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What a Christian Believes

And if men don't choose to have Faith then they are in a very
serious position. Hebrews 11 v6 'And without Faith it is
impossible to please God, because anyone who comes
to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those
who earnestly seek Him.'

FAITH is an essential part of christian living.

Because it involves the invisible things of GOD, this faith is
not like the natural faith with which we grow up.

It is a gift from God. Ephesians 2 v8 'For it is by grace you
have been saved, through faith - and this not from
youselves, it is the gift of God .'

So Faith is a divine operation (the gift) and a human act
(exercising it).

If a Christian wants Faith to increase there has to be a
willingness to throw off the things that hinder it. Hebrews 12
v1 .... let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin
that so easily entangles, and let us run with
perseverance the race marked out for us.'

FAITH has power and causes those who exercise it to live
and act in a different way to those who are without it.

The Power to change lives and situations and the many
different qualities of FAITH are that which is looked at
next.

Firstly there will be evidence of Faith in a believer. What is
the evidence?

As, with say an apple tree, the evidence that it is not another
kind of tree is when apples begin to grow.

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