FAITH: Comes by Hearing the Word of God
Romans 6:20–21: For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
FAITH: Comes by Studying the Word of God
You were not only free from Christ, you were fruitless. You did as you pleased. The only fruit was shame. Actually, it was not real freedom, it was license. Do you want to go back to the old life? I receive scores of letters from young people who were formerly known as “hippies” and have turned to Christ. They are ashamed of that old life. When you drop into sin, does it break your heart? The difference between a child of God and a child of the Devil is that a child of the Devil just loves doing what the Devil wants done. But to the child of God it is a heartbreak. 1
FAITH: Comes by Obeying the Word of God
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. Galatians 6:7–8
Dear Lord, please teach me how to sow to the Spirit and not to the flesh. Do you want to know who is winning the battle in your soul? It is whoever you are feeding the most. Are you feeding your Spirit the Word of God? Are you also starving the appetite of your flesh. Drink in the Word of God from morning to night. There are so many excellent bible teaching and worship programs. Stave your soul from worldly media.
FAITH: Comes by Experiencing the Transforming Work of God
When my spirit is walking in the Spirit, I am very spiritually blessed.
FAITH: Comes by Praying with the Word of God
There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Prov. 14:12
Dear Father, teach me to do your will and not my own… Jesus Name. Amen.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (Romans 1-8) (electronic ed., Vol. 42, pp. 118–119). Nashville.
