Subscribe Daily Bible Study Mailing List Receive Daily Bible Studies directly into your email inbox.
You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
James 2:26
26 For <gar> as <hosper> the body <soma>
without <choris> the spirit <pneuma> is <esti> dead
<nekros>, so <houto> faith <pistis> without <choris>
works <ergon> is <esti> dead <nekros> also <kai>.KJV-Interlinear
26 For just as the body without
the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. NASB
The body, is your physical body.The spirit, refers to the breath of life, or
the soul with human life resident in it.
When you are born into this life, you came here as a
dichotomous being.You were body and
soul.Your body is the vessel which
houses biological life, and your soul is the vessel which houses human life.The real you is in your soul. Your body is
only a temporary house for your soul.
The breath of life, 'neshamah,' was breathed into you
at the moment of your birth.The first
cry of the baby is the evidence of breath and human life entering into the baby.
Prior to your birth while you were in your mommy's
womb, your biological life was supported by the umbilical cord.But once that cord was cut, when you were
born, your lifeline was severed.You
needed a replacement power source otherwise, you would have died in what is
generally called being stillborn, or death at birth.That replacement power source is your soul
with your human life in it.This is
referred to by the Bible as the breath of God.God exhales life, and man inhales life.
The body cannot live without a soul.When you die, the soul with its human life in
it, leaves the body and the body immediately begins the decay process.It is dead.
Now when your body has no soul life, it is a dead
thing.Dead is useless and discarded
into decay.
When you believe in Christ then you receive an
additional birth. This is a spiritual birth, or being born again.This time you receive a human spirit which is
the vessel, and into it is imputed eternal life.You are now trichotomous (body, soul, and
spirit).Each of these vessels housing
their respective life occupants (biological, human, and eternal life).
Within your existence, you have two phases of
life.The first is your life in this
world, and the second is life in eternity.
While you live in this world, you have two categories
of production - temporal production and spiritual production.
Temporal production (wood, hay, and stubble) is what
you do in life while out of fellowship.This is the only kind of production that unbelievers can have.
Spiritual production (gold, silver, and precious
stones) is the product of your life while you are in fellowship.This is available only to believers.
Now, just as the soul is an integral part of ones body,
for no physical body can exist without it, so to, works (spiritual production)
is an integral part of faith.In other
words, your actions speak louder than words.
You can believe anything and everything you want, but
if you do not back up your beliefs with actions, then your faith is useless,
weak, shallow, or worthless.Sincerity,
good intentions, and such, mean nothing, and accomplish nothing.
Life is the result of the soul integrating with the
physical body.Works are the fruit of an
active faith.But works are not just any
works, they must be those mandated by God, and performed while inside of the
fellowship sphere.
You cannot define your own way through your spiritual
life.You cannot pick and choose, from
Gods mandates, what things you want to do within your spiritual life.
Just as breathing comes natural to physical life, then
so too, spiritual production should come natural to faith.But unfortunately people seem to get this all
screwed up by means of the lack of commitment, and by their lack of obedience,
to their spiritual life.
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
If you enjoy these Bible Studies, please consider making a Donation
Subscribe Daily Bible Study Mailing List Receive Daily Bible Studies directly into your inbox.