Twelve reasons why we must have Faith?

Messages for September 2016: Our Month of Divine Remembrance

Message for Sunday the 11^th of September 2016

Theme: Understanding the dynamics of Faith for the fulfillment of the word of God.

Topic: Twelve reasons why we must have Faith?

Introduction: The importance of faith cannot be overstated as it is what every human being needs to be able to truly live life to its fullest. There are different categories of faith. There is the natural faith based on physical circumstances like knowing that chair can hold your weight when you sit on it. There is the negative supernatural faith based on knowledge of the evil spiritual realm. There is the God kind of faith based on divine revelation. It is this kind of faith also known as the God kind of faith that we are presently interested in.

Why do we need to operate and live by this kind of faith? Below are twelve reasons why everyone must know and walk in this kind of faith. While these reasons are not exhaustive, they would help us understand why we must live the faith life:

1.     God commands us to have this kind of faith – See Mark 11:22-23.    

2.     It is the means by which we please God enough to get His attention. After the fall of man, he was unable to reach God on his own and so he created religion to try to bridge the gap. Religion has failed. This explains why God had to hatch his plan of eternal life through Jesus Christ. To please God therefore, we must receive His means of access back to him which is through Jesu Christ and this is only made possible by faith. Without this faith, it is impossible to please Him. See Heb.11:6; Rm.6:23; Jn.17:1-3 and Eph.2:8-10.

3.     The believer’s walk is a walk of faith. See 2Cor.5:7;

4.     Faith is the life of a believer. It is to a believer what oxygen is to living. Man fell from the glory of God because of sin. Since it takes faith to become saved, one cannot come alive from spiritual death without faith. In the same connection, one cannot stay alive without it. We are saved by faith, we live by faith, we walk by faith and whatever is not of faith is sin.  See Rm.14:23; Jn.3:16-18; Heb.10:38; Hab.2:4; Rm.1:17 and Gal.2:20.

5.     Faith grants us access to God; without this access, we are doomed. We cannot pray, praise or converse with God in any way without access to Him. Rm.5:2 and Eph.3:12.

6.     Faith is our means of justification before God, men and the devil. Rm.3:28; 5:1; Gal.2:16; 3:11 and 3:21.

7.     Faith is our victory for overcoming the world – 1Jn.5:4; 1Jn.2:15-17

8.     We can only forgive and walk in love by faith. See Heb.11:1-40 and Gal.3:11.

9.     Faith enables us to finish our destiny course with joy. See Acts 20:22-24.

10. Faith is required to mix the word of God for our profiting otherwise we cannot profit from the word of God no matter how powerful – Hen.4:2

11.  Faith is the means by which we enter into the rest of God – Heb.3:18; 4:1-12 and Num.14:28-35.  

12. Faith enables us to build and leave legacies for posterity. See Heb.6:12; Gen.18:17-19 and the example of the Rechabites in Jer.35:6, 8, 14, 16 and 19.

We shall stop here for now; next week by God’s grace, we shall be looking at how faith works. Meanwhile, if you are yet to exercise faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross and are therefore not born again, this is your opportunity. You can do so right away by saying the following prayer out loud and you shall be born again:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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Remain on top of your challenges in Jesus’ name!