Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?

I can already hear one of you agreeing by saying, “Sounds good. You take care of the faith department, I’ll handle the works department.” Not so fast. You can no more show me your works apart from your faith than I can show you my faith apart from my works. Faith and works, works and faith, fit together hand in glove. (James 2:14-17. MSG)

 James, what is the big deal? The answer is simple. Faith without works expect God to do everything, while you do nothing, but you have complete confidence that God can handle it. The works person leaves no room for God or faith and achieves very little.

Christianity is a partnership with God. Faith is believing that he can do awesome things and that we have the opportunity to work alongside.