ACTION-ORIENTED FAITH

ACTION-ORIENTED FAITH
FAITH STRONG – Part 3
Vernon Zook November 17, 2024

REAL FAITH REQUIRES .

What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do? So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. -James 2:14-17 (NLT)

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. -James 1:22-25 (NLT)

MY ACTIONS OF FAITH ARE…

1. …Believing when .

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. -Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

2. …Obeying when .

It was by faith that Noah built an ark to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about something that had never happened before. -Hebrews 11:7 (NLT)

It was faith that made Abraham obey when God called him to go out to a country God had promised to him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going. -Hebrews 11:8 (TEV)

3. …Persisting when .

It was by faith that Moses left Egypt and was not afraid of the king’s anger. He held to his purpose like a man who could see the invisible. -Hebrews 11:27 (JB)

What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. -Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)

4. …Speaking it .

(God said) “I have made you a father of many nations” … God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not, as though they were. -Romans 4:17 (NIV)

…God speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past. -Romans 4:17 (LB)

For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved. -Romans 10:10 (TEV)

5. …Giving when .

It was faith that made Abel’s offering to God a better sacrifice than Cain’s. Through his faith…God approved of his giving.
-Hebrews 11:4 (GN)

Because of their great joy… They gave even more than they could afford. -2 Corinthians 8:2-3 (ICB)

Honor the Lord by giving him the first part of all your income, and he will fill your barns and overflow your barrels with the finest wines. -Proverbs 3:9 (LB)

On every Lord’s Day each of you should put aside something from what you have earned during the week, and use it for your offering. The amount depends on how much the Lord has helped you earn. -1 Corinthians 16:2 (LB)

6. …Trusting God when .

They were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better… -Hebrews 11:39-40 (NIV)

Faith comes from hearing the Word of God… -Romans 10:17 (NIV)