Thursday, July 11, 2019

Devotions: Rightly Proved


Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
James 2:17 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Our faith, the product and also cause of our salvation, isn’t enough in and of itself. That faith must produce something, it must be fruitful. The works or fruit do not bring salvation; otherwise there would be no need for faith. Instead, they are proof of salvation. See, when we are saved, truly saved, the Holy Spirit begins a work in us called sanctification which is the process by which we are made holy and perfect. That process is not completed until we reach heaven, but we grow closer to that goal every day, and it is evidence that the Spirit is in us and we are “in” Christ. If there is no fruit or growth, no evidence of the Spirit being in us, what proof do we have of being saved? That is why Peter and Paul both tell us to work hard to prove our salvation, both for ourselves and for others. We need evidence of being “in” Christ, for our own assurance and for our witness to others. Believing isn’t enough by itself, we must submit our lives to Christ in obedience to His word to be “in” Him. That will in turn produce fruit, the fruit of the Spirit. Do you have proof that you are “in” Christ?



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