“孩子们，我们爱人，不要只在言语和舌头上，总要在行动和真诚上表现出来。”
约翰壹书 3:18
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
1 John 3:18
Like John in today’s passage, James calls us to action, saying our desire to help others arises out of faith: “What good is it . . . if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?” (James 2:14).
If we tell those in need, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed” without first meeting their physical needs, what does that accomplish? He urges, “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead” (vv. 15–17).
John echoes, “How can the love of God be in that person” who “sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them?” (1 John 3:17). Our loving actions flow out of our faith and the empowering love of God inside us.
How might God be calling you to help someone?
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