What Does the Bible Say About Faith?
While Jesus was on the earth a father came to Him and begged Him to heal his son. To this Jesus replied, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believes.” The father of the afflicted child said, “Lor I believe! Help Thou mine unbelief!”
Questions
Did this doubtful father really have the right faith of faith?
What kind of faith must we have to be saved?
Memory Verse
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17
The Test
From where does faith come?
“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
_________ _________ __________.”
If we want to strengthen our faith, what must we do?
“Faith cometh by ______________ ,
and hearing by ______ ________ ____ ________ .”
Explanation
The condition
Salvation from the lake of fire and the gift of eternal life is offered solely by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
God is also very clear in what we must believe or in what we must have faith. We must have faith that Christ saves us without anything required of us. He will accept no offer of commitment, your heart, your life, a change, confession, submission, or any other work of ourselves to the work of Christ to save us, keep us, or show that we are saved.
The only thing we must have faith in is in the name of Jesus Christ. We must believe that Jesus is God who became a man to die and pay for our sins so that we can go to heaven by what He did.
What Is Faith?
God tells us that faith is simply believing God’s promise that He will do what He has said. Specifically, we believe that that He is who He claimed to be, and that he did what He claimed to do, so that He could accomplished what He has promised to do.
Warning Against “False Faith”
Many have misunderstood what faith is and what it means to believe. In order to generate a feeling of faith, some have resorted to a type of music, a particular time of day, or specific lighting to manipulate man’s faith, while others have blatantly used deceit and trickery such as attaching electrodes to their arms, using earphones to “hear” God’s revelations, and even using human “plants” in the audience to stimulate “seed faith.”
Proof of Faith
God uses His Word. In view of the fact that Biblical faith is believing God’s promises, and all of God’s promises are found in His Word, He requires that the proof of our faith be the Word of God instead of any response of action of our own.
What is God’s promise concerning deliverance from the lake of fire and having eternal life?
He says, “Believe on the name of the Son of God that ye may know that ye have eternal life.” I John 5:13. Dr. Jerry Lloyd
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