I picked this picture to represent ( Faith ) because that's basically what it's like....propelling yourself into the unknown all the while being ( sure ) of what you ( hope ) for ....and ( certain ) of what you do not see... - Hebrews 11:1 -
A Perfect example of Faith would be the Faith of Abraham...
If your not familiar with the story..Abraham: the father of the jewish nation..and his wife Sarah were old in age...and baren in body...Sarah desired a baby more than anything else...yet no baby..the bible tells us her womb was dead...During the time of want the Lord came to Abraham and promised him a child and that through his offspring God would make him the Father of many nations..So what happens?? Sarah lacking in Faith jumps the gun ...see's her situation for what it ( looks like )..realistically impossible... and say's " Hay Abraham go sleep with my servant Hagar maybe thats how God's promise is going to come about " bing bing.....9 months later Hagar gives birth to Ishmael..God says " people..people...no no no...I told ( You ) I was going to give ( you ) a son through sarahs womb and he will be named Issac ..bing bing...a few years later...Issac was born...to an old woman with a dead womb...praise God..!!
....Romans 5: 13- tells us this....
It was ( not ) through ( LAW ) that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by ( FAITH ). For if those who live by the ( LAW ) are heirs, ( FAITH ) has no value and the promise is worthless, because ( LAW ) brings ( WRATH ). And where their is no ( LAW ) their is no trangression. Theirfore ( The Promise ) comes by ( FAITH ) so that it may be by ( GRACE ) and may be guaranteed to all Abrahams offspring - not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the ( FAITH of Abraham ). He is the father of us all. As it is written: " I have made you a father of many nations."
He is our Father in the sight of God, in whom he believed - the GOD who gives life to the dead and calls the things that are not as though they were.
Against all hope Abraham in ( HOPE ) ( BELIEVED ) and so ( BECAME ) the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, " So shall your offspring be. "
Without weakening in his ( FAITH ), he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead - since he was about a hundred years old - and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did ( Not ) waiver through unbelief regarding the ( PROMISE OF GOD ), but was ( STRENGTHENED ) in his ( FAITH ) and gave glory to ( GOD , being ( fully ) ( Persuaded ) that GOd had power to do what he had promised. This is why it was credited to him as ( RIGHTEOUSNESS )." The Words " it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness - for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our
AND WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD, BECAUSE ANYONE WHO COMES TO HIM, MUST BELIEVE THAT HE EXISTS, AND THAT HE REWARDS THOSE WHO EARNESTLY SEEK HIM. - ( HEBREWS 11:6 )
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