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Glory
God’s Character
Mercy and Truth
Majestic beauty
and splendor
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Faith
The Purpose
Of our
Series
ConfidentBelief orTrust in
Something
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1The Basics of Faith – Faith Saves
The Mind of Faith – Faith Perfects
The Refining of Faith – Faith in Suffering
The Victory of Faith – Faith in Suffering
5The Fathers of Faith – Faith in Action
6The King of Faith – Faith by Example
Faith – the Saving Connection
Luke 18:42Receive your
sightYour faith has
Saved you
Luke 18:42Receive your
sightYour faith has
Saved you
1 Pet 1:9The end of your faitheven the salvation of
your souls
1 Pet 1:9The end of your faitheven the salvation of
your souls
1 Pet 1:5Kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation
1 Pet 1:5Kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation
2 Tim 3:15Wise unto
salvation throughfaith
2 Tim 3:15Wise unto
salvation throughfaith
Luke 7:50Your faith has saved you
Luke 7:50Your faith has saved you
Eph 2:8For by grace are ye saved
through faith
Eph 2:8For by grace are ye saved
through faith
TitleTitleFaith and
Salvation
A Test “about” Faith
What is the main Hebrew root word translated as “faith” and “belief” in the OT?
Q1
Book and Chapter: “For by grace you are saved through faith”?
Q5
Where is the concept of faith first found in the Bible?Q4
What does belief have to do with faith in the Bible?Q3
What is the main Greek root word translated as “faith” in the NT?
Q2
Some Basics on Faith
Persuasion, that is credence, moral conviction, especially reliance on Christ for salvation, Constancy in such profession (460x)(Strongs 4100, 4102)
To build up or support, to render (or be) firm, faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet, to go to the right hand – basis for word “Amen” (169x)(Strongs 130,139)
Hebrew
Aman
Greek
Pistis
Faith
Some Hebrew and Greek
Constancy
Security
Firm
Build up
Unpacking the Bible Words
Faith is something solid and firm, a sure foundation
Faith is Persuasion, Active trust and commitment
Faith is a noun-verb – both being and doing
Temporal“things
which are seen are
temporal”
Eternal“things
which are not seen
are eternal
Seen
Time
Space
Length
Breadth
Height
Unseen
Another
Time
Not Seen
Natural
World
Spiritual
World
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.
FaithConnecting
To theSpiritual
World
2Co 4:18 For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are
not seen are eternal.
Bible Words plus Bible Verses
• Faith is the measure of our connection/connecting with the Spiritual World (God and Jesus)
• Faith is the measure of the reality of Jesus living in us
The Signal Strength
The history of the English word Faith is rather interesting than important; use and contexts, alike for it and its Hebrew and Greek parallels, are the surest guides to meaning. But we may note that it occurs in the form "feyth," in Havelok the Dane (13th century); that it is akin to fides and this again to the Sanskrit root bhidh, "to unite," "to bind." It is worth while to recall this primeval suggestion of the spiritual work of faith, as that which, on man's side, unites him to God for salvation.
Important Observations
• Almost every NT occurrence of word “believe” in NT is root Pistis Faith as a verb
• Very seldom referred to as simple belief in a creed
• Faith and intellectual understanding not the same – Faith is much more than understanding
• The bible use of faith is a compound word with many related ideas associated with it
Faith – A Compound Word
Resurrection
ActiveTrust
FuturePromises
GOD
ConvictionFoundation
firmness
ConnectionTo
Spiritual
SeeingThe
Unseen
Characteristics of
Faith
Unpacking Abraham’s Faith
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Gen 15:6
Believed in unseen
God
He was absolutely sure that God would be able to do what he had promised.
Rom 4:21
Unassailable
Conviction
His faith did not leave him, and he did not doubt God's promise; his faith filled him with power, and he gave praise to God.
Rom 4:20Energizing
He was then almost one hundred years old; but his faith did not weaken when he thought of his body, which was already practically dead, or of the fact that Sarah could not have children.
Rom 4:19
Believed the impossible
As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations." Abraham acted in faith when he stood in God's presence, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that don't even exist.
Rom 4:17
Resurrection &
Promises
Passage
Our Faith
• The words "he was accepted as righteous" were not written for him alone. (24) They were written also for us who are to be accepted as righteous, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from death. (25) Because of our sins he was given over to die, and he was raised to life in order to put us right with God.
• Rom 4:23-25
1.Belief in the unseen God
2.Belief in Resurrection
3.Belief in impossible – We can be made right with God
4.Unassailable Conviction
5. It is Energizing – Results in Action