There is much more spiritual starvation in our land than there is physical.

 Again, this applies to the flesh, but we must know that there are two bodies, the flesh and the spiritual body even as Paul taught us in 1 Cor. 15:44, "There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."

There is much more spiritual starvation in our land than there is physical.

Are you able to give that which is needful to the spiritual bodies of our brothers and sisters!

Many try to do that, i.e. show others what good Christians they are.

Certainly there is nothing wrong with giving and helping people and volunteering your time, etc.

Our people are even known for their humanitarian works.

It is just the opposite, your good works are result, a manifestation, of the faith you have.

In other words, if you truly have faith and believe in God and His Word then your faith will be evidenced in the good works that you do.

Otherwise, you have a real problem with your faith and you have deceived yourself by listening to the unbridled tongues of the "many who come in His name and deceive many".

"Oh," but you say, "that's not all my friend!
I not only have faith but I'm a believer too!
I believe that God is one!"

Well, that's a good start, but did you know that Satan and his evil cronies also believe there is one God?

Is that how we tell you are a Christian, by what you say and what you claim to believe? Yadda, yadda, yadda!

Again, the analogy is that a good tree brings forth good fruit, but a bad tree brings forth evil fruit, or perhaps no fruit at all.

It is real plain and simple.

If you say you have faith yet you've got no works showing that you do, then you are all talk and your faith is dead, spelled D-E-A-D!

Is there anything you don't understand about the word "dead", that is, in light of your difficulty with knowing what having "faith" means?

Here are just two examples of faith bringing forth good works.

Many more examples can be found summarized in Hebrews chapter 11, which is often called the faith chapter.

You see, we KNOW all these servants of God had faith because of what they did!

That's the whole point!

It is not complicated at all!

But Abraham believed God and had the faith to know that God knew what He doing and that perhaps He intended to raise Him from the dead.

So Abraham was willing, in faith, to give up his only begotten son.

That shows real faith!

You can't have one without the other.

You can't go out and do good works to prove you have faith and you can't have real faith without being a doer.

Well, IF you are a "doer" of His Word, and not just a pew potato, then you are also a Friend of God.

Faith cannot stand alone, apart from works, or it isn't really faith at all.

You cannot have one without the other.

Here is another fine example of faith in action!

That alone showed she had faith.

She was a "doer", a woman who took action.

She could have just told the men of Israel to depart and that she would pray for them that God would deliver them, but she didn't.

She pitched in and helped get the job done and she received great blessings because of her "actions".

Yes, she received the gift of life.

Abraham never actually went through with the sacrifice of Isaac, i.e. the knife never pierced his son, but because of his faith, which was demonstrated in his willingness to "do it", he was justified by God.

Wow, where does that kind of faith come from?

If you want the blessings of God, continue to study His Word to show yourself approved, which will greatly increase your faith, and then be a doer according to the gifts and talents He has given you.

You will be blessed for the deeds (works) that you do.