These are notes and thoughts on the topic of Steadfast Faith and how we can use to to resist. Thought I would share it .
Hugs, GG
Jas:4:7: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Resist = To actively oppose . To withstand as so not to be impressed by; to form a impediment or hinderance. To Strive or struggle against actively.
Flee= To hasten or to run away; as from danger or evil, to resort to a shelter ; to retreat.
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1Pe:5:8: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe:5:9: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Stedfast:= Firm, Hard, Unwavering, Trustworthy, fixed , sure, certain. That which does not move or waver. Immoveable, that which you may rely upon.
True, safe, sure
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FAITH
Faith is= Tangible, is has substance . It is material. Faith makes you do something.
Examples;
Faith complelled Abel to offer a sacrafice to God that ......." Pleased God"
Faith complelled Enoch and God Translated him, Enoch had the testimony ....he "Pleased God".
********************************************************************************Heb:11:1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Substance ***********************Evidence
Evidence: Enables our mind to "see' the truth. Evidence brings clarity to prove to our mind.
Substance: Is actually existing, it is real , it is not imaginary. It is evidence . It is proof.
Faith: Makes our minds able to "See" TRUTH!
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Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain
statement is true .
Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. My favorite preacher/pastor , Dr. Robert Costa Jr, taught a sermon called
“ Fully persuaded” and in it he made the comment
“ Fully persuaded” and in it he made the comment
“ Truth in and of itself, has no effect, Unless, it is true to you “
Ph'p:1:27: Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Ph'p:1:27: Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
2Th:2:13: But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: (faith)
Faith is the result of teaching (Rom. 10:14-17).
Ro:10:14: How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Ro:10:15: And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Ro:10:16: But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Ro:10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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Knowledge is an essential element in all faith, and is often times it is spoken of as an equivalent to faith
Knowledge is an essential element in all faith, and is often times it is spoken of as an equivalent to faith
Joh:10:38: But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him
1Jo:2:3: And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Yet the two are different in this respect, that faith includes in the admitting of the mind to truth ,which is an act of the will in addition to the act of the understanding.
The act ( Action /verb) of our minds admitting or agreeing to the truth is of the essence ( Substance ) of faith, and the ultimate ground on which our agreeing with truth to any revealed truth rests in this that God Is the TRUTH .
2 comments:
This was very good, It was good to read and glean some scripture into this brain.
God's word Mrs Bee......it never returns void.
Hugs, GG
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