonna trust him forever And we just treat everybody any O'Connor way whatever comes out of our mouth. We don't care We don't even think twice about God most of the time we go to you know, the Lord knows your heart I know a lot of people use that in a sense of oh, don't judge me The Lord knows my heart and it's just like yeah, he really does He knows the difference of if you're telling the truth or not Because we are justified by our works not by faith only right, so We need to take it seriously How we act how we operate through this world because people are looking for the light of Christ and they're looking for truth as well And we're not gonna be perfect. We're gonna get it wrong. We still need his grace We still need the blood of Jesus to cover a multitude of sins. Amen But there are some things where it's like if God is calling you to do that and we're soldiers of Christ Follow through and let's do it. Amen. So I hope that just boosts you a little bit today It's not over if you're still here and breathing God got you He loves you, and I hope you go out there and release the zeal not just by speaking faith But by living in faith in Jesus name. I love you so much until next time. Bye
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