I BELIEVE/ I HAVE FAITH

Can a person have faith and not believe?

Can a person believe and not have faith?

How can a person believe they are saved, but not have faith in the one who saves?

There is a difference between faith and belief.

Philippians 4:13King James Version (KJV)¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Do you really believe you can, do you have faith enough to believe this verse?

Romans 10:8-10King James Version (KJV)⁸ But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;⁹ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.¹⁰ For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

 

Faith is what is in your mouth as you speak it. We speak the word of faith but do we believe in our heart.

If we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart, you shall be saved. For out of the heart we believe unto righteousness. Abraham believed and it was counted as righteousness.

In the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

A lot of people believe the bible is the word of God.

But they don’t have enough of the word in their heart to have faith enough to accept it.

Romans 10:17King James Version (KJV)¹⁷ So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

It did not say believing, it said by hearing by the word of God.

When you hear the word of God you are hearing it either by the natural eyes or natural ears.

When you meditate on it, it will go down into your heart.

Then as you speak words out of the abundance of your heart, your faith puts action to what you say.

When you got saved, you confessed with your mouth and believed in your heart that at the time you spoke it you got saved.

Now you have the faith that Gods word is true and you will go to heaven when you pass away, in the natural or in the rapture.

I believe when my wife tells me something that it is true, because I have a relationship with her that is built on trust.

You can’t just say, I completely trust a person because they come to church or live next door to you. It takes a relationship, built on time and trial and error.

The more time you stay in Gods word the stronger the faith, and belief gets; the more your relationship with God grows into a trusting relationship.

 

Hebrews 11:1King James Version (KJV)11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Faith is not just a word; it is a substance of things hoped for.

This substance of faith transfers things from the supernatural realm that is not seen to the natural realm that is seen.

 Hebrews 11:3King James Version (KJV)³ 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.

What we see now did not come from anything that could be seen.

When the world was formed it was formed only by the spoken word of God.

God’s word is the substance that forms things in your life by faith, belief and trust.

Now you see why in Hebrews 11:6 the word says it is impossible to please God without faith.

Let’s say you want to go on a vacation. You decide to go to Disney world. You have never seen or been there before.

However you have seen the advertising saying it is there.

You call the airlines get a ticket to a place you have never seen.

You call ahead and make all the necessary reservations, even though you have never seen this place yet.

          You believe it is there because of the words you have read on the advertising.

Now you have talked to the hotel manager to get your reservation even though you have never seen the Hotel before, but you believe the hotel is there at Disney world…

When you finally arrive and you see with your natural eyes that there really is a Disney world, your belief it was there just turned into faith. Your faith turned into the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Jesus made everything we will ever need possible at the cross.

Have faith when you are reading and hearing the word of God.

When you have faith in Gods word, and you believe, nothing can stop you but doubt.

Never doubt Gods word, it was written for your sake, not Gods. His word is alive and creates substance or things.

God believes that you will do the right thing and then he can pour his favor upon you.

Trust and believe.