Seed for Mar 5

Eph 2:8-9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
(KJV)

James 2:17
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
(KJV)
Two very important verses in the Word of God. One verse stating how we are saved, by faith, and the other verse speaks to us of the living faith which yields results (works). I used this example before. A baby has nothing to do at all with his birth/conception. It is completely out of his hands. He can be born without one effort or work on his part, but after he is born his “life” is made evident by his movements. In other words, if the baby never manifested the life within then he would be declared dead! We are saved by the Grace of God, (born again). It is His life in us that makes us alive spiritually and keeps us alive. How do we know if there is life within? It is our actions that manifest the Life of Christ within. If there is no manifestation/ no demonstration of the Life of Christ within, then James said our faith is dead. We are saved by grace thru faith, but if our faith is dead then we have no Life. He that has the Son has life and he that has not the Son has not life. How do we know if we have the Life of the Son within? Our actions say whether or not there is Life within. If there are no works/demonstrations of the Life within, then there is no Life within.

Be Blessed,Billy and Jan