What is Faith
1)Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.
- · In the general meaning of the word, to have faith is to believe in something or someone, to fully trust, to be so confident that you base your actions on what you believe. To have faith is to be fully convinced of the truthfulness and reliability of that in which you believe.
- · Faith in God then, is having the kind of trust and confidence in God and in Christ that leads you to commit your whole soul to Him as Savior (Justifier, Cleanser, Healer, Deliverer) and Lord (Master, King).
- · Faith is a spiritual force. Faith in God is a response to God's Word which moves God to act
- · Living faith always has corresponding actions. We talk what we really believe, and we act according to what we really believe.
- · Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He is. (When we don't believe God, we treat Him like He is a liar. Remember that He is everywhere and sees all things).
- · Faith brings salvation. (Ephesians 2:8,9). Whosever believes in Him has eternal life. (John 3:16), and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. (John 5:24)
What
Faith is not
James 2:19. You say you have
faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons
believe this, and they tremble in terror.
- · Faith is not mental assent. It is not agreeing with your mind. Many professing Christians believe mentally that the Bible is the Word of God, but this faith does not change the way they live.
- · Just believing and don’t do is not a faith that can save. The demons believe but they do not do what God say
- · Lack of faith leads to lack of obedience and lack of obedience in God's eyes is rebellion.
- · People who don't believe God inevitably believe in something else. Either religious tradition, or their understanding of science, or what society tells them through the education system and the mass-media
- · Faith is not hope, nor positive desire. Hope is good, and relates to the future. Faith, however, takes the promise as done NOW.
How can we strengthen our Faith
The Bible teaches us that real faith is "more precious than gold
that perishes" (1 Peter 1:7).
- · We must grow in faith, because we to live by it. Habakkuk 2:4, the just shall live by faith.
- · Listen to the Word of God as much as possible. "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (Romans 10:17). Constant attention to the Word of God produces faith, especially if we attend to it with an open heart and mind.
- · What we listen to affects what we believe. If we listen to the TV more than to the Word, we will believe the lies of the world more than we will believe what God says. Constant attention to lies produces deception. Eventually the mind will accept something if that thing is heard often enough and persuasively enough. That is why we should keep hearing the Word of God
- · Faith hears the word of God, the voice of God and acts in obedience with a trusting heart. God often speaks to us through our consciences by His Spirit, pressing us towards a particular kind of action which is based on God's Word. Real faith yields to God's suggestion and does it.
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We just have to use and develop what God has
given us. We must put into action what
we believe .
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