Faith and Deeds--A Sobering Truth

I am constantly blown away by what I read in God's Word. So much contradicts the feel good, syrupy "truth" I was raised on.

Yes. God is love. But He is to be feared...to be awed.

Yes. He has the power to save. But He also has the power to condemn.

From my earliest Southern Baptist church days I was taught that all I have to do is believe. Faith is enough. They were wrong.

I have parked myself in the book of James. He tells it like it is. Truth. No candy coating. Even some sarcasm. Reminds me of Neil McClendon. I love it!

James 2:14-19
14What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17In 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 what I do. 19You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder.

Wow! Give me the boldness to live for you FULLY, God.