{"id":61459,"date":"2005-06-19T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-20T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61459"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:57:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T00:57:28","slug":"notes-on-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Definitions<\/h2>\n<h3>Vines<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Primarily firm persuasion, a conviction based upon hearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Websters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Unquestioning belief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Importance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We cannot please God without faith. Hebrews 11:6; Luke 17:5<\/li>\n<li>Faith is connected to salvation. Mark 16:16; Ephesians 2:8-9<\/li>\n<li>Christians live by faith. Romans 1:16-17; II Corinthians. 5:7; I Timothy 6:12<\/li>\n<li>Paul said some would depart from the faith. I Timothy 4:1<\/li>\n<li>Some did make shipwrecks of the faith. I Timothy 1:19-20<\/li>\n<li>Some men don&#8217;t have faith. II Thessalonians 3:1-2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>One Source<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Romans 10:17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Not Saved by Faith Alone<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Romans 5:1<\/li>\n<li>James 2:17, 24, 26<\/li>\n<li>Luke 6:46<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 7:21-23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Examples of Faith<\/h2>\n<h3>Enoch<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hebrews 11:5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Noah<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hebrews 11:7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Moses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hebrews 11:24-26&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Abraham<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>James 2:21-23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Paul<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Acts 27:21-25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Consequences of lacking faith<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ll die in our sins. John 8:24; I John 1:8, 10<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll be eternally lost. Mark 16:16; Matt. 7:26-27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Examples of people lacking faith<\/h3>\n<h4>Eve<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Genesis 3:6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Israelites<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Hebrews 3:19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Chief rulers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>John 12:42-43<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Demons<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>James 2:19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is saving faith?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We must be doers of the word. Revelation 22:14; James 1:22<\/li>\n<li>Our faith must work. Galatians 5:6; Philippians 2:12; I Corinthians 15:58<\/li>\n<li>An obedient faith. Romans 6:17-18; I Peter 1:22; Acts 5:29; Acts 2:38; I Peter 3:21; John 13:17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Rewards of Faith<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Abel was declared righteous. Hebrews 11:4<\/li>\n<li>Noah saved his house. Hebrews 11:7<\/li>\n<li>Sarah bore a son. Hebrews 11:11<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll be blessed in this life. Ephesians 1:3; Matthew 6:33<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll receive a crown of life when we die. James 1:12; Revelation 2:10; II Timothy 4:7-8<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;re promised eternal life. I John 2:25; Mark 10:30<\/li>\n<li>We can have an everlasting inheritance. I Peter 1:4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>See Also:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-the-message-preached\/\">Notes on the Message Preached (The Faith)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-belief\/\">Notes on Belief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-obedience\/\">Notes on Obedience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-examples-of-conversion\/\">Notes on Examples of Conversion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-things-that-accompany-salvation\/\">Notes on Things that Accompany Salvation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-61459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-faith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32815,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-the-message-preached\/","url_meta":{"origin":61459,"position":0},"title":"Notes on the Message Preached","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Faith General References Acts 6:7 Acts 13:8 Acts 14:22 Acts 16:5 I Corinthians 16:13 Galatians 3:23 Ephesians 4:13 Colossians 1:23 Colossians 2:7 I Timothy 1:2 I Timothy 3:13 I Timothy 4:1 I Timothy 5:8 I Timothy 6:10,12 Titus 1:2, Titus 1:13 Titus 3:15 I Peter 5:9 Jude 3 Word\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1552,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-things-that-accompany-salvation\/","url_meta":{"origin":61459,"position":1},"title":"Notes on Things that Accompany Salvation","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Hear Believe Repent Confess Be Baptized Obey Commanded Acts 16:31; 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