FAITH BASED ON TRUTH

in #faith6 years ago

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A man sitting in the doctor’s waiting room was called in for surgery when it was his turn. To everyone’s surprise, the man lets another patient go first. When asked why he explained, “I read my horoscope this morning. It told me that from 11 o’clock I would be under a lucky star. As it isn’t eleven yet, I still have some time before seeing the doctor.”

This man clearly as we can understand has faith yet it is a deceptive form of faith, for it has no foundation anchored in truth. It will fail the test of authenticity and time. Such faith can help no one.

Faith must be based on truth. For the Christian, his faith, on the other hand, is of a completely different character. He has every reason to be fully assured because the God he believes cannot lie.

So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.
Hebrews 6 -18

The confidence of such a faith was once stated in the following testimony of such a believer: “I believe in the Living God, who is Lord of Heaven and earth. He is also the Lord of my life. He came to my assistance in Jesus Christ, His Son through whom God became my father, whom I can trust. I believe in the work of atonement that Jesus Christ accomplished for me on the cross at Calvary. There he laid the foundation for the forgiveness of my sins. His work I enjoy true peace of heart and have access to God in all his Holiness”

What is the basis of such faith? It is God’s revelation of Himself, on the one hand of His word, the Bible, on the other in the person of Jesus Christ, whose death and resurrection testify that he is the son of God.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is the truth
John 17:17

God alone is absolutely trustworthy. Take Him at His word! Jesus Christ, His son said, “He who hears my word and believes in him who sent me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life” –John 5:24

Shalom🖐

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