Actions Reflect Faith
"Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven."
Matt. 5: 15-16
We are told in Ephesians 5 that a Christian's heart is now full of light and
their actions should reflect their behavior.
We are to reflect God's goodness and mercy to others as we are children of light under God's new covenant of
Grace. We have been blessed by our Lord because of obedience and because
of his loving kindness. We are also to be a blessing unto others. God's Word
says we are to show ourselves to be 'a pattern or example of
good works' in all things.
Our Lord stressed the importance of our actions and how they should reflect
faith, in His Sermon on the Mount. Faith without works
is called "dead faith" but the light of the Lord as seen by 'faith in action'
will give life and glorify our Father in heaven.
We are saved by faith alone but if we continue on we will have works or produce fruit that is
pleasing unto the Lord. This is why we are admonished to rejoice in the works
of "His hands" as 'greater works' is only by His Spirit and power as He works
in and through his children by the power of his might.
His works and ways should proceed from "our hearts
and will be pleasing unto the Father."
Our desire in life should be to let our light shine for the Lord as He is the light and we are only the reflectors of His light.
We would have no light without the Lord's indwelling presence but because
He abides within our hearts and lives, we can glorify Him by letting His
light shine through us. His light within our hearts warms our hearts
and gives us joy unspeakable and full of joy. We can be
thankful each new day for the Spirit of the
Lord which will abide with us forever.
Blessings in Christ,
Jo Ann
J. P.'s Inspirations
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us." (2 Cor 4-7).
The light of the World is Jesus.
~God's light brings a never ending circle of life, love, liberty, peace, joy,
fellowship and hope in Christ. May we share with others this love & light
of God."~
"His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his
circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."
Ps. 19-6
"It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the Earth........"
Isa. 40: 22
God's Light
The world was dark and men walked in sin,
No hope for salvation until Jesus came as a man,
God's only Son sent down from above,
The supreme sacrifice from the Father with love.
The light of the World came to live among men,
To purchase salvation and set free from sin.
He came unto his own to give his life on Calvary's tree,
To shed his life's blood for you and for me.
The light of the World now lives in our hearts,
Through the Holy Spirit....we have a new start.
As his light shines and shows forth his love,
May our hearts look to Jesus....heaven's Holy Dove.
"Looking to Jesus--the Author and Finisher of Our Salvation."
J. P.'s Inspirations (c) 2001
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