Faith That Goes the Distance"The just shall live by faith" Romans 1:17God, throughout the scriptures spoke through anointed men to convey the message,that those whom have been justified must live by faith. It is paramount that webecome strong in faith, because we are living in days which will test the veryfabric of our belief system.In Hebrews 11:6 we find written these words, "But without faith it is impossibleto please him." If you conduct an extensive word study on the word "please"you'll discover to please someone you'll have to be in agreement with them. Solet's paraphrase that verse. But without faith it is impossible to line yourlife up in agreement with God. Therefore, in order to tap into the richresources God has for every believer, your life must be in agreement withHis. The success of your Christian walk and relationship with God is predicatedby the level of your faith. Moreover, faith is the foundation of your Christianexperience.The word "faith" is properly defined by the Greek word pistis. Pistis is definedas firm persuasion, or to persuade, a conviction based upon hearing. It impliesknowledge of, assent to, and confidence in divine truths, and revelations of theWord of God. The scripture proclaim "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by theword of God." Romans 10:17. The problem is most people take the word "hearing"literality. However, it's not speaking of hearing with your physical ears, buthearing within your spirit being.The only way the word is going to produce faith in the life of a believer; theword must become a living rehema within the soul of man, thus producing a lifechanging experience. Simply, the engrafted word becomes alive and real in theheart of the hearer, and he or she will begin to act according to the Word ofGod applying biblical principles to their daily life. This transformation oflife will also change the quality of their life. The level of your faith iscontingent upon the amount of the living word engrafted within your inner man.So how does one faith grow? I quoted earlier from Romans 10:17, "Faith cometh byhearing and hearing by the word of God." Looking at the seed principle mostlyeverything is the product of a seed. Man, animals, plants and even fruit has itsorigin from a seed. Jesus said "the sower sows the word." Mark 4:14. In Luke8:11 Jesus told us that, "the seed is the Word of God." When a pastor or teacherministers the word, he or she is sowing seed. The seed of the word is trying topenetrate the soul of man. Once the (word) breaches the soul it will either givebirth to a living word (rhema), or it will be aborted.According to Luke 8:12-14 Jesus said, "that being an indifferent hearer, thecares of this world, deceitfulness of riches, and being not rooted in Christ"would cause the seed of the word to become aborted. However, if the seed of theword is birthed within the soul a living word (rhema) is born. This living wordwill influence the spirit of man prompting a visible outward illustration ofChrist and the faith walk. The just shall live by his faith.The Bible speaks of various levels of faith ranging from a measure to the Godkind of faith. The stronger you are in faith will determine how victorious youwill be in your spiritual life. Is your faith strong enough to go the distance?
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