re help jon ogden jono mac ak rtsg mot com wrote it is a dead and useless faith which has no action behind it actions prove our faith and show the genuineness of it a good example of this is abraham referred to in the james passage hebrews says that abraham was justified by faith but his faith was demonstrated through his works i e he obeyed what god told him to do reading abraham s biography in genesis is very instructive he was a man beset by lack of faith a lot of the time e g lying about sarah being his wife on occasions trying to fulfil god s promise on god s behalf by copulating with hagar yet it seems that god didn t evaluate him on the basis of individual incidents abraham is listed as one of the heroes of faith in hebrews i e when it really came to the crunch god declared abraham as a man of faith he believed god s promises this gives us confidence although real faith demonstrates itself through works god is not going to judge us according to our success failure in performing works not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the holy spirit titus amazing grace hallelujah michael davis cs mcd brunel ac uk
