[Faith-talk] FW: IBGN~NEWSLETTER~ ~Grace Daily Inspirational~ MY FAITH? YOUR FAITH? THE FAITH MAY 5, 2008

[Eric Calhoun]

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Subject: IBGN~NEWSLETTER~ ~Grace Daily Inspirational~   MY FAITH? YOUR
FAITH? THE FAITH  MAY 5, 2008
Date: 
Mon, 05 May 2008 14:56:04 -0700

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MY FAITH? YOUR FAITH? THE FAITH
By the late Pastor Bob Hanna



The word "Faith" has suffered untold distortion and misapplication over 
time. There are several proper definitions, but they have been 
shamefully misinterpreted. One accurate definition is "The Faith," 
referring to that which is believed. The apostle wrote; "He [Christ] 
gave some, apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists: and 
some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the 
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we 
all come in the unity of the faith" (Eph. 4: 11-13).

"And so were the churches established in the faith" (Acts 16:5). Faith, 
in these examples, is the common cause in which we believe. This 
definition is ordinarily not the victim of misinterpretation. The same 
can't be said, for example, of Paul's declaration, "I am crucified with 
Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the 
life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of 
God, who loved me and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20), Most 
modern  translations erroneously render "His faith" to read, "my Faith". 
This, of course, is impossible. Human faith has no power to sustain 
one's spiritual preservation.

Another false impression popularly held, is that faith can be humanly 
generated which can attain one's personal desires. Such a one might be 
heard to say, "The reason the Lord didn't answer my prayer is that I 
didn't have enough faith." Our faith consists of believing and obeying 
God, not in producing desired results. "Now faith is the substance of 
things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders 
obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were 
framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made 
of things which do appear" (Hebrews 11:1-3).

Strangely, it appears that people can more easily place their faith in 
matters of the secular world than in spiritual things. For example, when 
a person is presented a personal check in payment for a service or a 
purchase, the recipient is accepting it because he has faith that it 
will be honored by the bank. Yet when that same person is offered 
salvation by grace through faith, he resists.





Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all 
possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, 
made perfect through Christ. To this end, like an carnest wrestler, I 
exert all my strength in rellanco upon the power of Him who is mightily 
at work within me. (Colossians 1 :28, 29, Weymouth)
... Christ is all and in all! (Colossians 3: 11)


    
     Our Purpose and Mission

The ministry of "Grace and The Truth" has the purpose of encouraging 
Christians to believe what God says.

We read in in Ephesians. 1:18 "The eyes of your understanding being 
enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what 
the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints," and in 
Colossians 2:2 " That their hearts might be comforted, being knit 
together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of 
understanding, to the acknowledgment (epignosis) true knowledge of the 
mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ".

We are dedicated to helping Christians to a fuller knowledge of Him, and 
the Grace of God. Until we all come into the Unity, Ephesians 4:13 "Till 
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son 
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the 
fulness of Christ:"


    
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