I love how Jesus’ half-brother, James, described faith. He basically said faith without works is dead faith. A belief that doesn’t result in changed behavior is not really belief at all. In fact your true belief is demonstrated by what you do. That’s why it’s important to have an informed faith. Faith in God is not a blind faith. It’s an informed and grounded faith. There is so much evidence for who Jesus is and what he did in history, that we can have a faith based on reality, and from there our faith helps us to do all the things that Jesus commanded us to do.
PS. I’m sorry about the sound quality on this one. It’s pretty terrible. You can hear it if you crank the volume, but it’s not recorded well at all.
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