As christian, one of the the fundamental root or foundation in serving God is Faith. So what is faith and why is it important? For us to be called a christian, we must have faith but what is faith? Let us explain first what is faith?
For believers, faith starts a chain of events that ultimately leads to heaven:
- By faith through God's grace, Christians are forgiven. We receive the gift of salvation by faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
- By trusting wholly in God through faith in Jesus Christ, believers are saved from God's judgment of sin and its consequences.
- Finally, by God's grace we go on to become heroes of faith by following the Lord into ever greater adventures in faith.
"Faith is the opposite of doubt and it is an object-oriented response, shaped by what we trust in,
namely Jesus Christ (Christians)."
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Here are some points for us to know about the importance of faith.
1. If we have faith, We can Please God.
Hebrews 11:6 King James Version (KJV)
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
It probably mean that without faith, we cannot please God and it is the only way for us to do it. We can do anything for others or even God but if we do it without faith it is nothing. Everything we do, it should be without doubt because God can do anything.
2. If we have faith, to live forever.
Galatians 3:11 New International Version (NIV)
11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”[a]
3. If we have faith, We will become Children of God.
Galatians 3:6-9 King James Version (KJV)
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
By great faith in Jesus Christ we are regarded as sons of Abraham thus, sons of God and we are blessed by God and the blessings God to Abraham falls on us and all the promises to Abraham too will be ours.
4. If we have faith, our prayers will be answered.
God answers prayers of people with great faith in Him.
Mark 11:22-24 New International Version (NIV)
22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly[a] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
5. If we have faith, we will be Justified
Romans 5:1 New International Version (NIV)
5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
6. If we have faith, we have assurance of salvation.
Hebrews 10:39 New International Version (NIV)
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
6. If we have faith, our sins will be forgiven.
Mark 2:5 New International Version (NIV)
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Matthew 17:20 New International Version (NIV)
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
