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Knowledge, Works, & Faith, Part 3 (TMF:2736)

Monday, November 03, 2025
Peace to Live By: Knowledge, Works, & Faith, Part 3 (TMF:2736) - Daniel Litton
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       It is a concern to the mind when others, who profess faith in Christ, do not demonstrate any works whatsoever. That’s always a concern because it causes the mind to doubt whether that person is truly born-again, or at least being pleasing to God with their life. Works in character and in external actions need to exist, to some degree, in order for an individual to really be pleasing to God. That’s just the way God has set up things. Now if a person doesn’t have works are they really saved? Well, James said, “So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:17, ESV). So what is faith? It seems best to describe two kinds of faith. There is faith that one has in believing in God and Jesus Christ to begin with. This is their ‘faith’ in the Gospel, in the Christian religion. There is also faith in that one believes God is with them no matter what, that God will provide what they need on a daily basis. It’s more of a faith in God’s provision.