Friday, February 24, 2012

Faith Is (4)

Saving faith is made up of three things - knowledge, belief, and trust. Gospel Faith comes from the word of God. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. You must first hear in order that you can know what is to be believed. A measure of knowledge is essential to Faith. Search the Scriptures, seek ye out of the book of the Lord and read, listen, learn, seek to know God in Christ. The Gospel talks of free forgiveness, change of heart, adoption into God's family. The man Christ Jesus is the only Mediator between God and men. The atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ is the center of the target at which saving Faith aims. The blood of Christ is the point in which saving Faith mainly fixes itself. To know Christ is life eternal.

Believe that God is. Free Justification by faith is the grand truth. Firmly believe this - Christ's bloody Sacrifice is completely and fully accepted by God. Whosoever believeth in Jesus is not condemned. The last ingredient of Bible Faith is full trust in Christ Himself. Commit your immortal soul to the merciful Incarnate God - Jesus Christ, the dying and living Savior. Rest all your hope on His gracious Gospel. Repose on His atoning blood, accept His perfect Righteousness, and all will be well with your soul. Genuine Faith always leads to sincere repentance and an abhorrence and forsaking of your sins. Trust is the root of saving Faith. Lean with all your weight upon the Finished Work of Jesus Christ. Simple, unquestioning faith is the very best way to come to Jesus. Joyful submission, childlike confidence in the Savior's Finished Work. A little child reposes on his mother's bosom, he reposes entirely to her care.

Faith begins with knowledge, faith then believes actual Bible facts of which it is sure. Faith stakes its eternal destiny upon the truth of revelation found in the Holy Bible. Faith stakes everything on the truth and promises of God. Faith is simply believing that Christ is what He said He is, and that He will do what He has promised to do, and Faith expects this of Him. Jesus is God in human flesh, the sinless Savior, who made a sin-offering on your behalf, He bore your sins in His own body on the tree. He rose from the dead, and now He ever liveth to make intercession for us. Christ will do what He has promised. If you come to Him, He will not cast you out. Look to Jesus for free pardon, justification, preservation, and eternal glory. Believe Jesus is what He said He is, and that Jesus will do what He says He will do. Simply rest upon His promises.

Faith is simply clinging to Christ with helpless dependence. With all your heart and soul, cleave to Jesus for dear life. Cling to Jesus, when you can do nothing else, this is the very soul of real Faith. Faith depends upon Christ and follows Him. A blind man trusts to a guide who has sight. Likewise trust yourself to Christ, He will never lead you the wrong way.

The great object of true living Faith is Christ Jesus Himself. Faith is a simple, humble reliance upon the Precious Blood; genuine conversion through real faith in Christ's Blood Atonement. A most childlike confidence in Christ alone. *Faith in His Blood* is the essence and sum of true godliness - the root of the matter. Childlike delight in God. Trust, love, service, delight in the Savior. Faith is trusting wholly upon the person, work, name, merit, blood, and power of the Son of God. This is Faith: *Acts 16:31; John 1:12*. Trust yourself with Jesus Christ. To believe God is to worship Him. Faith is oxygen to the soul. Genuine daily godliness is heart-work; it requires thought, care, sincerity, prayerfulness, and watchfulness. Faith in Christ is the main thing. Faith is a childlike trust in the Great Shepherd. Trust to God, rely upon the Atonement of His Son. Faith is an empty cup being placed under Christ, the flowing fountain. Faith is the taking, appropriating, and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ into one's soul. Have done with your doings, renounce your self-righteousness.

Free Justification, Full Redemption, Irreversible Acceptance, Infinite Love, and Boundless Grace is available down at the feet of Jesus Christ. Faith in His name is key. The only way to obtain the Lord's blessing is Faith. Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust. Faith Him, do not doubt Him. Faith is the only channel by which we can draw life from Jesus. He that believeth in Me hath everlasting life - that is it. Faith is an empty-handed receiver taking Jesus Christ freely. Faith ascribes all the glory of his Salvation to Jesus only. The root of holy living is Faith in the Blood of Jesus Christ.