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God’s people need a
clear understanding of faith for the just are to live
by faith. How can you live by faith, if you don’t
understand what it is or how it works?
G4102 πίστις pistis
From G3982; persuasion,
that is, credence; moral conviction (of
religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a
religious teacher), especially reliance upon
Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in
such profession; by extension the system of religious
(Gospel) truth itself: - assurance, belief,
believe, faith, fidelity.
Total KJV Occurrences: 244
faith, 239
assurance, 1 Act_17:31
belief, 1 2Th_2:13
believe, 1 Heb_10:39
believeth, 1 Rom_3:26
fidelity, 1 Tit_2:10
Need Faith
Heb 11:1 Now faith
is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
Heb 6:12 That ye be not
slothful, but followers of them who through faith
and patience inherit the promises.
Heb 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.
2Th 3:2 And that we may
be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all
men have not
faith.
Gal 3:25 But after that faith
is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Gal 3:26 For ye are all
the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Rom 1:17 For therein is
the righteousness of God revealed from faith
to faith: as it is written, The just shall
live by faith.
Faith
Cometh By hearing
Rom 10:17 So then faith
cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
Gal 3:2 This only would I
learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of
the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Heb 4:2 For unto us was
the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the
word preached did not profit them, not being mixed
with faith in them that heard it.
Jesus the Author
Heb 12:2 Looking unto
Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who
for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand
of the throne of God.
Faith needs Work "Obedience"
Rom 1:5 By whom we have
received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith
among all nations, for his name:
Jas 2:14 What doth it profit, my
brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and
have not works? can faith save him?
Jas 2:20 But wilt
thou know, O vain man, that faith without
works is dead?
Jas 2:24 Ye see
then how that by works a man is justified, and not by
faith only.
Rom 14:22 Hast thou
faith? have
it to thyself before
God. Happy is he
that condemneth not himself in that thing which he
alloweth.
Faith
is Measurable
Rom 12:3 For I say,
through the grace given unto me, to every man that is
among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think;
but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to
every man the measure of faith.
Rom 12:6 Having then gifts
differing according to the grace that is given to us,
whether prophecy, let us
prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
No
Faith
Mar 4:40 And he said unto
them, Why are ye so
fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
Luke 8:25 And he said unto
them, Where is your faith? And they
being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What
manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the
winds and water, and they obey him.
Weak
Faith
Rom 14:1 Him that is weak
in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful
disputations.
Little
Faith
Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the
grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow
is cast into the oven, shall he not
much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith?
Mat 8:26 And he saith unto
them, Why are ye fearful, O
ye of little
faith?
Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and
there was a great calm.
Great
Faith
Mat 8:10 When Jesus heard
it, he marvelled,
and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Mat 15:28 Then Jesus
answered and said unto her, O
woman, great
is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou
wilt. And her daughter was made whole from
that very hour.
Faith
can Grow
Luk 17:5 And the apostles
said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
2Co 10:15 Not boasting of
things without our
measure, that is,
of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith
is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you
according to our rule abundantly,
2Th 1:3 We are bound to
thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet,
because that your faith groweth exceedingly,
and the charity of every one of you all toward each
other aboundeth;
1Co 13:2 And though I have
the gift of
prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all
knowledge; and though I have all faith, so
that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I
am nothing.
Faith
needs to be Examined
2Co 13:5 Examine
yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove
your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that
Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
1Co 16:13 Watch ye, stand
fast in the faith, quit you like men, be
strong.
Need to Remain in the Faith
Luke 22:32 But and when thou art converted,
strenI have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:gthen thy brethren.
Col 1:23 If ye continue
in
the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from
the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached
to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I
Paul am made a minister;
1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit
speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some
shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1Ti 5:12 Having damnation,
because they have cast off their first faith.
1Ti 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which
some having put away concerning faith
have made shipwreck:
1Ti 2:15 Notwithstanding
she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue
in faith and charity and holiness with
sobriety.
Some
have Erred from the Faith
1Ti 6:10 For the love of
money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1Ti 6:20-21 O Timothy, keep
that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane
and vain babblings,
and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred
concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
Faith
can be overthrown
2Ti 2:18 Who concerning
the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is
past already; and overthrow the faith of
some.
Tit 1:13 This witness is
true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be
sound in the faith;
Faith needs to be Perfected
"Encouragement”
Act 14:22 Confirming the
souls of the disciples, and
exhorting them to continue in the faith,
and that we must through much tribulation enter into
the
1Th 3:2 And sent
Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our
fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish
you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
1Th 3:5 For this cause,
when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith,
lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and
our labour be in vain.
1Th 3:10 Night and day
praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might
perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
1Ti 6:12 Fight the good fight
of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto
thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses.
2Ti 4:7 I have fought a
good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Because belief
Mat 13:58 And he did not many mighty works
there because of their unbelief.
Mat 17:20 And Jesus said
unto them, Because of your
unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If
ye have faith
as a grain of
mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain,
Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Mat 21:21 Jesus answered
and said unto them, Verily
I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this
which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye
shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and
be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
Luke 17:6 And the Lord
said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye
might say
unto this
sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and
be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Faith Make you Whole
Mat 9:22 But Jesus turned
him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort;
thy faith hath made thee whole. And the
woman was made whole from that hour.
Mat 9:29 Then touched he
their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
Mar 5:34 And he
said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of
thy plague.
Mar 10:52 And Jesus said
unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And
immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus
in the way.
Luk 7:50 And he
said to the woman, Thy
faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Luke 8:48 And he
said unto her, Daughter, be
of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Luke 17:19 And he
said unto him, Arise, go
thy way: thy
faith hath
made thee whole.
Luke 18:42 And
Jesus said unto him, Receive
thy
sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
Act 3:16 And his
name through faith
in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and
know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him
this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Act 14:9 The same heard
Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and
perceiving that he had
faith to be healed,
Jas 5:14-15 Is any
sick among you? let him call for the elders of the
church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of
faith shall save the sick, and the Lord
shall raise him up; and if he have committed
sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Be Full of Faith
Act 6:5 And the saying
pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a
man full of faith
and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and
Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a
proselyte of
Act 6:8 And Stephen, full
of faith and power, did great wonders and
miracles among the people.
Mar 11:22 And Jesus
answering saith unto them, Have
faith in God.
Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge
them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man
cometh, shall
he find faith on the earth?
