scripture and faith

The Bible says a lot about FAITH. Tons.  The word of God is our diagnostic for our faith. Where is it? How is it? Can it process through life? Faith in God, Faith in each other, Faith for healing, and our Christian Faith are all described in Scripture. At its core, faith is about trust. Can we trust God? All the way back in the garden this was the inference of the enemy. God cannot be trusted. You shall not surely die. Eve and Adam began that day to question whether or not God could be trusted, and landed humanity into a sin-stained world. The Church endeavors to proclaim the reality that God can be trusted. Jesus made some amazing claims about faith. He said to the woman with the issue of blood: “your faith has healed you.” He also said that if you had faith as much as a mustard seed “you can say to the mountain be removed and be cast into the sea.” The writer of Hebrews is recorded as saying “without faith it is impossible to please Him for whoever comes to God must: 1. Believe that He is and 2, Believe that He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6) By faith we are saved, he also said, it is the gift of God not of works that no one could boast.

Hebrews says faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. I searched the Bible in the ESV about faith. (257x) Here are the results. (hover over the refs. to see the Scripture pop-up)

Ex. 21:8; Lev. 5:15; 6:2; Num. 5:6, 12, 27; Deut. 32:51; Josh. 7:1; 22:16, 20, 22, 31; Judg. 9:15–16, 19; 1 Chr. 2:7; 5:25; 9:1; 10:13; Ezra 10:2, 10; Job 39:12; Psa. 106:24; 146:6; Is. 7:9; 26:2; Hab. 2:4; Matt. 6:30; 8:10, 26; 9:2, 22, 29; 14:31; 15:28; 16:8; 17:20; 21:21–22; Mark 2:5; 4:40; 5:34; 10:52; 11:22; Luke 5:20; 7:9, 50; 8:25, 48; 12:28; 17:5–6, 19; 18:8, 42; 22:32; Acts 3:16; 6:5, 7; 11:24; 13:8; 14:9, 22, 27; 15:9; 16:5; 20:21; 24:24; 26:18; 27:25; Rom. 1:5, 8, 12, 17; 3:22, 25–28, 30–31; 4:5, 9, 11–14, 16, 19–20, 22; 5:1–2; 9:30, 32; 10:6, 8, 17; 11:20; 12:3, 6; 14:1, 22–23; 16:26; 1 Cor. 2:5; 12:9; 13:2, 13; 15:14, 17; 16:13; 2 Cor. 1:24; 4:13; 5:7; 8:7; 10:15; 13:5; Gal. 1:23; 2:16, 20; 3:2, 5, 7–9, 11–12, 14, 22–26; 5:5–6; 6:10; Eph. 1:15; 2:8; 3:12, 17; 4:5, 13; 6:16, 23; Phil. 1:25, 27; 2:17; 3:9; Col. 1:4, 23; 2:5, 7, 12; 1 Th. 1:3, 8; 3:2, 5–7, 10; 5:8; 2 Th. 1:3–4, 11; 3:2; 1 Tim. 1:2, 4–5, 14, 19; 2:7, 15; 3:9, 13; 4:1, 6, 12; 5:8, 12; 6:10–12, 21; 2 Tim. 1:5, 13; 2:18, 22; 3:8, 10, 15; 4:7; Titus 1:1, 4, 13; 2:2, 10; 3:15; Philem. 1:5–6; Heb. 4:2; 6:1, 12; 10:22, 38–11:1; 11:3–9, 11, 13, 17, 20–24, 27–31, 33, 39; 12:2; 13:7; James 1:3, 6; 2:1, 5, 14, 17–18, 20, 22, 24, 26; 5:15; 1 Pet. 1:5, 7, 9, 21; 5:9; 2 Pet. 1:1, 5; 1 John 5:4; Jude 1:3, 20; Rev. 2:13, 19; 13:10; 14:12

You’ll notice that some of them talk about trusting others. You will also notice that our faith in God is through CHRIST! We have access to the Father through Jesus. I hope you’ll also notice that faith puts our trust in One who can do ANYTHING, can always be TRUSTED, and is able to do MIRACLES. Praise God!

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