“For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:10)įaith causes you to know in your heart before you see with your eyes. Jesus said in Mark 11:23, “For assuredly I say to you, whoever SAYS to this mountain, ‘Be removed and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but BELIEVES that those things he SAYS will be done, he will HAVE whatever he SAYS.” Words mixed with the real, pure faith can and will move mountains or any other problem that we face.įaith in God must be from the heart. Faith in God is a response to God’s Word which moves God to act. When you have this spiritual substance in you, it communicates to you a certain inner knowing that the thing you are hoping for is certainly established, even before you see any material evidence that it has happened.įaith is a spiritual force. The NKJV of the Bible says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1).įaith is a spiritual substance. The NIV translation says, “Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1 NIV). To have faith is to be fully convinced of the truthfulness and reliability of that in which you believe.įaith 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 Saviour (Justifier, Cleanser, Healer, Deliverer) and Lord (Master, King). In the general sense 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. Many people have hope and are anxiously looking for results, but they lack the settled confidence and present assurance which faith has. Faith, however, takes the promise as done NOW. It is not a kind of magic through which we make God into our servant!įaith is not hope, nor positive desire. It is not a power by which we make God do what WE want when otherwise He would be unwilling to do that thing. They have no loving confidence in God.įaith is not a way to manipulate God. They know and believe that God exists (James 2:19) – and tremble. (James 2:14)Įven demons have that kind of faith. It is not agreeing with your mind, “Yes, that is true.” Many professing Christians believe mentally that the Bible is the Word of God, but this faith does not change the way they live. Don’t you try to change them.” This is not the Biblical idea of faith.įaith is not mental assent. What they mean is this: “We have our religious ideas and doctrines, our traditions, our ways of doing things passed down through the generations. Many times people say “We have our faith”. What is Faith? What Faith is notįaith is not religion. In this lesson we will consider what it means to have faith in God. But as well as this change of allegiance or repentance we need to believe God and His promises with a living faith. He wants to set us free from every oppression. We must now love Him and serve Him – not our old selfish and corrupt desires. This salvation is to be received through repentance and faith. In previous studies, we have seen that God has provided a marvellous salvation from all the consequences of man’s rebellion. Many people fail to get answers to prayer because they don’t have the kind of relationship with God that makes them confident that God is going to answer them. It is right to have faith because God is reliable.
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