SIGNS of an Active Faith

Course Overview

As a member of a local body, you have a responsibility to contribute to the functioning of that body. Like a physical body, if a church body is not functioning at 100% the whole body suffers. Your responsibility to yourself, fellow members, and God stems from living a life of active faith. We will either have an active faith or a lethargic faith, an alive faith or dead faith. The difference is in what we do:

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can such faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, stay warm, and be well fed,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it? In the same way faith, if it doesn’t have works, is dead by itself. But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith by my works. You believe that God is one. Good! Even the demons believe—and they shudder. Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless? James 2:14–20 CSB

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.James 1:22 NLT

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10 NLT

Living in faith means living in obedience to God, believing that He is right and trusting that His way is best. The following are some of the key signs of an active faith:

1. Serving
2. Investing
3. Growing
4. Networking
5. Sharing