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The Passing Word

Sunday 

7 March 2010

From the Pastor's Desk... 

 

The apostle Paul makes the point in 1 Corinthians 13 that three things remain; faith, hope and love and the most important of these is love. He is speaking to Christians, and without doubt the overwhelmingly consistent message God had given us is to love. However, in order for us to receive God’s love so we are able to impart His love we must have faith. Faith in turn gives us hope. Faith is therefore the foundation for how a Christian lives his or her life. So what is faith?

 

In the Christian sense I would like to firstly say what faith is not. Faith is not mere belief because intellectual assent, where someone might say, “I believe that God exists’, or “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God”, but does not carry either true commitment or the obedience that such statements imply (James 2:14-26) actually demonstrate a lack of faith.

 

To have faith is to believe that all God has said about Himself; the world, the future and all the promises He has given to those who believe are true. As a result of believing what God has said is true we live lives of growing consistency with how God has told us to live. Therefore we need to have an external reference to be able to do this.

 

God has given the Church His Spirit and His Word. When we read His word His Spirit enlivens it to us so we can understand what He is saying to us and empowers us to live the way He wants. Therefore the statement, “It is impossible to know God apart from His word and His Spirit,” is entirely true. Consequently the Christian has a deep respect for the Spirit of God and the Word of God.

 

Faith focuses on what is unseen and this can be done because faith enables us to know that all God’s promises will come to pass. We do not live in such a way that seeks to find all our rewards in this life, rather in the life to come. Let us strive to put our faith into action in every aspect of our lives and strive to learn more of Him; from His word and His Spirit, so that we can love as He wants us to love.

 

Blessings, David

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blessings, David