Monday 20 July 2015

Faith comes by Hearing The World of God



But it is only hearing the word, as the word of God that will strengthen faith.

Christianity on Pinterest | Psalms, The Lord and Christ

Making the Word of God Accessible to All. The believer shall never have cause to repent his confident trust in the Lord Jesus. Somebody must show them what they are to believe. All believers thus call upon the Lord Jesus, and none else will do so humbly or sincerely. Of such faith no sinner shall be ashamed before God; and he ought to glory in it before men. Isaiah speaks plainly of the grace and favour of God, as going before in the receiving of the Gentiles. It was necessary that the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles. Together with the ministry of Faith Comes By Hearing, Bible.is provides a vast library of Bible translations to bring God's church together making disciples from every nation, tribe, language, and people with the tools and technology of today.

From Panic to Peace — Proverbs 31 Ministries Devotions

Chapter 10 The apostle's earnest desire for the salvation of the Jews. Somebody must show them what they are to believe. The strictness of the law showed men their need of salvation by grace, through faith. Justification by faith in Christ is a plain doctrine. How welcome the gospel ought to be to those to whom it was preached! The gospel is given, not only to be known and believed, but to be obeyed. It is brought before the mind and heart of every one, thus leaving him without excuse for unbelief. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God--"This is another confirmation of the truth that faith supposes the hearing of the Word, and this a commission to preach it."

Verses 12-17 There is not one God to the Jews, more kind, and another to the Gentiles, who is less kind; the Lord is a Father to all men. The law is not destroyed, nor the intention of the Lawgiver disappointed; but full satisfaction being made by the death of Christ for our breach of the law, the end is gained. The beginning, progress, and strength of faith is by hearing. We may wonder at the mercy of God, that his goodness is not overcome by man's badness; we may wonder at the wickedness of man, that his badness is not overcome by God's goodness. Verses 12-17 There is not one God to the Jews, more kind, and another to the Gentiles, who is less kind; the Lord is a Father to all men. It was necessary that the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles. The promise is the same to all, who call on the name of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God, as God manifest in the flesh. Verses 5-11 The self-condemned sinner need not perplex himself how this righteousness may be found. If a man confessed faith in Jesus, as the Lord and Saviour of lost sinners, and really believed in his heart that God had raised him from the dead, thus showing that he had accepted the atonement, he should be saved by the righteousness of Christ, imputed to him through faith. Verses 18-21 Did not the Jews know that the Gentiles were to be called in? They might have known it from Moses and Isaiah. When we speak of looking upon Christ, and receiving, and feeding upon him, it is not Christ in heaven, nor Christ in the deep, that we mean; but Christ in the promise, Christ offered in the word. We must devote and give up to God our souls and our bodies: our souls in believing with the heart, and our bodies in confessing with the mouth. (12-17) The Jews might know this from Old Testament prophecies. But how should any call on the Lord Jesus, the Divine Saviour, who had not heard of him? And what is the life of a Christian but a life of prayer? It shows that we feel our dependence on him, and are ready to give up ourselves to him, and have a believing expectation of our all from him. How welcome the gospel ought to be to those to whom it was preached! The gospel is given, not only to be known and believed, but to be obeyed. All believers thus call upon the Lord Jesus, and none else will do so humbly or sincerely. But how should any call on the Lord Jesus, the Divine Saviour, who had not heard of him? And what is the life of a Christian but a life of prayer? It shows that we feel our dependence on him, and are ready to give up ourselves to him, and have a believing expectation of our all from him. So that even under the law, all who were justified before God, obtained that blessing by faith, whereby they were made partakers of the perfect righteousness of the promised Redeemer. (5-11) The Gentiles stand on a level with the Jews, in justification and salvation. The time of God's patience is called a day, light as day, and fit for work and business; but limited as a day, and there is a night at the end of it. 17. It is not a system of notions, but a rule of practice. And it is a matter of joy to think that God has sent the message of grace to so many millions, by the wide spread of his gospel. But no faith is justifying which is not powerful in sanctifying the heart, and regulating all its affections by the love of Christ. It is not a system of notions, but a rule of practice. Sinners never could go on in vain fancies of their own righteousness, if they knew the justice of God as a Governor, or his righteousness as a Saviour. But it is only hearing the word, as the word of God that will strengthen faith. The promise is the same to all, who call on the name of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God, as God manifest in the flesh. The beginning, progress, and strength of faith is by hearing. That is, Christ has fulfilled the whole law, therefore whoever believeth in him, is counted just before God, as much as though he had fulfilled the whole law himself. Was not this our own case? Did not God begin in love, and make himself known to us when we did not ask after him? The patience of God towards provoking sinners is wonderful. (18-21) Verses 1-4 The Jews built on a false foundation, and refused to come to Christ for free salvation by faith, and numbers in every age do the same in various ways. And the ceremonies shadowed forth Christ as fulfilling the righteousness, and bearing the curse of the law. (1-4) The difference between the righteousness of the law, and the righteousness of faith. God's patience makes man's disobedience worse, and renders that the more sinful.

No comments:

Post a Comment