FAITH IS ACTION

QUOTE:  I was watching an interview on God TV about a guy who came back from the dead.  The Lord partially healed him and the other parts progressed as he went.  (Luke 17:14)  He said, “Lord Jesus if You heal me I can get up from this wheel chair and walk.”  And so the Lord said, “Get up and walk.”  He replied, “But I dont have any feeling in my legs!”  And Jesus said, “You dont walk by feelings, you walk by faith.  Just trust Me and get up and walk.”  And when he stood up he tried and ended up running to keep his balance right into the wall about 15 feet away.  Then he had to pray to get back to the wheel chair!  Later he had graduated to a cane.  And when he gave his cane away, he walked into the house and forgot about it, and walked with NO limp. It was his family that noticed before he did. 

COMMENT:  When I heard this testimony of faith in action, I had the impression that faith is like rowing a boat and being at the top of a rapids in the wild river.  You are staring at all this white water in front of you and you know once you get into the current, there is no turning back.  So in faith, you commit your way to the Lord, let go and just go through with the choice.  That is faith in action. 

James 2:17-24 NKJV

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works , is dead .  18 But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe — and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead ?   21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

Luke 17:14 AMP

...And as they went, they were cured and made clean....