HAVE FAITH IN GOD

BIBLE STUDY

WRITTEN BY

PASTOR JANICE L WILLIAMS

BIBLE STUDY FOR

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28th-NOVEMBER 4th, 2009

 PSALM 56:11
 

LET'S EXAMINE THE FOLLOWING THREE WORD DEFINITIONS WITH CORRESPONDING SCRIPTURES.

1/faith - belief or trust: belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something, especially without logical proof

• 2nd CORINTHIANS 5:7 KJV *FOR WE WALK BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT.
• HEBREWS 11:3 KJV * THROUGH FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD, SO THAT THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN WERE NOT MADE OF THINGS THAT DO APPEAR.

2/ belief -acceptance of truth of something: acceptance by the mind that something is true or real, often supported by a  spiritual sense of certainty [belief in an afterlife]

• HEBREWS 11:1 KJV * NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. (substance, the dictionary says, is tangible physical matter that can be touched and felt - FAITH IS SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCE THAT CAN BE TOUCHED AND FELT BY OUR SPIRIT, AND OUR FAITH IN GOD TOUCHES GOD'S HEART AND MOTIVATES HIM TO MOVE ON OUR BEHALF.)

• HEBREWS 11:6 KJV * BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM: FOR HE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS(BELIEVE GOD EXISTS AND IS REAL), AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.

• 2nd THESSALONIANS 2:13 NKJV * GOD FROM THE BEGINNING CHOSE YOU FOR SALVATION THROUGH SANCTIFICATION BY THE SPIRIT AND BELIEF IN THE TRUTH:

3/ sanctification/sanctify - 1. religion * bless something: to make something holy  2. officially approve something: to give social, moral, or official approval to something  3.  religion * make something route to holiness: to make something a means of achieving holiness or a source of grace

• COLOSSIANS 2:21, 22 KJV *21/ AND YOU, THAT WERE SOMETIME ALIENATED AND ENEMIES IN YOUR MIND BY WICKED WORKS, YET NOW HATH HE RECONCILED 22/ IN THE BODY OF HIS FLESH THROUGH DEATH, TO PRESENT YOU HOLY AND UNBLAMEABLE AND UNREPROVEABLE IN HIS SIGHT: 

THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT FAITH IN GOD [JESUS CHRIST]COMES BY HEARING GOD'S WORD.

• ROMANS 10:17 NKJV * SO THEN FAITH COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD
• REVELATION 19:13 KJV * HIS [JESUS AS GOD] NAME IS CALLED THE WORD OF GOD.
• JOHN 1:1 KJV * IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD.
• JOHN 1:14 KJV * AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US
• ROMANS 10:16, 17 NLT * 16/ BUT NOT EVERYONE WELCOMES THE GOOD NEWS, FOR ISAIAH THE PROPHET SAID, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR MESSAGE?"  17/ YET FAITH COMES FROM LISTENING TO THIS MESSAGE OF GOOD NEWS--THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT CHRIST.

FAITH IN GOD COUPLED WITH ACTION, RESULTS IN GOD PERFORMING MIRACLES IN THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER.

• JAMES 2:26 KJV * FOR AS THE BODY WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO FAITH WITHOUT WORKS (ACTION) IS DEAD ALSO.  (Confessing “I Am Healed”, before the healing actually manifests in the physical realm is an action or work coupled with faith in God that brings the healing forth.  Please review #5 "Faith Healing" Weekly Bible Study.)

CHANCES ARE, THAT ANYONE WHO DOES NOT TAKE THE TIME, AND RESPONSIBILITY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD, THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, PREACHED AND/OR TAUGHT, THEIR LEVEL OF FAITH IN GOD, AND JESUS AS GOD, TO HEAL AND  PERFORM MIRACLES IN A PERSON'S LIFE, IS VERY MINIMAL OR NON EXISTENT.  

REMEMBER, YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR FAITH IN GOD BY TAKING THE TIME AND RESPONSIBILITY TO HEAR HIS WORD PREACHED AND TAUGHT. 

REVELATION 22:7 

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th-11th, 2009

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