The God kind of Faith - Part 1

Rom 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

What is Faith? Is it difficult to have faith? Is it something that we need to muster up on our own? It has been a subject on which there has been a lot of teachings and sometimes to the extent of producing guilt and condemnation for not having enough faith. Strong’s concordance says that the meaning of the greek word ‘pistis’ for faith is persuasion or conviction.

So how do you get faith (persuasion or conviction) about someone or something? It is by getting information about that person or thing. For example, if you let a salesman at the door talk to you long enough about how good his product is, chances are that you will be persuaded about that product. The longer you listen to him, the more the persuasion arises in you. You then become so persuaded that you buy that thing (faith in action – persuaded to such an extent that there will be a corresponding action). But that kind of faith or persuasion is about something or someone that you can see or pertaining to the physical realm.

What about faith for the things of God that we cannot see. For example, we haven’t seen sin, God, Satan, nor can we see in the physical that our sins were taken away. We cannot have faith in such things by our natural faith. We need God’s supernatural faith! So how do we get God’s supernatural faith? In the same way that you get persuaded by getting information about something in the natural, we get supernatural faith or persuasion about spiritual things by hearing the word of God (Rom 10:17). Moreover, this kind of faith is a gift from God (Eph 2:8). So the way it works is that, when you are presented with the good news of the word of God, that word brings the supernatural faith or persuasion in you. As a human being you have the choice to respond to that persuasion.

So then the God kind of faith is something that you do not have to work up on your own, it is a gift of God (lest any man should boast), which comes by hearing the word of God. But the question is have you heard the word of God that produces His faith in you or have you heard the word that produces fear, guilt and condemnation? What is the word of God? What is the faith of God? To be contd………

Right Doing or Right Being - Joseph Prince

What do you think righteousness is about? Something you do or something you are? Right doing or right being?


The Bible tells us that after Jesus’ sacrifice at the cross, God imputes righteousness not to those who strive to obey the law (Galatians 2:16), but to anyone who believes in His Son. Because Christ took our sins and gave us His righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21), the moment we believe in Him, God treats us as righteous apart from our works or obedience. (Romans 4:5–8) This is new covenant righteousness — a righteousness that comes by faith and not works.


You are not righteous because of how morally upright you are. You are not righteous because you exercise self-control. You are not righteous because you read 10 chapters of the Bible daily. You are not righteous because you feel righteous. But you are the very righteousness of God in Christ solely because the sacrifice of Jesus made you so. When you believe this, your faith is accounted for righteousness.


And this is what God wants you to use your faith for. If you are righteous by your deeds, you don’t need faith. You also don’t need faith to know that you are sinful. But you need faith to believe and declare that you are the righteousness of God in Christ, in the midst of your struggles with temptation and sin.


For example, when you feel lousy because you have just shouted at your wife, God wants you to exercise your faith to see yourself as still righteous in the midst of that failure. This living revelation that you are still righteous will give you the strength to love your wife and reconcile things with her.


The devil may remind you of your foul temper and question your integrity: “How dare you call yourself righteous when you just did that!” Just ignore his lies and boldly declare, “I am not righteous because of what I have done or not done. I am righteous only because of the blood and finished work of Jesus at the cross!”

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Grace by Faith

How do we access the things that God has given us Freely by His grace. It is through Faith (Rom 5:2). Is faith something that we have to work up? No! Rather, this Faith comes by hearing the word of God (logos- reasoning of God). Jesus himself is the logos of God and His word is full of grace and truth. What is the truth? Listen to this powerful message to hear what is the Truth from God's perspective or reasoning (logos). Once you know that, you can align your reasoning with God's reasoning and this will manifest success in your christian life.