Subject: Finding 'Act as though you have faith' |
Bible Note: Some ways the Bible tells us to increase our faith: 1) Ask of God and he will give you more faith. Mark 9:17-24 is a good example. So number 2 2) Faith can be increased by seeing miracles done. Acts 2 is another good example. 3) Faith increases when it is tried in the furnace of affliction I Peter 1:7. Job 23:10, Dan. 12:10 and Rev. 3:18 hints of this as well. A word of warning here though LOL. If one ask Gods for faith (number 1 above) God may just increase your faith by allowing trials and tribulations to fall upon you in answer to your prayer. 4) Then there's James 2:22 which shows that faith is made perfect through works. As in the case of Abraham. His faith in the coming Messiah was increased when he tried to obey God's command to sacrifice his son for a burnt offering. Now I'm not saying we should try to sacrifice our children to follow Abraham's example LOL. We are under the New Covenant of grace not the Old Covenant of the Mosaic Laws. But if the Bible (especially the New Testament) tells us to do something, we should do it (and our faith will increase because of our obedience). 5) And finally, "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God." Rom. 10:17 Since we are saved by grace THROUGH faith, surely every avenue that is opened to us to increase our faith should be explored? |