Faith & Christian Living

As we have established so far, conforming to the image of Christ is the high calling of God to us. This is the ultimate decider of where and how we will spend eternity. To excel in any aspect of this life and yet fail in God’s high calling is to get your priorities misplaced and […]

As mentioned in the previous study, God’s high or topmost call to us is for us to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. Let us examine the Scriptures to prove this further. Romans 8:29-30 says, “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:14). Following Paul’s example in Philippians 3:13, we are commonly advised to forget the past and reach forth unto those things which are ahead. But what are the things we are to ultimately press on for? Paul

The Scriptures teach this truth: “you are slaves of the one whom you obey” (Romans 6:16). There is no middle ground: you are either a slave of sin or of God and righteousness (Romans 6:16; Matthew 12:30). To obey sin, and thereby be its slave is to reap ever-increasing wickedness and death, and to present

Love: The ultimate evidence of a faith that works The Scriptures teach that “If I should have all faith so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:2). Not only are you nothing without love, but the very faith you have becomes powerless and valueless when it is not

Patience is a definite requirement for faith to function As sure as faith without works is dead (James 2:14) so is faith without patience guaranteed to fail.  It takes both faith and patience to receive what God has promised as we read in Hebrews 6:12: “So that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of

As discussed in the previous post, “for as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” (James 2:26). It is those corresponding actions or responses that accompany faith, which gives life to faith. Without them, your faith has no way of surviving. A sure corresponding action, which is evidence

After ensuring that what you are asking God for is in line with His Word, believing that you receive, and speaking the Word of God concerning your situation, the law of faith also requires that you have corresponding actions to go with your faith. As the Scripture says “for as the body without the spirit

Confession i.e. speaking the Word of God, or speaking in line with the Word, because you believe is another prerequisite for the law of faith to function as it should. Jesus Himself stressed the absolute importance of confession and showed the inseparable nature of “believing and speaking”. If He did, then we have no choice

The law of faith also require that we believe we receive when we pray. This may sound simple but it is a profound requirement of faith that determines whether we have what we pray for or not. Jesus says in Mark 11: 24 “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and