The Principles God Respects
Living by Faith is the Key to Success
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The Principles God Respects
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“Living by Faith is the Key to Success”
“And without faith it is impossible to please God because anyone
who comes to God must believe that he exists and that he
rewards those who earnestly seek Him.”
(Hebrews 11:6, NIV)
Whether you are a young believer or have walked with the Lord for years, God expects you to walk in faith—that is, to walk according to the principles God sets forth in Hebrews 11:6. The important idea to remember here is to believe God exists and to keep Him foremost in your mind and actions. He cares for you, but at the same time, unless you exercise faith (trust and confidence) in Him and His Word, your Christian life will not prosper as it should.
Although there are many ways you can live for the Lord and serve Him, unless you perform these acts by faith, they won’t count for much in your Christian life. In fact, Hebrews 11:6 spells out what God requires of us: that is, to live and walk by faith. The great reformer, Martin Luther, discovered this truth back in 1517 when God showed him how to obtain peace with God.
Luther was a Catholic monk who spent hours on his knees trying to find forgiveness for his sins. Then, the Lord revealed Romans 1:17 to him: “The just shall live by faith.” From that moment on, Luther knew his sins were forgiven and he had peace with God.
God began to stress the life of faith with Abraham back in Genesis 12 when he called Abraham to “Leave your country, your people, and your father’s household and go to a land that I will show you” (Genesis 12:1). {Abraham’s call continues over several chapters in Genesis including God’s promise of an heir in Genesis 15—even though Abraham was already 75 years old.}Verse seven shows Abram’s faith when it says, “Abram believed the Lord, and he credited to him as righteousness.”
The New Testament tells us over and over to have the faith of Abraham in passages like Romans 4:2-3; Galatians 3:6, and James 2:23. Since as believers, we are the seed of Abraham and he is “our father” in the faith, let us endeavor to follow Christ walking by faith with every fiber of our being. In each of the chapters that follow, we will discuss different aspects of faith and how the believer can confidently walk in each one triumphantly.
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The Principles God Respects: Living by Faith is the Key to Success
“And without faith it is impossible to please God because anyone who comes to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6 NIV).
Whether you are a young believer or have walked with the Lord for years, God expects you to walk in faith—that is, to walk according to the principles God sets forth in Hebrews 11:6. The important idea to remember here is to believe God exists and to keep Him foremost in your mind and actions. He cares for you, but at the same time, unless you exercise faith (trust and confidence) in Him and His Word, your Christian life will not prosper as it should.
Although there are many ways you can live for the Lord and serve Him, unless you perform these acts by faith, they won’t count for much in your Christian life. In fact, Hebrews 11:6 spells out what God requires of us: that is, to live and walk by faith. The great reformer, Martin Luther, discovered this truth back in 1517 when God showed him how to obtain peace with God.
Luther was a Catholic monk who spent hours on his knees trying to find forgiveness for his sins. Then, the Lord revealed Romans 1:17 to him: “The just shall live by faith.” From that moment on, Luther knew his sins were forgiven and he had peace with God.
About the Author
Rev. Prayer Kenneth Obadoni is the founder and pastor of Seeds of Knowledge Outreach Ministries, a non-denominational outreach ministry currently based in Whitby, Ontario. Rev. Prayer is a teacher of God’s word, with viable proofs in the lives of men and woman. Married to his amiable wife, Lydia Oristeweyinmi Adodo-Obadoni, they make their home in Whitby, Ontario.