Daily Bread – May 27, 2021 (The Fifth Day – Genesis 1:20-23) James 2:22 – You see that faith worked with his works, and by the works faith was completed. Part 1 ~ The Works Of Faith James reveals in his message about faith how faith is the vital co-laborer with works. Using the same example Paul did in Romans 4:2-4, he reveals how that although a man is saved by faith, faith is the vital force of the divine power of God active to accomplish the works of obedience. The works of faith are seen in Abraham when he offered up Isaac. In obedience to the command of God, Abraham went to the place of sacrifice without hesitation. When he arrived at the place where he was commanded to go, he demonstrated faith in his confession telling his servants he and Isaac would go and worship and return again unto them. When Isaac asked his father where the lamb was for a sacrifice, once again the power of faith which is able to raise the dead was expressed through Abraham when he said, “The Lord will provide Himself a lamb” (Genesis 22:8; Hebrews 11:19). James makes it clear faith always has with it an outworking – an accompanying partner called works. Faith always produces an action; otherwise, it is dead (James 2:17, 20, 26). Faith is the vital force of the Spirit of God behind the deeds of obedience. Whereas Paul was addressing the uselessness of the works of the law, James reveals the essential reality of the works of faith. The works of the law depend upon human ability, but the works of faith come only by the Holy Spirit. Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 5/27/2021
