The Word of God and faith

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Pilgrimshope

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#1
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭10:17‬ ‭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 which do appear.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Gods word

“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

A Man willing to hear and obey Gods word

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭10:21-22‬ ‭

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1:1, 14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Disease hears Gods word

“And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭8:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

A dead girl hears Gods word

“And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭5:41-42‬ ‭KJV‬‬

a dead man in his tomb hears Gods word

“And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”

‭‭John‬ ‭11:43-44‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The elements of creation hear Gods word

“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭4:39‬ ‭KJV‬‬

nature hears Gods word

“And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭21:19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

evil spirits hear Gods word

“So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭8:28-29, 31-32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Blindness hears his word and obeys

“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth

And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.”

‭‭John‬ ‭9:7KJV‬‬

Same word same power

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

‭‭John‬ ‭5:24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

same word same power

“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John‬ ‭8:31-32

same word same power

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”
John‬ ‭8: 51‬ ‭KJV‬‬

same word same power

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark‬ ‭16:15-16‬

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭10:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Will Christian believers hear his word and believe ?
 

Pilgrimshope

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#3
you lost me with that last statement, are you talking about after salvation here?
Lol no this isn’t intended to repeat the same arguments of the osas threads there are plenty of those , this is just to inspire some thought
 

Blik

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#4
What is faith? I think the answer to that by our modern church is critical. For 300 years the church that was established after Christ believed that faith in Christ meant faith in all of Christ, including his teaching about how to live. That is teaching about works as Christians. Now there is much controversy about works, even to the point of quarreling about it.

One commentator said the reason the church changed its mind about what faith was rested in the hands of Constantine who felt he needed to help the church and used the same methods he used to help Rome. Those methods were of the world, we are no of the world although we are in it, we are of the kingdom of God.
 

Pilgrimshope

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#5
What is faith? I think the answer to that by our modern church is critical. For 300 years the church that was established after Christ believed that faith in Christ meant faith in all of Christ, including his teaching about how to live. That is teaching about works as Christians. Now there is much controversy about works, even to the point of quarreling about it.

One commentator said the reason the church changed its mind about what faith was rested in the hands of Constantine who felt he needed to help the church and used the same methods he used to help Rome. Those methods were of the world, we are no of the world although we are in it, we are of the kingdom of God.
yes couldnt agree more blick . I think we have lost the meaning of very important terms like faith and also Love.

part of my thinking of why , is the world has influenced everyone so much . So love became to us what we hear in love songs , only what we feel , only the affection we naturally have for people close to us , what we read in romantic novels , see on television ect

but faith tells us what Gods love expressed to others is and so the Bible is always speaking of his love and not the love of the world which we perceive because of the worlds influence and voice in our daily lives.

it’s why I personally try to let scripture define everything for my own self even to the point of annoying others at times I believe the scripture is the source of true faith as we allow it to change our minds and hearts I believe we’re letting Gods word create faith in us

So we have an active faith that expresses itself through true love

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:16-19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

thanks for the addition and I agree