17/06/2020
How Faith Comes
lets call it part Part 1 ....
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. -
Romans 10:17
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6
Notice particularly the first part of Hebrews 11:6: "But without faith it is impossible to please him...." If God demands that I have faith when it is impossible for me to have faith, then I have a right to challenge His justice. But if He places within my hands the means whereby faith can be produced, then the responsibility rests with me whether or
not I have faith.
Faith Comes by Hearing the Word
God has told us that without faith it is impossible to please Him, but He has also told us how to get faith. If we don't have faith, God is not to blame. To blame God for our lack of faith is nothing in the world but ignorance. If we lack faith, we are to blame.
This is also true concerning faith for salvation. Faith for salvation also comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). Paul said in Ephesians 2:8: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." We know that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, but how are we to get faith to get saved? Romans chapter 10 tells us.
ROMANS 10:8-10,13,14
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart:
that is, THE WORD OF FAITH, WHICH WE PREACH;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation ...