Romans 1:17
"The just shall live by faith."
Who are the just?
The just are those that have accepted the gift of Salvation - John 3:16
The just are those who walk in obedience to the word of God - Luke 11:28
The just are those that bear fruits - John 15:4-5
Living a Christian life is a life of faith. Everything we do as children of God is done by faith
What is Faith?
Faith is choosing to believe what God has said
Faith is trusting in God in all circumstances of life
We therefore choose to believe that all what God as spoken to us all will come to manifestation in our lives. God said to us in the book of Romans 12:3 "As God has dealt to each one a measure of faith." Another translation puts it this way, "God as given us a measure of faith." God has given us a measure of faith and with the of the Holy Spirit it can be increased.
Everyone's faith is not the same but God wants us to all have great faith. there are so many things that our faith will do.
Faith will open doors
Faith will stop the enemy in his tracks
Faith will move mountains
Faith will heal the sick
Faith will break down barriers
The just shall live by faith
God looks down from his throne room and blesses those that walk by faith. When Jesus was here on earth, he blessed those who had faith, there are so many examples in his word, starting from:
Matthew 9:2
"Then behold they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you."
Matthew 9:29
"Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you."
Matthew 15:28
"Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour."
There are different levels of faith. There is No Faith,Little Faith, Weak Faith, Great Faith and Strong Faith.
NO FAITH
Mark 4:40
But he said to them. "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"
LITTLE FAITH
Matthew 16:8
But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, " O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread?"
WEAK FAITH
Romans 4:19
And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead ( since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb."
GREAT FAITH
Matthew 15:28
Then Jesus answered and said to her, " O woman, great is your faith."
STRONG FAITH
Romans 4:20
He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God."
The Lord wants us all to receive all he has promised us in his word. The book of Hebrews chapter 11 verse 6 says this about faith. " But without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and He is a re warder of those who diligently seek Him. Therefore in the absence of faith nothing can be achieved.
Faith pleases God.
2 Corinthians 5:7 says this
For we walk by faith and not by sight.
Faith is the opposite of fear
Faith leans on God
Faith will shut the loins mouth
Faith parted the red sea
Faith believes in the word of God
Faith looks and trusts in God's power
Faith is man resting and God working
Faith will receive the promise of God
HOW DOES FAITH COME?
Romans 10:17
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God
We need to always hear what God is saying through his word, vision, prophecy and dreams and write them down. The book of Habakkuk 2: 2-3 says this to us "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets that he may run who reads it, for the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie, though it tarries , wait for it: because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
Writing down what God says to us, will help to develop our faith. For any message or vision to come into manifestation, the first assignment for the body of Christ is to write down everything that God has spoken to us.
WHY DO WE NEED TO WRITE THE VISION
It will help to bring the promise to our remembrance
We will not let go of the promise
To trust in his promise as we see it everyday
It increases our faith.
Our God is a covenant keeping God according to Psalm 89:34 and he says he would not alter the word that has gone out of his lips. The word he as spoken will not return to him void - Isaiah 55:11. When God speaks it will surely come to pass because we are serving a God that keeps to his word..
The just shall live by faith
The true meaning of faith is also found in Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Faith is the evidence of things not seen.
The meaning of evidence
Proof, Verification, manifestation, Indication, and Testimony.
Faith actually sees the promises of God coming true before they happen. Faith connects to the reality of God's word.
Examples of people who had faith.
Abraham,Noah,Joseph,Job,Isaac,Hannah,Daniel,Moses,Stephen,Paul, Mary and much more.
The greatest demonstrator of faith is our Lord Jesus Christ
He came to earth
He was crucified
Buried
And rose again.
The apostles said to the Lord in Luke 17:5-6 " Increase our faith." So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed , you can say to this mulberry tree, "Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea." and it would obey you.
Jesus is saying that if we have faith as a mustard seed we will see miracles in our lives. It only takes a small amount of faith to see God's power at work in our lives. Our faith is in God himself that he will always do what he promised to do in our lives. Faith will always make the impossible become possible. God wants our faith to grow and wants us to believe for the impossible.
Jesus said in Matthew 19:26 "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible," All things are possible to him that believes and walks in faith. We meed to believe before we see and we then receive the promise. Faith does not doubt the promises of God but will cause us to do great exploits for God's kingdom and faith connects us to the throne room of grace.
The just shall live by faith.
The promise is given through faith. We are to wait on God but so many of us walk in faith and because we do not have the promises coming to manifestation in our lives we tend to give up and stop walking by faith. God is expecting us to hold on and not draw back for he has no pleasure in us if we decide to give up. Our faith will help us to be over-comers and will release miracles in our lives. Because we love God we choose to live by faith knowing that God will not disappoint our faith.
Also asking God for help like the apostles did is a big step towards having faith. We can go from having no faith to having a little faith and from little faith we can grow to having a weak faith and from there we can now get to a place of having a strong or great faith in God.
So then faith comes by hearing and obeying what God says to us in his word.
We are the redeemed ones and therefore we are people of faith!
God loves us that much he sent his only begotten Son, to die for us let us believe that he that did not withhold his Son from us will increase our level of faith to his glory.
Choose to walk by faith and not by sight.
