james here in chapter 2
also talks about rahab. the story is in
joshua 2. it’s the story of how a
prostitute helped a couple of spies when they were coming into jericho. rahab ends up in the family life of
JESUS. she risks her life to save a spy.
our faith is not
determined by what we do, it is demonstrated by what we do.
about 35 years
ago there was a famous tightrope walker named george blondin who, for a
publicity stunt, decided he would walk across niagara falls on a
tightrope. on the appointed day they
stretched a tightrope from one side of niagara falls to the other.
he got there and
there were crowds lining both the canadian and american side. thousands of people showed up to see this
unbelievable feat. blondin walked up to
the edge of the tightrope, put one foot on the tightrope and put another foot
out to walk across – inch by inch, step by step.
he got out in
the middle and everybody knew that if he’d make one mistake in balance he’d
fall off the rope and into the falls and obviously be killed. blondin got to the other side and the crowd
went wild, shouting and cheering.
blondin said, “i’m going to do it again.” he got to the other side and the crowds went
crazy.
blondin said,
“i’m going to do it again but this time i’m going to bush a wheel barrow full
of dirt.” he pushes the wheel barrow
across. he got to the other side. he did this nine or ten times.
on the tenth
time, he pushes the wheel barrow right in front of a tourist who said, “i believe
you could do that all day.” blondin them
dumped out the dirt and said, “ok, then you get into the wheel barrow.”
in a real sense that’s
what GOD is saying to you. talk is
cheap. put your money where your mouth
is. “i believe in JESUS.” then prove it. our faith is demonstrated by our
actions. actions speak louder than
words. our behavior shows what we really
believe.
2 corinthians 13.5
(niv), examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith. test.
check it out. see if you’re
really a believer or not.
just a thought from the
front porch…
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