Faith Toward God

It was a short-long lesson. :)

It was short in terms of the lesson's length but had a long-term application (in fact, for as long as we live)

After repentance, the next important part is faith.

Just how important is faith?
1) Faith is needed to please God


2) Faith is the only way to live our life

Hab 2:4 ...but the righteous will live by his faith

The word "live" includes all areas of the human life: spiritual, mental, physical and material aspects. It even covers basic activities like breathing, thinking, speaking, studying, sleeping, etc

For any person to be accepted as righteous by God, all these activities must be motivated and controlled by faith.

We considered two basic activities in life:


What does it mean to eat by faith?

a) We thank God for the food that He has provided
b) We trust God to sanctify the food so that it won't harm our bodies
c) We trust God that He will use the food to nourish our body with health and strength
d) God will use our strong bodies to serve His kingdom purpose


Ps 4: 8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Ps 3:5 I lie down and sleep, I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.

We trust that God will not only protect us while we sleep but give us breath to continue living the next day.

If we need to have faith for the simple things in life, how much more for everything else!

3) Faith is the "currency" of the Kingdom

Just like ringgit is Malaysia's currency, faith is the currency of the Kingdom.

Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

God is not moved by needs, God is moved by faith!

Hence, love motivates but it is faith that activates!

That's it!

-eunice