What do you depend on? Word of God or your filthy works?

"Did you receive the Spirit from works of the law, or from faith in what you heard?" (Galatians 3: 2).

Thursday 8th October 2020, 27th Week in Ordinary Time.

Our key Scripture for today is a blunt Question: "Did you receive the Spirit from works of the law, or from faith in what you heard?"
The answer is of course we received the Spirit by faith in the message of Jesus Christ. For faith comes when we hear the word of God.

The word of God comes to us when we read the Sacred Scriptures, when we hear the Scripture preached or shared. I hear the message of Jesus Christ a lot when I read spiritual books. I read the book of St Louis Marie de Montfort, THE SECRET OF THE HOLY ROSARY and I fell in love with the Rosary. I call such books anointed. They produce the same effect in your mind that good preaching produces.

We are saved by grace through faith. Every single day, Jesus blesses us with numerous favors. We receive these favors through His merciful love. The favors we receive from God do not depend on our works, for example: Prayers, studying the Scripture, attending Church services, making offerings to the Church,  giving alms to the poor, sheltering the homeless, etc. All these are WORKS. God considers all of them filthy works. Let me give an example: Sometimes when I am in prayer, thoughts of the next meal flash in and out of my mind. I hate it but can't always stop it. So this prayer is not pure enough to offer God. But God does not reject the prayer.

To grow in faith, do the following:
#1 Believe the word of God you read or hear.
#2 Obey or practice what you believe.
#3 Teach or share what you practice.
#4 Trust your experiences of God's merciful works in your life.

Ask, seek, knock and receive for it is Your Father's will to give you the Kingdom.

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