Well written, But, I would remind you that every man is given a measure of Faith and then there is the gift of faith and they are two separate things.
Other than that well done and may God bless you.
Other than that well done and may God bless you.
1. Initial saving faith
2. Continual saving faith (work out your salvation)
3. The gift of faith
4. The faith needed to receive <healing, deliverance, blessings> from the Lord
5. The faith that believes for [healing, deliverance, blessings] from the Lord
6. The faith that truly believes not just in God but believes God ("When the Son of Man comes, will He find <this kind of> faith on the earth?")
I bolded numbers 4 and 5 because they are similar:
4. This kind of faith is one everyone has and throws a wrench in the tires of those who say you need the number 5 type of faith to be healed. This is the faith that simply comes to God for healing. It doesn't need to believe He can or will; it just comes. Most in the Bible who received [healings, etc.] had only this type; they simply came to Jesus hoping for healing.
5. This kind of faith we see only a few times in Jesus' ministry, namely with the Centurion, the Canaanite woman, and the woman with the issue of blood. This kind says, "Just say the word and it will be so." No one is required to have this kind to be healed. Isa. 55:1, tucked away in Scripture, tells us that in the Kingdom, you can buy (receive) what you need with money and without money-- i.e. with the number 5 faith or the number 4-- without requirement. Faith is the currency of the Kingdom; you can say you use it to 'buy' from God. However, because Love (not faith) is first in the Kingdom, you can actually buy without money (faith):
"The Lord says, 'All you who are thirsty, come and drink. Those of you who do not have money, come, buy and eat. Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost'" (Isa. 55:1, EXB).
Do you notice the wording? If God wanted to give freely alone, He would say, "Come and receive freely"; but He said, "Come and buy" to those who have no money. This is because in the Kingdom, those who are able and those are unable both receive Grace. It's counter to what is natural, but we see in the NT that both those who had the number 5 faith and the number 4 faith received. Jesus healed a man (to prove that this is the way it works in the Kingdom) who was lame to whom He said, "Do you want to be made whole?" As the man ran through his sob story, the Lord commanded healing into him. So, be aware that there are multiple facets to everything (even in the natural, everything is three-dimensional or more), including faith.