Subject: Is it not FAITH that pleases GOD? |
Bible Note: Dear Vume, Thanks for your answer. It clarifies something for me. I thought you were using action in the sense Paul used works of the law. And of course you know that we are not justified by the works (actions) of the law. Yes, believing is an action, but it is not the outward action of keeping God's good and holy law. It is an inward, internal or mental action. Faith is not something we do outwardly (although it RESULTS in outward obedience to the commands of Christ). It is an action solely of the mind. John 6:27 "Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal." John 6:28 Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?" John 6:29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." Peace, |