God Gives Faith
For by grace are you saved through faith,and that not of yourselves.Faith is a gift of God,not of works lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
If you are a born again believer,that seed measure and gift of faith has been given to you.
There are 2 types of Faith:-
A Gift of faith:-
It is mentioned in 1Corin12:9-.This is sovreign impartation of Gift of Faith from God to you.
A. Developed Faith:-
lt is developed if you start out with 5-cent faith and it grows to 75-cent faith and then you could deal with any situation that you come across upto 75-cent .Some of us are still remembering the one great moment of faith when a miracle took place through them but their faith hasn’t grown from that day until this day
B. Sovereign Faith:-
lt can come to you in a given situation and a great miracle will take place. But when the situation is past, for which we needed the gift of faith, the faith that took you through it may not be there in you any more. Developed faith is something that will stay with you and work for you in any situation in which you find yourself as long as your problem does not exceed your Faith growth you will always be triumphant.
Faith grows by Obedience We must now discover how faith can grow in the life of a believer.We go from ‘faith to faith’ and ' Glory to glory' It depends how much your faith developed in your life Developed Faith will bring an increase of God’s glory resting on your life.Faith needs proper environment to grow.
The seed of faith need 3 essentials.
A. SOIL:-
Hearing God’s word. God told Ezekiel”Hear the word of my mouth and warn them from me.” Because faith comes by hearing the word of God.
B. WATER:-
Obeying God’s word.When God speaks you either act on it or disobey. Disobedience hinders the growth because faith is released and can not grow until it has been acted upon. God says,”He. who has my word and keeps it,(acts on it),he it is that loves me.Faith can not grow beyond your disobedience.
C. Loving God:-
Gal 5:6.“ln Jesus Christ neither circumcision availed anything nor uncircumcision but faith which worketh by love.”
We know that We have nothing in us that qualifies us to be called The Children of God, it is His profound love that brought Him into this world to die a terrible death and pay a costly price for our redemption.
Prayer:-
Thank you Lord for your love and what you have accomplished for us on the cross Amen.
Sol. Noreen