"Dear friends, do you think you'll
get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do
anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really
has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and
half-starved and say, "Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be
filled with the Holy Spirit!" and walk off without providing so much as a
coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn't it obvious that
God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?" James 2:14-17 (The Message)
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