Here let us beware lest Wittenberg become Capernaum [cf. Matt. 11:23]. I
notice that you have a great deal to say of the doctrine of faith and love
which is preached to you, and this is no wonder; an ass can almost intone the
lessons, and why should you not be able to repeat the doctrines and formulas?
Dear friends, the kingdom of God,—and we are that kingdom—does not consist in
talk or words [I Cor. 4:20], but in activity, in deeds, in works and exercises.
God does not want hearers and repeaters of words [Jas. 1:22], but followers and
doers, and this occurs in faith through love. For a faith without love is not
enough—rather it is not faith at all, but a counterfeit of faith, just as a
face seen in a mirror is not a real face, but merely the reflection of a face
[I Cor. 13:12]. Read the entire piece of
Dr. West’s essay here.
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