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Devotional - 26th Oct 2020

 'Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble'
(James 2:19).

In  the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). God spoke and it was done. He said, "Let there be light: and there was light" (verse 3).  We saw this theme in most of chapter one of  God speaking and things were done. We see clearly also the Godhead working together - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We should all seek to know God and have a knowledge of him. However, knowing Him is not enough, we have to have a saving, living faith. That is, living out the truth, that "God is one" with our every day choices. Whatever we know and believe of God, there must be a genuine trust and obedience to Him; because even the devils or demons believe that "God is one" and tremble in fear of him. If we believe that "God is one" but there is no action, then it is not consistent with that belief. It means knowing that God is one but not trusting that He is is one. This becomes a "dead faith" rather than a "saving, living faith." We ought to have a saving living faith that participate in good work. We know that faith is essential to our salvation, but faith alone is dead, it ought to lead us to good work. We need also to understand that works alone is not required to obtain or keep salvation. Our faith has to have evidence of good work; they both goes hand in hand. We are not to only believe  that Jesus came to this earth, lived, ministered, crucified on a cross. But to trust in Him as Saviour; His precious blood was shed for us and that He rose from the grave victoriously that we could have eternal life. He saved us by His grace and we should be eternally grateful. We do well, to trust that God is one, and there is no other God but him. He is God, who came down in the person of His Son Jesus Christ, to die to save us all. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! Trust in God is paramount to our salvation.

Have a wonderful day 🌹🌹

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