How Does Authentic Faith Differ From Superficial Faith?
In contrast to this modern age's "easy believism" gospel, however I have decided to really show the difference between superficial belief vs. to that of authentic faith. In contrast to what some may think that Paul and James are contradictory to each other, they are not. Now here's a little bit of quotation from the book "The Jesus You Can't Ignore" by Pastor John Macarthur taken from page 54: Here is a practical lesson from this account: a positive response to Jesus should never be taken as proof of authentic trust in Him. There is a shallow, fickle brand of "belief" that is not saving faith at all. From the first public miracle He performed until this very day there have been always people who "accept Christ" without truly loving Him, without submitting to His authority and without abandoning their self confidence and trust in their own good works . That is precisely what John describes at the end of John 2, and that