Notes on Faith

Definitions

Vines

• Primarily firm persuasion, a conviction based upon hearing.

Websters

• Unquestioning belief

Importance

• We cannot please God without faith. Hebrews 11:6; Luke 17:5
• Faith is connected to salvation. Mark 16:16; Ephesians 2:8-9
• Christians live by faith. Romans 1:16-17; II Corinthians. 5:7; I Timothy 6:12
• Paul said some would depart from the faith. I Timothy 4:1
• Some did make shipwrecks of the faith. I Timothy 1:19-20
• Some men don't have faith. II Thessalonians 3:1-2

One Source

• Romans 10:17

Not Saved by Faith Alone

• Romans 5:1
• James 2:17, 24, 26
• Luke 6:46
• Matthew 7:21-23

Examples of Faith

Enoch

• Hebrews 11:5

Noah

• Hebrews 11:7

Moses

• Hebrews 11:24-26>

Abraham

• James 2:21-23

Paul

• Acts 27:21-25

Consequences of lacking faith

• We'll die in our sins. John 8:24; I John 1:8, 10
• We'll be eternally lost. Mark 16:16; Matt. 7:26-27

Examples of people lacking faith

Eve

• Genesis 3:6

Israelites

• Hebrews 3:19

Chief rulers

• John 12:42-43

Demons

• James 2:19

What is saving faith?

• We must be doers of the word. Revelation 22:14; James 1:22
• Our faith must work. Galatians 5:6; Philippians 2:12; I Corinthians 15:58
• An obedient faith. Romans 6:17-18; I Peter 1:22; Acts 5:29; Acts 2:38; I Peter 3:21; John 13:17

Rewards of Faith

• Abel was declared righteous. Hebrews 11:4
• Noah saved his house. Hebrews 11:7
• Sarah bore a son. Hebrews 11:11
• We'll be blessed in this life. Ephesians 1:3; Matthew 6:33
• We'll receive a crown of life when we die. James 1:12; Revelation 2:10; II Timothy 4:7-8
• We're promised eternal life. I John 2:25; Mark 10:30
• We can have an everlasting inheritance. I Peter 1:4

See Also:

• Notes on the Message Preached (The Faith)
• Notes on Belief
• Notes on Obedience
• Notes on Examples of Conversion
• Notes on Things that Accompany Salvation