The Devotional - 1006 - Doers of Faith

The Devotional – 1006 – Doers of Faith

The world around us is growing more and more alarming as we approach the imminent return of the LORD Jesus Christ. “Yes” He is coming back to the earth, but not as the Lamb of God who has conquered SIN and DEATH through His sacrificial offering for sin once for all of mankind. But He is coming back as Hebrews 9:28 explains; “so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a SECOND time, apart from sin, for salvation”. Jesus according to scripture is coming again; the Holy Bible is SCRIPTURE there is NO OTHER religious writing that is HOLY SCRIPTURE.

 

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James 2:1-13

So what does the epistle of James have to do with the statement above about the imminent return of Jesus Christ the Son of God? James is writing to the Jewish people of his nation which are scattered over Asia Minor. He calls them brethren for “two reason”, the first is their heritage and the second is their relationship to God through faith in God. JESUS IS GOD! As James begins a discourse of “personal favoritism” here in chapter two he reminds his readers that FAITH in not a compartment of partiality for some and not for others.

Partiality as the apostle James speaks of is that of Leviticus 19:15; if we are going to judge those folks whom we know and love, than do not judge them for what they have or have not; but judge them according to “righteousness”. Ah ha! Isn’t different then what is common among the saints of God these days? Psalm 119:20-21 – the writer has a personal plea; “My soul breaks (literally is crushed) with longing for Your Judgments at all times. You rebuke the proud – the cursed who stray from Your Commandments.

So here is the charge to stay away from judging; judging is a faith destroyer since faith in God has nothing to do with what another person has or has not in the way of temporal riches. People “all people, believing and unbelieving are to be viewed from the platform of godly wisdom through the observation portal of “faith” and not viewed by the platform of earthly wisdom and the critical eye of what’s in a person’s pocket. This as James says is demonic and it blossoms into sin bringing about spiritual death – James 3:15

Oh how I would like to expound on these things but I have decided to spend less time in these morning devotionals for the sake of other things I must do. But the LORD has convinced me that if you the reader would like to know the TRUTH you will take the time to search out the matter of the things I do write. The apostle Paul instructs the readers in Philippi to mediate on the Word of the Living God and see for oneself that God is PRAISEWORTHY, Philippians 4:8-9. I say AMEN to that, go and search out the matter and be blessed. Good day!