Acts 8:21
8:21 You have no share or part
in this matter
because your heart is not right before God!
Psalms 78:35-37
78:35 They remembered that God was their protector,
and that the sovereign God was their deliverer.
78:36 But they deceived him with their words,
and lied to him.
78:37 They were not really committed to him,
and they were unfaithful to his covenant.
Psalms 106:12-13
106:12 They believed his promises;
they sang praises to him.
106:13 They quickly forgot what he had done;
they did not wait for his instructions.
Luke 8:13
8:13 Those
on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while,
but
in a time of testing
fall away.
John 2:23-25
Jesus at the Passover Feast
2:23 Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.
2:24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.
2:25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.
John 8:30-31
8:30 While he was saying these things, many people
believed in him.
Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children
8:31 Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples
James 2:19-26
2:19 You believe that God is one; well and good.
Even the demons believe that – and tremble with fear.
2:20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?
2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
2:22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.
2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
2:25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?
2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.