{"id":11845,"date":"2022-12-05T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/?p=11845"},"modified":"2022-12-05T12:17:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:17:17","slug":"what-it-means-to-have-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/bible-believing-daughters\/what-it-means-to-have-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"265. WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE FAITH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
(The Information & Edification Series – Batch 7)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you believe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n and if having believed <\/strong>from your heart that he died and rose again, you have confessed<\/strong> with your mouth that he Jesus is Lord, meaning Lord over your life and all creation and therefore have completely surrendered your life to his Lordship, THEN YOU HAVE FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. <\/p>\n\n\n\n That is, having no righteousness of your own that can profit, you have submitted yourself unto THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. For, he commands all men everywhere to repent and to believe on his Son the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 17:30-31 for example, states of God that he:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psalm 2:12 states, \u201cKiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Romans 10 speaks of Israel, the people with whom God had the Old Covenant and of their zeal to God which was useless because instead of believing on the Lord Jesus Christ and therefore, having faith in him unto salvation, they were focused on trying to keep the Old Testament law, which could not save them. For, God had already declared the whole world guilty under the law, not because the law was not good but because no man could keep it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Galatians 3:21-22 states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Romans 3:19-26, it states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n John 3:14-19 states of Jesus Christ, who is referred to as \u201cthe Son of man\u201d because when he left heaven, he came into the world through the passage of a woman:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this truth, that the righteousness of God alone can save and this righteousness comes only through having faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God\u2019s Son, Paul stated of Israel in Romans 10:1-17, who did not believe that Jesus Christ was Lord, that he was alive after having died and therefore were still in their sins and condemned to a lost eternity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHAT EVERY PERSON WHO HAS FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST RECEIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Galatians 3 outlines some of the blessings which we access because we have faith in Jesus Christ. If we have genuine faith in him, we can therefore boldly say because it is true, that, as a result of our having faith in Jesus Christ:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. We have RECEIVED THE SPIRIT<\/strong> of God (Gal 3:2,14). <\/strong>This is a done deal. It is irreversible. The world, the devil and our own flesh may try to make us feel afraid of life, of people, of situations and of our future, to make us feel that we are powerless, weak and can make no meaningful difference, to make us bitter and hateful of others, like those who provoke us and try to fill our minds with doubt, worry, anxiety, depression and convince us that we have mental issues. However, having received the Spirit of God through faith in Jesus Christ, 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us the truth about what we are and what is in us. It tells us, \u201cFor God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.\u201d No matter how we feel therefore or what people say or think about us, we have within us, power, love and soundness of mind, which comes from God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. We have been MADE RIGHTEOUS<\/strong> in the sight of God, having attained unto HIS righteousness through faith in his Son (Gal. 3:6-7, 21-22). This is clear in Romans 4:5-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. We have been MADE PERFECT <\/strong>because Jesus is perfect and his perfect righteousness (which is the righteousness of God) was imputed on us through our faith in him. (Gal 3:3). Hebrews 10:14 also states of what Jesus did and of how those that have faith with him benefit, \u201cFor by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. We are BENEFICIARIES OF MIRACLES <\/strong>which the Lord works (Gal. 3:5). We get to witness in our own lives and that of others, the miracle working power of God. He operates supernaturally to do things for us and in our lives, that are thought to be humanely impossible. In Romans 19:26, Jesus told his disciples who thought of something as being too difficult to be done, \u201cWith men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.\u201d In Genesis 18:14, God told Abram of the miracle he was purposed to do in the life of Sarah his wife by allowing her to conceive and bear a child in her old age, \u201cIs any thing too hard<\/em> for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. We have been redeemed or delivered from and therefore have ESCAPED THE CURSE OF THE LAW<\/strong> (Gal. 3:10,13). This is why Romans 6:14 states of those who have faith in Jesus Christ, \u201cFor sin shall NOT have dominion over you: for ye are NOT under the law, but under grace.\u201d<\/em> Galatians 3:23-26 tells us, \u201cBut before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, <\/strong>we are no longer under a schoolmaster<\/u>. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. We have been BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST AND HAVE PUT ON CHRIST<\/strong> (Gal. 3:27).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. We are CHILDREN OF GOD<\/strong> (Gal. 3:26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. We are PARTAKERS OF THE INHERITANCE AND BLESSINGS PROMISED TO FAITHFUL ABRAHAM<\/strong> (Gal.3: 7-9,14,29).<\/p>\n\n\n\n CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In a world rife with accusations, put-downs, insults, attacks, doubts, discouragement and that loves to make us feel worthless and insignificant, it is important that those who have faith in Jesus Christ, remember these truths. We must remember what our faith in Jesus Christ means for us, in terms of the blessings that we access as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I read Galatians 3 recently, these blessings stood out to me for the first time, although I had read that portion on many occasions before. I found these truths to be quite refreshing and comforting, hence the reason why I set about to extract them from the Word and type them up, for my own benefit. As has happened on many other occasions, while in the process of doing that, it expanded into an Article and I realized that it was also to be shared with other Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have faith in Jesus Christ, here\u2019s to hoping that these truths benefit you, as they have me. When dealing with your problems, issues and turbulences in life, don\u2019t look to people to bring you comfort. Look to God\u2019s Word and use these truths of who you are in Jesus Christ and what you have already accessed through faith in him, to silence every sound of discord from the enemy, the world and your own flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Written on 05th December, 2022)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear Reader, if you found the above Article to be interesting, informative, beneficial or edifying, you may also be interested in reading the following<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under the ‘SINGLE Daughters’ page:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, under the ‘BROKEN Daughters’ page:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (The Information & Edification Series – Batch 7) If you believe: and if having believed from your heart that he died and rose again, you have confessed with your mouth that he Jesus is Lord, meaning Lord over your life and all creation and therefore have completely surrendered your life to his Lordship, THEN YOU…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fain-in-Hebrews-11.jpg?fit=620%2C324&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11845"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11855,"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11845\/revisions\/11855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regaldaughtersofgod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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