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Faith and Works Walking

William Booth

William Booth said that “faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of a person walking—first faith, then works, then faith again, then works again—until they can scarcely be distinguished.” The image refuses the old fight between believing and doing. A person does not hop on one leg all the way home.

How you’d preach it

Classic image for the relationship of faith and obedience. They belong together like steps.

  • Faith
  • Obedience
  • Discipleship

Booth

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