让人看见你的信心
雅各书二章14至26节
14我的弟兄们，若有人说自己有信心，却没有行为，有甚么益处呢？这信心能救他么？
15若是弟兄或是姐妹，赤身露体，又缺了日用的饮食；
16你们中间有人对他们说：「平平安安的去罢！愿你们穿得暖，吃得饱」；却不给他们身体所需用的，这有甚么益处呢？
17这样，信心若没有行为就是死的。
18必有人说：「你有信心，我有行为；你将你没有行为的信心指给我看，我便借着我的行为，将我的信心指给你看。」
19你信神只有一位，你信的不错；鬼魔也信，却是战惊。
20虚浮的人哪，你愿意知道没有行为的信心是死的么？
21我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕把他儿子以撒献在坛上，岂不是因行为称义么？
22可见，信心是与他的行为并行，而且信心因着行为才得成全。
23这就应验经上所说：「亚伯拉罕信神，这就算为他的义。」他又得称为神的朋友。
24这样看来，人称义是因着行为，不是单因着信。
25妓女喇合接待使者，又放他们从别的路上出去，不也是一样因行为称义么？
26身体没有灵魂是死的，信心没有行为也是死的。
信息分享
有些人认为，这段经文是教导人要靠行善来赚取救恩；然而，这绝非雅各的原意。他只是要指出，我们若说自己相信基督，那么，我们就要在所行的事上，把这种信心活出来。雅各在书信中一再谈及信心，由一开始的落在百般试炼中，以至无论是贫穷或富足，及至该做或不该做某些事情，雅各都认为最重要是信心。
信心最首要的表现，当然是相信唯独耶稣基督是我们的救主。然后，雅各便敦促我们要凡事顺服基督，借此证明我们对基督的信心。你说你有信心，那么，你就要将它活出来。当别人看见你凡事遵行神的吩咐而行，以及看见你对别人的关心，他们就看见你的信心了。
雅各举了两个旧约的事例，来说明甚么是信心的表现。亚伯拉罕对神大有信心，从他对神完全顺服的表现，我们便看见他的信心。至于喇合，她又如何证明她的信心呢？喇合因为相信以色列的神，才是又真又活的神，所以，当约书亚派两名探子来到耶利哥城窥探的时候，喇合便让他们藏在她那里，又帮助他们逃命，以致那两名探子都看见她真的对神有信心。
因此，雅各在此教导信徒，不要空谈信心，反之，却要以行动来活出信心。面对这个教训，我们必须认真地自我检视：我们自称是基督徒，我们说我们对神有信心；然而，别人能否在我们的日常生活中，看见我们对神的信心呢？回想最近，我们有哪方面的表现，能见证我们的信心呢？别人是否只听见我们谈论信心，却看不见我们有任何信心的表现？
信心当然是最首要的；然而，我们若真有信心的话，就自然会在所行的事上表现出来。
LET OTHERS SEE YOUR FAITH
James 2:14-26
14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, ” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 You believe that there is one God.You do well.Even the demons believe—and tremble!
20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”And he was called the friend of God.
24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Message
This passage has made some people say we have to work for our salvation. But that is not what James means. He is simply that if you have faith in Christ, it will be seen in the things you do for him. James repeatedly speaks about our faith in Christ and he always puts that first. Whether he is talking about testings or being rich or poor or about anything we should or should not do, faith comes first.
Faith in Jesus Christ alone as our Saviour is first, James says 'now prove your faith in Christ by doing those things Christ would have you do. Let others see your faith. You say you have faith. Then show it by the way you live, the way you obey God and the way you care for others.'
James uses two illustrations from the Old Testament to show what he means. Abraham had great faith in God and he showed it by being obedient. Rahab had faith in God and showed it by taking care of the two men Joshua had sent to look around Jericho. She was convinced that the God of Israel was the true and living God. She wanted to show that fact to those who were his representatives. That was letting others see her faith.
Faith in action is what James is speaking about. The up-to-date question that comes out of this passage for us today is this: We say we are Christians. We say we have faith. Does the world around us see that faith in action? What have we done recently in the name of Christ that would show we are what we say we are? Can other Christians see our faith or do they only hear what we say about it?
Faith comes first. But if we have faith it should show day by day in the things we do for Christ.