FAITH
There is an old story about a man who fell off a cliff. It was pitch black. He was going to die, but he raised his hand and miraculously caught a branch and shouted:
“Help, help, is there anybody up there?”
A Voice answered: “Yes.”
He asked the Voice: “Who is it?”
And the Voice replied: “I am God and I am going to save you.”
He asked Him: “What should I do?”
The Voice answered him: “Let go of the branch.”
(Pause.)
The man replied: “Is there anybody else up there?”
We must trust Him in EVERYTHING and the Bible teaches us EVERYTHING we need to know. LET US LISTEN TO HIM. Faith is the foundation of ALL the Word of God.
Hebrews 11; 6 - 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.
In the Message " God In His People" (50-1227),
9 There’s a fountain open, flowing freely everywhere. Just drink till you just can’t drink no more. The tree, if it just drink to what it was allotment, why, it would just always, still in the drought.
That’s what’s the matter with the Christians. They don’t drink enough. You want to drink till you just spread out and let somebody else see it. See? Push out. Get a testimony. Commit it to God. Believe it. Step out on it. Claim God’s promise.
Just commit—commit it to God. Believe it. “Commit thy ways unto the Lord.” He will bring it to pass whatever you want.
But He can’t do it until…as long as you’re holding it. Say, “Now, I will see if I’m any better, and see if this will work.” You commit it to Him; forget about the rest of it.
Go testifying of things you don’t even see. You believe it. It’s not what you see; it’s what you believe. It’s not what you feel. He never did say, “Did you feel it?” He said, “Did you believe it?”
That’s how you’re saved is by faith. That’s how you’re healed is by faith. And faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things you don’t see, taste, feel, smell, or hear. You just believe it. Act upon it as though it was. Amen.
Faith
You must first be born again. Therefore, you cannot be born again without having faith. This is right. So, faith is the foundation of all this.
« For without faith it is impossible to be pleasing to God; for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that He is the rewarder of those who seek Him. »
You must be born again
When you are a skeptic of the Bible, when you are skeptical of the truthfulness of the Word, you might as well stay back, until you believe it first.
Faith, that's what you have to believe. "Faith is the firm assurance, or substance, of the things you hope for". You already have it, when you have faith, because it is revealed in faith.
The righteous will live by faith
Hope is one thing; faith is another. Hope hopes the thing; faith possesses it. One is an intellectual faith; the other is a direct revelation of God.
What is faith?
Hope is one thing; faith is another. Hope hopes the thing; faith possesses it. One is an intellectual faith; the other is a direct revelation of God.
“Faith comes from what we hear, what we hear comes from the Word.”
Just have faith, that's the foundation...
Ref. 62-1014m The stature of the perfect man
55-0724 - Seductive Spirits
59-0525 - Images of Christ