This exciting and in-depth study on the subject of ‘faith’ is sure to be of interest to any one whose desire is to please God. For, without faith it is impossible to please God, the Bible says. This is the reason why this book is a must-read for everyone with a desire to please God. If faith made Abraham a friend of God, then faith is very important in our walk with God.
Are you a man of faith and power? Obeying God makes you a man of faith.
Faith is equated with obedience in the Bible. A man of faith is a man who walks in obedience. If you obey the call of God, you are a man of faith!
You cannot fulfil your ministry without walking by faith. To walk with God whom you cannot see, you must have a lot of faith. Faith is obedience and obedience is faith! Faith is equated with obedience. So who has faith? An obedient person has faith. Obeying God is the exercising of your faith. If you are obedient, you are a man of faith.
Christians must value the need to walk by faith and live by faith. Christians must value the need to walk by obedience and live by obedience! If you obey things that God tells you to do, then you are a man of faith.
You can see from the following examples that obeying God makes you a man of faith.
- The Israelites’ obedience to the commandment would have been faith in action.
And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. Deuteronomy 9:22-23
- When you do not believe, you are disobedient.
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 1 Peter 2:7-8
- When you are walking in faith, you obey what you are told.
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Hebrews 11:8-9
- Not obeying and not trusting are one and the same thing.
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; SHE TRUSTED NOT in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. Zephaniah 3:1-2
This book is a treasure! Discover the secrets needed to walk and live by faith. Unveil the faith secrets you need to accomplish the impossible in your life!