DENNIS
Good morning everyone. I am Dennis Gossett with Central United Methodist Church.
Have you ever considered what authentic Christian faith looks like? We all have heard of the many horrible examples of what it doesn’t it look like? The writer of the Epistle of James understood faith to be not so much as what you feel but more about what you do.
For James, faith is not a heavy or moralistic Christian duty. Instead, it is the Christian possibility and lifestyle. In both the Old and New Testaments of the bible, active faith is made very clear. For example, we read that God not only loves the poor but that he cares for them. Jesus taught us to be imitators of God; to do as God does. It is like a child who will imitate what they see their parents doing.
When my son was very little, he would do and say exactly what I did. Therefore, I had to be really careful and mindful of that fact.
If we are to love God, we are to love and care for the poor and hungry too. Jesus said, “You will know my disciples by the fruit they bear.” He meant that we are to be known by our ethical behavior that is illustrated by life experience.
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