Now, if you believe that with all your heart, accept it and act on it. Now, you can believe it just as much as you wanted to; if you didn’t act on it, you’ll set right there like a sinner would lay at the altar. If you got down there and prayed, and prayed. You said, “Lord, I know You saved me. But that—that’s just a…I know You said…” He’ll never get through until he rises, and confesses it, and stays with it, and shows works with it. James says, “Just as a body is dead without the spirit, so is faith without works is dead,” no matter how much you believe. And that’s why I’m telling you, friends, these gifts are brought in to make the Presence of God real to you. (I guess I’m nearly deafening talking.) The—the gifts are brought to make the Presence of God real to you. Then your faith looks up to God and accepts Divine healing, or salvation, or whatever you have need of from God. It isn’t only do one thing or another. Anything that you have need of in this earth’s journey, God will supply it if you have need of it. He promises to supply your needs, not your wants, your needs. And He’s God. And He can only get it to you as you believe Him. And gifts are to make you see that He’s here. And His attitude towards one is towards all. Amen.

Faith without Works Is Dead, 1950-08-22, Cleveland, OH, §44