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"The Faith of a Devil" - Isaiah Mast

Sunday, June 8th, 2025

What distinguishes your faith from that of Devil?

James 2:14  "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?" 

Belief vs Faith

  • A definition of Faith: “Faith is the follow-through of an action based on the belief that something is true.”

Jesus said: "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." Jn 3:36

Do you really believe or just like the thought of something being true??

Do you believe in Jesus in the sense that you like the thought or idea of Him or do you truly put your 100% percent faith and trust in Him, calling Him your Lord and Saviour?

A lack of obedience may indicate a fake faith...

  • Fake faith has no favor in the eyes of good... it is of no use...

James 2:15 "Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food."

vs 17  "In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."

Don't look to others to live or boost your faith - This is between you and God.  You were made for a relationship with Him.

Belief isn't enough - Even the demons believe and shutter

  • James 2:19 "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder."

What differentiates us from the demons if not belief??

  • Submission
  • Obedience
  • Surrender
  • Faith

vs 23 "And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend."

‘Real’ faith is a recipe for real friendship with God.

John 15:9-11   “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command."

“To be present in participation with Christ is to experience the presence of Christ.”

  • Real faith is real friendship with God, and complete faith is complete joy!

Fake faith will make you feel distant from God...disconnected...

Faith without deeds is dead...

"The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse." - Eugene Peterson

What James has established:

  • Faith without deeds is incomplete. Incomplete faith is dead.
  • Dead and useless in your relationship with God.
  • Dead and useless in your relationships with others.
  • Dead and useless in your relationship with yourself.
  • Brings Zero glory to God

Real faith is...

  • Good for your relationship with God
  • Good for relations with others
  • Good for your relationship with yourself
  • Brings glory to God.

“There are a lot of good, beautiful, purpose-filled things to be done, and the joy and the peace of becoming like Jesus lie in each one.”

Do you believe enought to do something about it? 

Jesus, take my faith and make it complete!

Jesus is for you and He loves you!

Put your faith in Jesus today!  Say "Yes" to Jesus!

 

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