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Oct 28, 2022 · Answer. Faith is the avenue or the instrument God uses to bring salvation to His people. God gives faith because of His grace and mercy, because He loves us (Ephesians 4—5). Faith comes from God in the form of a gift (Ephesians 2:8). A gift is not earned by some good deed or kind word, and it is not given because the giver expects a gift in ...
- Faith Vs. Fear
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The Bible is first and foremost God’s revealed Word; we want...
- What is The Definition of Faith
This is saving faith. The faith God requires of us for...
- Why Do so Many People Struggle With a Lack of Faith
Christianity is a faith-based religion. It is based on faith...
- Hebrews 12
For if God in Christ is not the author of our new life, and...
- Faith Vs. Fear
Sep 5, 2014 · Both are true, and both are essential. The Scriptures makes us wise for salvation through faith. Yes, faith is the means by which Scripture leads to salvation. That is right. And Scripture does this by wakening and producing or yielding — that is the language I used in the LAB — faith. In other words, if faith is essential to salvation ...
Jan 29, 2016 · The confession acknowledges that the teaching and preaching of Scripture are the ways that the Holy Spirit works faith in us. God's work of regeneration is required if we are to believe (John 3:3–8; Eph. 1:3–10; 2:1–10), yet He calls us to faith through the preaching of the gospel.
This parallel implies that believers have different measures of ministry (2 Cor. 10:13) or different measures of faith (Rom. 12:3). This seems to fit with the concept that God gives “gifts that differ according to the grace given to us” (Rom. 12:6). Many commentators who hold this view believe that “faith” is equivalent with the ...
Apr 20, 2021 · Faith comes from God. God allots, or gives, faith to us. Second Peter 1:1 says: “To those who have been allotted faith equally precious as ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.”. God is not only the Giver of faith, but He is also the Author, the Originator, of our faith. Hebrews 12:2 says:
Jul 31, 2015 · Now this faith given to us by God is a living and active faith. It is no dead faith, but produces good works (obedience to the law). As James tells us, if the faith we have does not produce works, it is a dead faith.
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Sep 23, 1998 · We thank God for the enlargement of faith because "God has allotted to each [his own] measure of faith" (Romans 12:3). This truth has a profound impact on how we pray. Jesus gives us the example in Luke 22:31-32. Before Peter denies him three times Jesus says to him, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you like wheat; but I have ...