He's God and We're Not by Ray Pritchard

Author:Ray Pritchard
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Keep Believing Ministries
Published: 2011-04-13T11:59:32+00:00

Everything by Faith

Faith is never meant to be a one-time experience. In evangelical circles, it is tempting to fall into that way of thinking because we put so much emphasis on being saved by faith. We talk about accepting Christ, receiving Christ, trusting Christ, and giving our hearts to Christ. We challenge people to respond in faith to the gospel invitation. This is well and good, but sometimes we leave the impression that once we have been saved by faith, the rest of life is up to us. Not so! The same faith that saves us is the faith that carries us from day to day as we make the journey from earth to heaven. That's why the Bible says, "The righteous will live by faith," and we are told that the gospel reveals a righteousness that is "by faith from first to last" (Rom. 1:17). The whole Christian life is a life of faith. We are saved by faith, kept by faith, walk by faith, endure by faith, rejoice by faith, serve by faith, love by faith, sacrifice by faith, pray by faith, worship by faith, and obey by faith. We get married by faith, and we have children by faith. (When I commented to my congregation that we get married by faith and have children by faith, there was a hearty "Amen!" from the audience.) All that we do, we do by faith.

The question before us in this chapter is both simple and profound: What is faith, and how does it work? This is a crucial topic because I think we often don't appreciate how precious and how precarious is the life of faith.

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