“What does it mean to have mustard seed faith?”……Answer: Faith is so vital to the Christian life that Scripture tells us without it, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). And yet faith is such a powerful gift from God (Ephesians 2:8-9) that with just a tiny measure of it, the size of a […]
Walking in Truth “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” (3 John 4) The important word “truth” is a key word in the apostle John’s vocabulary, occurring more in his writings than in those of any other New Testament author. In the one-chapter epistle of 3 John, it […]
Testing our Faith…We all go through trying times where our faith is tested. In both the Old and New Testaments, the words translated “test” mean “to prove by trial.” …When God tests us, His purpose is to prove that our faith is real. …Not that God needs to prove it to Himself since He knows […]
The Wheelbarrow of Trust Isaiah 12:2…"Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid;…For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation."…… Most of us struggle to "be anxious for nothing," but we can learn to rely on God if we know the difference between faith […]
Gen.15:6 believed. This is the first mention of "belief" or "faith" in the Bible, as well as the first mention of "counted" or "imputed." In Noah's case, "grace" preceded imputed righteousness (Genesis 6:9├ö├ç├┤"just" means "righteous"); in Abraham's case, it was "faith." Both are essential for righteousness that satisfies God (Ephesians 2:8-10); one stresses the divine […]
The Paradox of Faith by Henry Morris III, D.Min. * And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough,…and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. (Luke 9:62) Hebrews 11:1 records the Bible's precise definition of faith: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence […]
“What is the definition of faith?”…Thankfully, the Bible contains a clear definition of faith in Hebrews 11:1"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."…Simply put, the biblical definition of faith is "trusting in something you cannot explicitly prove."…This definition of faith contains two aspects: to intellectually concur and […]