The God-Kind of Faith ! ! !

THE GOD-KIND OF FAITH: "For by the grace [unmerited favor of God] given to me I want everyone among you not to steam and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith appointed by God to him." Now further proof of this is seen in (Ephesians 2:8), "For it is by free grace [God's unmerited favor] or God's willingness that you are saved [delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation] through your faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving, but it is the gift of God; not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands, lest any man should boast. It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself." The amplified Bible. He is saying that the faith by which you are saying is not of yourself. It is not a natural human faith, of which you can feel, smell, taste or touch. It was given to sinners by God. And how did God give the sinner faith to be saved ? (Romans 10:17) says, "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." As in the case of Cornelius's household, they had to hear the message (Acts 10:34-- 43). Notice the expression we have just seen in regards to faith: "So then faith cometh . . ." "God hath or have dealt . . . Faith." "You are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift . . ." Paul says that faith is given, it is dealt, it cometh. (Romans 10:8) "But what saith it" what say is what ? In other words what does the word say. "The word is near thee, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach. Or say ! The Bible--- this message of God--- is called the word of faith. Why is it called the word of faith ? Because it causes faith to calm even into the heart, which is the center of man's being. Of the unsaved or the saved. It causes the kind of faith that spoke the universe into existence to be dealt to our hearts. Faith is given to us Through the Word. Notice again the words of (Romans 10:8) "But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach." Disagrees exactly with the words of Jesus in (Mark 11:23), "Whosoever shall say . . . And shall not doubt in his heart . . ." We see here the basic principle inherited in the God- kind of faith: believing it with the heart and saying it with the mouth. Jesus believed it and He said it. God believed it And He said it, speaking the earth into existence ! Verses nine and 10 of this saying can't chapter of Romans says, "that if thou shalt confess with the mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved. In other words, If You Will Confess the Word and believe in thine heart that God has raised Jesus from the dead you shall be saved. For with the heart man believe it unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto him salvation." Unto deliverance, unto healing, unto soundness, unto safety, unto preservation."