More about Faith... in Living Hope

Your faith have saved you from eternal hell. Romans 15:13, Overflowing hope is the gift of the God of hope by the power of the Spirit. Faith is a gift from God and only the Holy Spirit can provide faith in us. They key in order to make faith work, submission to God is the key. When we doubt means we disobeyed God. In term of "obedience" we are to present our bodies "as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God." When you give your body, you give everything it contains within your body. What Christians needs to do is obey God's word in Faith. We are focus on our faith based on obedience to holiness, adding to our faith and fruit of the spirit through grace. In measure of faith... we are to add to our faith in obedience is listed In 2 Peter, Chapter 1, verses 5 through 9: "make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. What Christians needs to do is obey God's word in Faith. We are focus on our faith based on obedience to holiness, adding to our faith and fruit of the spirit through grace. Working on of faith means nothing if you don't act on your faith. If you don't act, then you don't have faith. Faith is confidence in the character of God, and hope is the sweet anticipation of desirable things promised but not yet realized. Hope is a gift from the heavenly Father "who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope" (2 Thessalonians 2:16). The Christian's hope is sound because it is founded upon the character of God and the redeeming work of His Son Jesus Christ. For this reason Peter could call it "a living hope" (1 Peter 1:3). It is living because it rests on reality and not on fancy. It is not wishful dreaming but vital expectation with Jesus Christ behind it. Faith in Christ, in His Character and His will is the key to complete faith. Yes, faith is required to be healed (more importantly SALVATION). However, faith must come with the Holy Spirit in order for healing to happen. Holy Spirit is God and healing must come from God, not faith. Faith COMES with healing. The Holy Spirit is IN US and we have FAITH. Now the question comes, how or when healing happens? By our efforts or by God's discretion? There are those who will say that the Bible is saying its up to us while the Bible actually says "God decides". To God, He knows when there's a right time and way for everything, especially healing. Hebrews 11:39-40 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. In 2 Corinthians 4:18 says So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. In Ephesians 1:11, "He works all things according to the purpose of His own will." We are to trust in God's decisions which is REAL FAITH. In Isaiah 55:8-9 God says, "My thoughts are completely different from yours, and my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV) Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Colossians 1:28-29 (NIV) We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.