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Faith
Faith is one of the most confused and
misunderstood of all topics in the word.
Though the Bible talks much on faith and
its importance we find that only a
microscopic minority of the believers
have really understood what faith is.
What is Faith?
Hebrews 11:1 ( NIV )
Now faith is being sure of what we hope
for and certain of what we do not see
Let’s analyse this verse
Faith is now not tomorrow or day after
tomorrow or the next week or next month.
Faith deals with now. Faith means being
sure or being confident ( confidence
means having no doubts whatsoever. Faith
refers to the unseen realm. The moment
you see what you believe for in the
visible realm faith ceases to exist.
Today the problem with many believers
about faith lies in the difficulty to
accept with confidence what they are not
able to perceive with their senses
All men today are governed by the 5
senses
How does Faith
come?
Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God The Bible
very clearly reveals that faith cometh.
If it has to come then it has come from
the outside into our inner man. Faith
cometh from hearing the word of God The
word of God is the only source of faith,
Faith is based only on the word Its
origin is the word. You can’t have faith
for something which is not there in the
word. Remember faith does not come from
philosophy or psychology or some other
study. It comes only from hearing the
word of God. As one studies and
meditates on the word more and more his
faith level increases
One fact which all have to keep in mind
about faith: Though faith cometh from
the word, the word of God cannot build
faith within us unless we permit it to
become part of our spiritual being.
There are some who read the Bible many
times and even memorize many verses but
they don’t live acceptable lives. That
means though they read the word they
don’t allow the word to take control or
change their lives. Such people will
have great difficulty in understanding
and growing in faith
Type of Faith
Bible talks about different measures of
faith in believers
Little faith
In Mark 8: 23 to 26 – we find the
incident of the disciples traveling in
the ship with Jesus. Suddenly a great
storm arose and water started coming
inside the ship. Jesus was happily
sleeping. When the water level increased
they became panicky and woke up Jesus
with the words "Lord, save us: we
perish". The first words which came out
of his mouth was "Why are ye fearful, O
ye of little faith?". After saying these
words only he arose, and rebuked the
winds and the sea; and there was a great
calm ( Note Jesus did arose and rebuked
the storm only after the words came out
of his mouth )
Here Jesus did not justify the act of
his disciples in being fearful at seeing
the water in the ship. He tried to teach
them the truth. Today when many of our
believers act with fear when
circumstances change , we justify their
actions. As a result many believers
don’t grow in faith or make any attempt
to grow in faith.
Weak faith
Romans 4:19 And being not weak in faith
. The signs of weak faith are constant
worry, tension, fear, unbelief. Such
believers are dominated by what their
senses say. They see very few miracles
in their lives. Their life is full of
pain, sorrow, grief, troubles, failures,
sicknesses, bondages etc. They assume
that this is how life will be in this
world. They see other weak believers
going through the same struggles and are
satisfied . Their lives are dominated by
the words " too big" , "impossible" ,
"difficult" etc.
God for them is a distant reality seated
far away very often.
Strong Faith
Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the
promise of God through unbelief; but was
strong in faith, giving glory to God;
The bible says Abraham was strong in
faith , Why? Because he did not stagger
or waver at the promises of God.
Strong faith never staggers or wavers at
God’s promises no matter how
circumstances may look. Strong faith
knows that the God who has promised
cannot lie and he will do what he has
promised. Strong faith relies on the
faithfulness of God. Strong faith
refuses to consider physical reality
when it contradicts the promises of God.
Strong faith gives glory to God in the
midst of total impossibility of a thing
expecting or desired for happening.
Great Faith
Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he
marvelled, and said to them that
followed, Verily I say unto you, I have
not found so great faith, no, not in
Israel. Jesus said that the centurion
had great faith of the type he did not
find in Israel. Why did he say so? The
centurion was one who had a clear
understanding of the authority of the
word of Jesus over impossible
situations. He had no doubts whatsoever
not only about the ability of Jesus but
also about his willingness. The Bible
says that Jesus marvelled when he found
such great faith.
Yes Great faith makes Jesus to marvel.
God is looking for people with Great
faith Jesus says he found great faith in
the centurion
Today child of God understand if today
you are going through very difficult
situation and the way seems bleak and
dark with no hope, it is time that you
start spending more time in the word
instead of allowing your thoughts to
drift about your situation. Remember
that we have an Almighty God who has
promised to not only supply all your
need but also to be with you always even
unto the end of the world. Catch hold of
his word and refuse to let it go no
matter how your situation may turn. As
you do so you will suddenly find an
outburst of supernatural power from the
finger of God which will suddenly break
the cords which were controlling your
situations and you will become free.
Remember that "Faith is the key to
Victory" and "Faith opens the doors to
the supernatural"
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By what they hear through their ears
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By what they see with their eyes
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By what they feel with their body
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By what they smell with their nose
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By what they taste with their tongue
These 5 sense organs enable man to live
in this physical world today.
But since faith deals with the invisible
realm the above 5 sense organs do not
have any role as they are not the proper
instruments through which you can know
about the spiritual realm or unseen
realm. Just like how the 5 sense organs
give a knowledge about the physical
realm so also there is a part of man
which God has created which alone has
the ability to have knowledge of the
invisible realm.
This part of man is "Man’s spirit". It
alone has the ability to know the
invisible or spiritual realm. Today
failure on the part of believers in
developing their spirit has resulted in
the natural mind being stronger than the
spirit and a struggle arises when they
are told to believe something that they
cannot understand with their senses.
Faith is a certainty in the spirit of
something which you do not see, hear,
smell, touch or feel
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