Chapter 3

December 16, 2007 by Roger.

THE EVIDENCE OF GOOD WORKS

Jesus came into the world to work in order that we believe. Because we believe in
response to His work, we work. No one can assume that he believes that Jesus is the
Christ and Son of God, therefore, unless he manifests his belief by working in response
to God’s grace through Jesus. In our relationship with God, work is always the evidence
of our belief. That was James’ proposition of James 2:14-26. In the Christian faith, no
one can claim belief without a life of good deeds. Let’s see if that was what was manifested
in the life of Jesus who gave us an example of behavior.
Evidential works give witness to the one from which the work originates. By
“evidential” I mean that the works are the proof of both origin and inner nature. The
works of Jesus gave evidence to His origin. The benevolent works He did gave evidence
to His nature, or character. This principle is true in reference to the Christian life.
Our works are evidence of the One from whom we come. We are sent forth from Jesus.
Our works are also the evidence of our nature. We are born again, and our new birth is
evidenced by the works we do.
A. Jesus gave evidence of His origin.
Jesus came down from an environment of the supernatural. He was not of this
world, and for this reason, incarnation was necessary in order to bring Him into the
environment of those He sought to save (Ph 2:5-8). Before the incarnation, Jesus was
spirit as God (Jn 4:24). He thus had to be incarnate into the flesh of man man in order
to be among those He created (Jn 1:1,14). However, in order to prove that He was
(This series of blogs compose a book that carries the title, “Justified By Works.” )

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