is taking God at His word and not asking questionsHebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him
must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. NIV
Faith is knowing that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to His purpose. NIV
By Faith, the mind trusts in God, the heart responds to the love of God, the
will submits to the commands of God, and the life obeys in the service of God
FAITH is paradoxical
It goes beyond reason
It BELIEVES without understanding
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Importance of Faith
Ephesians 6:16
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all
the flaming arrows of the evil one. NIV
You can not be saved without Faith
John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life,
for God's wrath remains on him. NIV
You can not live victoriously over the world without Faith
1 John 5:4
for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome
the world, even our faith. NIV
You can not please God without FaithHebrews 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must
believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. NIV
You can not pray without Faith
James 1:6
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave
of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. NIV
You can not have peace without FaithRomans 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ. NIV
You can not have joy without Faith1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpresible and glorious joy. NIV
You are justified byFaith and not by works
Galatians 2:6
As for those men who seemed important--whatever they were makes no
difference to me; God does not judge by external appearance--those men added
nothing to my message. NIV
You are made righteous by Faith
Romans 10:1-41. Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they
may be saved.
2. For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not
based on knowledge.
3. Since the did not know the righteousnes that comes from God and sought to
establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
4. Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who
believes. NIV
Christ dwells in your heart by Faith
Ephesians 3:17,1817. so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you,
being rooted and established in love,
18. may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long
and high and deep is the love of Christ NIV
The Holy Spirit is recieved by FaithGalatians 3:2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you recieve the Spirit
by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? NIV
Whatsoever is not of FaithRomans 14:23But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from
faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin. NIV
