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By Faith Through the Spirit
(1Co12:9; Gal5:5)

God is living.
His being is living and
His word is living (He4:12).
 
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is keeping in step with faith (Gal5:16, 25).
 
No one in the world is without faith.
While self-confidence originates from men
Faith comes from God.
The Christian faith is called the faith by revelation for
The basis of this faith is the Bible (OT and NT) written by the inspiration of God (2Ti3:16).
 
The Bible is the story of the people of faith.
By faith they were testified as righteous:
Abel gave a better sacrifice than his brother (He11:4);
Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,
In holy fear built an ark and was saved from the deluge (He11:7);
Abraham, trusting that God is able to fulfill His promise
Left his home country, gave birth to a son at 100 and
Gave his only son as a burnt sacrifice (He11:17; Rm4:17-21);
Moses chose to be mistreated along with the people of God
Rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin (He11:24-26) etc.
 
The Israelites were a people surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses (He12:1) and
The sanctuary where the ark was testified this (Ex25:22).
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal that He is the Lord of faith, the perfecter of faith (He12:2).
For those who believe in God to also believe in Him (Jn14:1),
He healed the sick and saved those who did according to His word (Mk2:3-5; Jn5:5-7).
He performed signs by commanding them to obey (Lk5:1-11).
 
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)    For the joy set before Him obeyed the Father’s command and became the Lord of faith (Jn10:18; Php2:8; He12:2);
2)    Judged the devil, the origin of sin (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44); and
3)    Redeemed men from the curse of the Law (Gal3:13) and gave them a chance to live under the law of faith (Rm3:27).
 
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as
The Father perfected His faith (He12:2).
 
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets those who believe the blood of Yeshua believe all the more (Rm5:9) about:
1)    Yeshua is the only innocent Son of God (Mt27:4);
2)    The works of Yeshua, His death to redeem and His resurrection, that He lives; and
3)    The words of Yeshua, His prophecies and promise (Jn14:3).
 
The man of the Spirit is he who
Not just deciding to believe or confessing with his mouth (Rm10:10)
But also walks by faith for
Faith and deeds work together and
By works faith is made perfect (Jas2:14-26).
Beginning with simple obedience (Mt4:19-20; Lk5:4-11)
His faith is raised to simply believe
To be finally saved through faith in the end (1Pe1:9).
 
O Lord,
Let us all begin with simple obedience and
Demonstrate our faith, and
Grow into a faith that simply believes
By the help of the Holy Spirit! Amen.