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NASB | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ. |
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Bible Note: Hi Jeff I'd like to start by saying thank you for you input, and I'd like to make it clear that I do NOT dispute what you have said. I am a strong believer that faith is what God ask of us the most. Without faith, we have nothing. Before I get into scripture, let me tell you a small portion of my testimony so you may better understand where I am coming from. As a young teen, I began going to Church with some friends and began to know who Jesus was and what He had done for me. I recieved salvation at age 14, but after my high school years I quit going to Church and I did not include God in my life. I still believed, but I was just to pre-occupied with myself and I grew further and further away from God. As the years went by, I was very successful in life. It was almost like magic that whatever endevor I involved myself in I would come out on top. My world was all about me and what I could do. Well... I guess you can see where this is going... because I had exhaulted myself, The Lord, in His good time, humbled me. It was like one day someone tured off the light and nothing I did amounted to anything but shame. Within a couple of years I had lost everything; home,family, business, career, everything but my life. Now at the bottom, I finally looked up to God and asked for mercy. This was His great revelation to me. He showed me what I am without Him, and revealed His mighty power to bless or take away. Of course there is much more to my story, but I'll just say I have been a faithful follower ever since and I have grown in faith and knowledge for many years. Praise God for his faithfulness. Now I am a minister and a teacher of God's word. And when I see someone who is as lost as I was, I am reminded of what God did to me, and for me, so I try to encourage them to wait for God and He will show up. One more thing I'd like to clear up here; God's revelation to me was not something new. Every thing he did for me is already recorded in scriture. I never intended for anyone to think I was saying God would do something new, something outside of His Word. What He does is turn us back to His word. Everything the Lord has ever told me, even in that still small voice, can be found in scripture. Scriptures on revelation... the seed of faith Isaiah 65:1 I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me: I was found by those who did not seek me. this is found again in Romans 10:20 John 2:11 He thus revealed he glory, and His disciples put their faith in Him. Isaiah 43:12I have revealed and saved and procaimed. I and not some forien god. You are my witnesses that I am God. 1 samuel 3:7 Now Samuel had not yet known the Lord. 1 Samuel 3:21 and there He revealed Himself through His Word. 1 Corinthians 2:10 God has reveled it to us by His Spirit. Jeff you mentioned Acts 26... Paul was not a man of faith in Christ untill Jesus revealed Himself to Saul on the road to Damascus.Acts 26:13-16 And the 18th verse shows us an example of How God brings in those who come to God by revelation " so they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place amoung those who are santified by faith in me." there are many many more scriptures on the revelations of Christ after His ressurection, but I hope I have given enough for a basis on my statements. interested in your reply , Joel Way |