What is True Faith?

If we profess faith in God then shouldn't our hearts, words, and actions/deeds fall into line with our faith?

We can say that we believe in God as much as want, but if we continue to live contrary to our

beliefs, then do we really believe our beliefs?

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does
not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly
clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be
warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what
good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But
someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart
from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God
is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! Do you want to be
shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not
Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the
altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was
completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham
believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a
friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith
alone. And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works
when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? For as the
body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
(James 2:14-26 ESV)

"We are not
justified by what we do in any way. True faith always results in deeds, but the
deeds do not justify us. Faith brings salvation; active obedience demonstrates
that our faith is genuine"(NIV Study Bible notes).

True faith involves a commitment of your whole self to God

We, as Christians, should live our lives so radically different than how the world lives that when we come in contact with a non-Christian they should right away see that we know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and
John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished.
And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. (Acts
4:13 ESV)

So, the question is, can people tell by what you do and say that you know Jesus? Are you living boldly for Him?

I am going to close this post with this statement:

True faith transforms our conduct as well
as our thoughts. If our lives remain unchanged, we don't truly believe the
truths we claim to believe.