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NASB | James 1:2 ¶ Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 1:2 ¶ Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. |
Subject: Faith |
Bible Note: What you have said is true and is one type of faith--believing faith. The Bible says God gave to every man a measure of faith. This measure is enough faith for every man to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. The type of faith I am referring to when I quote "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God," is that faith which comes through many tests and trials, when all you have is God and all you have to sustain you is God's Word. You live every moment trusting that God will bring you through circumstances that look grim. But we do not look at the circumstances; we look at God. But God! That is the kind of faith that pleases God. He wants us to rely on no one else and nothing else but Him, and as you have so rightly quoted, without faith it is impossible to please God. Janae |