1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Here’s a simple example that needs a little attention.
The car was made for the purpose of getting us to our destination.
Let’s put it this way:
Car - man
Gas- faith
Accelerator- hope
Brakes-wisdom
Key- love
Driver- God
A car(man) without even one of the ff: gas(faith), key(love) & a driver(God) to step on the accelerator(hope)/ breaks(wisdom) will not run to take you to your destination, just as FAITH ALONE cannot take you to your desired destination.
We can choose to be the CAR to take people to their destination.
The PASSENGER just waiting to reach his destination without doing anything to get there.
Or be a CO-PILOT(driver) as of a plane to get to the destination faster.
2 Peter 1:5-11 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
GOD CREATED US IN CHRIST JESUS TO DO GOOD WORKS.WE ARE CHOSEN AND APPOINTED TO GO AND BEAR FRUIT AND TO LOVE EACH OTHER.
IF WE HAVE FAITH IN HIM, WE WILL DO WHAT HE HAS DONE AND EVEN GREATER THINGS THAN THOSE BECAUSE WE ARE HIS BODY WHERE HE IS THE HEAD THAT LEADS THE BODY TO DO THE WILL OF HIM WHO SENT HIM, JUST AS THOSE WHO ARE IN THE BODY ARE SENT BY HIM TO DO HIS WORKS HERE ON EARTH.
WE ARE GOD’S FELLOW WORKERS, THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS OF GOD IN HIS BODY(THE CHURCH) WHOM HE WILL SAVE.
THE WHOLE BODY REJOICES FOR THE HONOR OF ONE PART AND WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE BODY( CHURCH)
Ephesians 5:29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—
IF WE REJECT THE WORKS DONE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST BY THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS(WORKERS), WE REJECT “GOD” WHO WORKS ALL OF THEM IN ALL MEN.
THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH SHOULD WORK AND SERVE GOD IN HIS BODY(CHURCH) IN SUBMISSION AND OBEDIENCE TO HIS HOLY WILL AS GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS(WORKERS) WORTHY OF HIS PROMISES.
1 Corinthians 12:4-28 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICE, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of WORKING, but the same GOD WORKS ALL OF THEM IN ALL MEN. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines. The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be NO DIVISION IN THE BODY, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.
Ephesians 2:8-10 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS TO DO GOOD WORKS, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
John 15:16-17 You did not choose me, but I chose you and APPOINTED YOU TO GO AND BEAR FRUIT—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: LOVE EACH OTHER.
John 14:12 I tell you the truth, ANYONE WHO HAS FAITH IN ME WILL DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “ALL WHO DO EVIL ARE GOOD IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”
13-18 “You have said harsh things against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’ “You have said, ‘IT IS FUTILE TO SERVE GOD. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty? But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape.’” Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name. “They will be mine,” says the Lord Almighty, “in the day when I make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him. AND YOU WILL AGAIN SEE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED, BETWEEN THOSE WHO SERVE GOD AND THOSE WHO DO NOT.