Faith Demonstrated by Works

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 11, 1915

Faith Demonstrated by Works

NOAH condemned the world by obeying God, not by denunciation of his fellows. He manifested his faith by his works. By the sacrifice of all that he had in the world he demonstrated his faith in the word of the Lord. The record is: “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.” Heb. 11:7. It is for us who are engaged in this movement to manifest our faith in the same way. Our lives preach more potently than do our words. A profession of faith in the soon coming of the Lord, and a course of conduct diametrically opposed to this profession, serve only to bring the truth of God into disrepute. He who believes with all his heart that we are living in the closing days of earth’s history, and that soon Christ will come to take his children home, will be seeking by every means in his power not to lay up treasure here, but to transfer his treasure to the heavenly kingdom. He will not be engaged in eating and drinking with the ungodly; he will not be found plunging into the world’s pleasures; his chief ambition will not be to secure for his children a competence; but his whole life will be ordered to the one end of meeting his soon-coming Lord. Let us manifest our love not in word only, but in deed and in truth.