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We live out our faith through our good deeds.
藉由好行为，活出真信仰！
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. James 2:18
你将你没有行为的信心指给我看，我便藉着我的行为，将我的信心指给你看。-雅各书2章18节
As a friend drove to the grocery store, she noticed a woman walking along the side of the road and felt she should turn the car around and offer her a ride. When she did, she was saddened to hear that the woman didn’t have money for the bus so was walking home many miles in the hot and humid weather. Not only was she making the long journey home, but she had also walked several hours that morning to arrive at work by 4 a.m.
我有一位朋友开车去购买日常用品。途中，她看到有位妇女独自走在路旁，当下就决定绕回去载她一程。在车上，这位妇女谈起自己没钱搭公车，所以即使天气闷热，也不得不走好几公里的路程回家。朋友听了之后，不禁感到心酸。因为这名妇女不仅走一大段路回家，那天凌晨她也是步行好几个小时，赶在清晨四点到达工作地点。
By offering a ride, my friend put into practice in a modern setting James’s instruction for Christians to live out their faith with their deeds: “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead” (v. 17). He was concerned that the church take care of the widows and the orphans (James 1:27), and he also wanted them to rely not on empty words but to act on their faith with deeds of love.
我的朋友藉着载她一程，实践了雅各对基督徒的教导，要将信心付诸于行动，毕竟“信心若没有行为就是死的”（雅各书2章17节）。雅各教导教会应该看顾在患难中的孤儿寡妇（1章27节），要求基督徒以爱心的行为实践信仰，而不是纸上谈兵、空谈爱心。
We are saved by faith, not works, but we live out our faith by loving others and caring for their needs. May we, like my friend who offered the ride, keep our eyes open for those who might need our help as we walk together in this journey of life.
虽然我们得救是因着相信耶稣基督，而不是靠着自己的行为，但我们仍应藉由爱人、关怀别人的需求，真实地活出我们的信仰。愿我们都能像这位热心搭载路人的朋友一样，在与人同行的旅程中，处处留意是否有人需要帮忙，时时给予温暖的协助。
Lord Jesus Christ, You did the ultimate deed by dying on the cross for me. May I never forget the sacrifice that gives me life.
主耶稣基督，祢在十架上为我舍命，
完成了救赎的工作。求主使我永不忘记，
是祢的牺牲让我得着新生命。
James 2:14-26New International Version (NIV)
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a] 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[b]and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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