What does the word faith mean

[Peterlag]

Oh, my favorite, favorite topic!
I run across a lot of people who seem to think faith is…a big creedal type thing to recite. But it’s not. It’s trusting God, you are right. And we are, largely, very weak and without power because of a lack of trust in Him.

We are like Israel after they trusted God to save them from death in the Red Sea, who then did not continue in the obedience of trust but rather entered the desert of the testing of their trust and, after trusting God to keep them alive, then proceeded to not continue in that trust when it came to food and water. God cannot tell you about heavenly things if you won’t trust what He has said about earthly things like provision but instead choose to fret and worry over them.

It’s only through trust that He begins to even make you faithful and obedient. He can’t even renew your mind and the way you think about things if you insist on worry over physical provision. Remember, it says God let them become very thirsty to see what they would do, continue in trust or leave trust.

Thank God that He is patient, but we will remain stuck wandering in the wilderness of the testing of our trust if we continue to refuse to trust and to grow and continue in trust. We will never enter into what He has for us until we stop fretting and worrying over earthly and temporary matters rather than learning the obedience of trust in them.

We also have trouble with trusting it being God, rather than ourselves, who gives the ability to get wealth.

Another thing we have trouble trusting in is that it is God who puts rulers in their seat of power and removes them from their seats. We think it is we who control that by voting.

You can read Appendix F on my website for more about Trust here...

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[Peterlag]

Oh, my favorite, favorite topic!
I run across a lot of people who seem to think faith is…a big creedal type thing to recite. But it’s not. It’s trusting God, you are right. And we are, largely, very weak and without power because of a lack of trust in Him.

We are like Israel after they trusted God to save them from death in the Red Sea, who then did not continue in the obedience of trust but rather entered the desert of the testing of their trust and, after trusting God to keep them alive, then proceeded to not continue in that trust when it came to food and water. God cannot tell you about heavenly things if you won’t trust what He has said about earthly things like provision but instead choose to fret and worry over them.

It’s only through trust that He begins to even make you faithful and obedient. He can’t even renew your mind and the way you think about things if you insist on worry over physical provision. Remember, it says God let them become very thirsty to see what they would do, continue in trust or leave trust.

Thank God that He is patient, but we will remain stuck wandering in the wilderness of the testing of our trust if we continue to refuse to trust and to grow and continue in trust. We will never enter into what He has for us until we stop fretting and worrying over earthly and temporary matters rather than learning the obedience of trust in them.

We also have trouble with trusting it being God, rather than ourselves, who gives the ability to get wealth.

Another thing we have trouble trusting in is that it is God who puts rulers in their seat of power and removes them from their seats. We think it is we who control that by voting.

However, when it comes to the faith of Jesus Christ, we must understand the relationship Jesus Christ has with God to have this faith. It's beyond just trusting God because of the acceptance of the new established covenant that demands obedience to God’s testimony. Faith is not a leap in the dark, but a leap through the dark into the light. It's the intelligent acceptance of the report of a reliable witness that would persuade one to accept something as the truth in the reliability of the testimony. The faith of Jesus Christ is the relationship existing between God and Christ in the bond of the covenant between them. To recognize and acknowledge the relationship God has entered into with Christ, we must first understand that God is the originator of the covenant relationship, and God is the one who brings into being things that did not previously exist. This is His oath, His covenant, and He can be relied on to keep His part of the contract because He guarantees it, and this is His truth.

Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son who is expressing the acknowledgment of his Father’s promises and power. As I stated earlier, the faith of Jesus Christ is the relationship existing between God and Christ in the bond of the covenant between them. The faith Christ has is his faith because of his acknowledgment and acceptance of his Father’s new covenant. Thus, the “gospel of Christ” is born. This faith Jesus Christ has is solid because it's the trust Jesus Christ has with God, who brought him into this special relationship that created the bond of the new covenant between them. We can tap into this faith by our believing and walk and live within the power of the Scriptures because we are connected to the faith of Jesus Christ. It's not our believing that makes us righteous, but the faith of Jesus Christ, whereby we not only have our standing, but also have access to the high and holy privilege that comes with that spiritual standing.