Faith

faith
is your faith real or
only words?
how do you know?
by the fruit it bears when

lives are changed

sin is overcome

habits of death are 

starved by the gospel and
Life’s treasures are uncovered

what is the measure of true faith?

obedience

it is only when
faith is lived out in
obedience to His Word

as taught in His Body
passed down from
the beginning

only then can
faith be secure and
grow in fruitfulness for
faith and obedience

go hand in hand

it is easy to say
I am a believer
not so with

I am obedient

picking and choosing

what I believe and
what I obey

only makes a Pharisee

love demands consistency

in belief and action

faith is expressed in truth

truth is expressed in obedience

obedience is expressed in fidelity

it's easy to talk ‘faith talk’

it’s easy to feign fidelity

it’s easy to push one’s own agenda

in the name of faith but

not so much when

crucifixion

is at stake

it is in giving over our self...

values...plans...will...control that
faith encounters trust

and trust encounters love

Jesus is the model of
trust and love

Mary and the disciples

demonstrate how to
believe...trust...love
their Lord and Savior

blood was spilled in the

holding fast of faith
not in the transitory gains of
self's willful choice

faith will grow when we

put ourselves in a position of
service and readiness to
obey the One who

Obeyed His Farther and
Believed His Word

even when it lead to

His Death

so which way will you go?

which path are you following

the way of self-will or the
way of death to self?

it is only in asking plainly

and simply that you will

find your answer...

are you ready to give away your life?

are you willing to put aside

your vision of the kingdom for

the Way of the Kingdom of Heaven

handed down...codified in His Word

guarded and proclaimed by His Church?

Faith in obedient response

proves the Truth of belief

as it is rooted in righteousness

not letting itself be
deceived by disobedience

in a faith
gutted of Truth

Reflection / Discussion:

-How can you tell True Faith vs Feigned Faith?

-How do Faith and Obedience go hand-in-hand?

-What are some examples in today's Church ?

-What is Modernism? 

-What are some examples?

-Why is it a heresy?

-How can you grow in Faith?

-How does Scripture and Tradition fit into one's Faith?