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16 Jun 2010: Hands: doing the works of faith: James 2

I think it was Alec Motyer who told the story of a Japanese Christian who was a thief before he was converted to Christ. After his conversion, he visited a church and saw, written on the wall, the Ten Commandments. And one commandment leapt out at him: ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ But now he saw it in a new way. Not, ‘Thou shalt NOT steal,’ but ‘Thou SHALT not steal.’ What had formerly been a condemning precept was now a life-giving promise, ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ So in Christ the precepts of the law have become promises to the believer, bringing the liberty of obedience.

To read the full text of this talk by Jonathan Lamb please see

‘Faith that Works’ – Keswick Year Book 2009,

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