James 2:20 (NIV) You foolish man, do you want EVIDENCE that faith without deeds is useless? If a verse of Scripture doesn’t give you enough EVIDENCE to convince you, then it won’t help you. If you read it and don’t BELIEVE it, it won’t help you. If you read it and don’t understand it, it won’t help you. If you read it and don’t DESIRE it, it won’t help you. It is your reaction to God’s truths that matter; you can’t take FAITH-ACTION if you don’t believe it, understand it, or desire it. BUT, if you use The Three Keys To All Of Christianity, you can ASK Jesus to help you believe it, understand it, and desire it. You can apply the SEEK key and ASK Jesus to empower you to TOTALLY believe it, COMPLETELY understand it, and PASSIONATELY desire it. Then you can apply the KNOCK key and ASK Jesus to empower you to love the people around you enough to do all of this so you can share all these breakthroughs and victories with them.

James 2:20 (NIV) You foolish man, do you want EVIDENCE that faith without deeds is useless? Once you believe it, understand it, and desire it, it is time to take FAITH-ACTION on the basis of it. Faith without deeds (action) is useless; Jesus has to train you, empower you, and transform you so you can go out and live what you have been applying the first five principles on. Just like you have to ASK Jesus to help you with your desire, study, prayer, believing, and loving, you have to join Jesus in taking faith-action. You must apply The Three Keys to your FAITH-ACTION. This helps you keep Jesus in the actions of your life. If you keep ASKING Him what to do, it keeps you SEEKING Him for giving you the intensity to do what you do with passion; and, it keeps you KNOCKING on Jesus’ doors of opportunity to demonstrate your love to others.

James 2:21-24 (NIV) Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he DID when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. If you aren’t familiar with this event, read Genesis 22:1-18.

You may be faced with losing your job, your house, or your friends because your boss, the company, or a person is asking you to do something that is wrong, bad, or evil. But, if you understand that Abraham didn’t obey God through his own power, commitment, determination, or righteousness, you will face such a challenge while using your two tool sets.

Mat 19:16-22 (NIV) Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” “Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One Who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments.” “Which ones?” the man inquired. Jesus replied, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’” “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?” Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Don’t expect the devil to just LET you take faith-action; he will do all he can to try to convince you that he is too big and powerful for you to be able to win. Like this rich young man, he will put all kinds of worse-case-scenarios in your mind. The rich young man probably was imagining what life would be like if he gave away all his wealth. As he stood there invisioning how bad it would be to become poor, he DECIDED to go away sad. In your mind you can do the same thing; rather that quickly turning to Jesus and putting the whole issue in His care, you can listen to Satan draw out horrible things that MIGHT happen to you, if you take faith-action.

There are a lot of things that are too hard for you. When you read Jesus’ sermon in Matthew chapters 5-7, you will read things He says that you will NOT be able to do. As a matter of fact, you may NOT even be WILLING to do them. When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. The thing you must understand is, this young man didn’t have to go away sad; sure it was impossibe for him to give his wealth away; there were a lot of things he couldn’t do. But, all he had to do was turn to Jesus and tell Him that it was too hard for him. He could have ASKED Jesus to help him sell all his possessions and give them to the poor. When you run into a situation where you have been empowered by Jesus to complete the first five principles but the faith-action part of it is too hard for you, that is when you start ASKING, SEEKING, and KNOCKING for the power to take faith-action.

Mark 9:17-20 (NIV) A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.” “O unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.” So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

Once again, don’t expect the devil to just LET you take faith-action; he will do all he can to try to convince you that he is too big and powerful for you to be able to win. The spirit probably threw the boy into a convulsion when the disciples tried to drive it out. The boy probably fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth and traumatized the disciples. Just like you need to ASK Jesus to help you with your desire, study, prayers, believing, and love, you need His help with faith-action. Faith-action is where Jesus wants to start living in and through you in a special way. He wants to demonstrate how to take faith-action in a supernatural way.

Mark 9:21-24 (NIV) Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” “‘If You can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”

When Jesus tells you to do something or requires you to have something, that is the time to turn and get it from Him. No matter what assignment the Bible gives you, ask Jesus to help you automatically turn to Him and use your two tool sets to obey the assignment. Ask Jesus to help you not try to do it, try to figure out a way to do it, or to spend time seeing how hard it is going to be. Ask Him to help you to immediately turn to Him for the help you need. This little boy’s father didn’t have the faith he needed so he said: “help me overcome my unbelief!” Can you see how Abraham was able to obey God on such an “impossible” assignment? Can you see how the rich young man could have not gone way sad? The Three Keys To All Of Christianity and The Six Biblical Principles CAN handle the impossible things in your life.

Mark 9:25 (NIV) When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, He rebuked the evil spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” There is no battle between Jesus and whatever you are facing. He doesn’t have any problems or struggles with solving your issue with spirituality. But, for you to learn how to yield, cooperate, and “do what it takes” to experience His power; He has to wait on you. You are on this planet to learn how to do things in the spirit realm. You are being trained to do the works and live the life of Jesus. He is also responding to your God-given free will. So, even though He can get the job done instantly, your spiritual and Biblical growth can delay those things you need.

Mark 9:26 (NIV) The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.” You don’t need to, put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes (Eph 6:11). if there are no devil’s schemes. Since you are being trained on how to operate in the spirit realm, there has to be sources of resistance for you to practice on. The devil, circumstances, problems, and difficulties are like weights in an exercise room. They are like the track that runners run on getting ready for a race. You are getting ready for eternal life in God’s eternal Kingdom. All this resistance, all this training, and all this development, are vital for your eternal future.

The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.”: If Jesus had been convinced by the devil that the boy was dead, then He would have lost the battle. This is probably how the disciples lost the battle and couldn’t drive it out. When you are about to experience a victory, Satan is allowed to see if he can cheat you out of it. You are responsible for believing the Bible, Jesus, your heavenly Father, and the Holy Spirit. If you believe Satan’s lie, you lose the battle.

Mark 9:27 (NIV) But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up. As you submit you thoughts, feelings, words, and deeds to Jesus, He will train you how to do things like this. Just put yourself in Jesus’ place for a moment, as He heals this boy. The boy looks like he is dead; if he is dead and you try to raise him up, it is going to be a very embarrassing moment. But, if it is just one of the devil’s tricks and you don’t lift him to his feet, you lose the battle. However, as you allow Jesus to live in that through you, He will influence your thoughts, feelings, words, and deeds. You will pass the test because you aren’t living your life anymore; Jesus is living in you. Submitting you life to Jesus helps and empowers you to experience supernatural things at a dynamic rate. His system of training is perfect, powerful, and very effective.