True Faith

Submitted by sank on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 17:22

True Faith is placing our trust in the ONE and ONLY CREATOR, the PROMISE KEEPING, LIVING GOD. (See the Fig.2)

As I examined the Christian Holy Bible I learned the following:

It says in John 1:3, "He created everything, there is—nothing exists that he didn't make." Therefore, JESUS is our CREATOR GOD. All others are creations. As such they depend on the Creator for their survival; therefore, we should not worship them but worship and obey only the Creator God. Otherwise we may soon be worshiping each other!

Jesus said (John 10:30), "I and the Father are one."

Again the Holy Bible says in 1 John 2:23, "For a person who doesn't believe in Christ, God's Son, can't have God the Father either. But he who has Christ, God's Son, has God the Father also."

The One and Only Creator, Living God (Jesus) has given us many promises in the Bible that concern our real life needs, such as:

To forgive all our sins, to make us children of God, to give us eternal life, to raise us from the dead, to make sure that we get to heaven when we die, to give us peace, and power to over come temptation, to transform us into the image of Christ, to live within our lives, never to leave us nor forsake us, and many more.

Apostle Paul wrote in

2 Corinthians 1:19-20

He (Jesus) isn't one to say "yes" when He means "no". He always does exactly what He says. He carries out and fulfills all of God's promises, no matter how many of them there are; and we have told everyone how faithful He is, giving glory to His name.

We can place our faith in such a loving and trustworthy God, Jesus.

It isn't enough just to have faith. "Faith that doesn't show itself in obedience to God's word is no faith at all -- it is dead and useless" (James 2:17). This does not mean that we gain salvation (eternal life) by doing good. The Bible says,

Ephesians 2:8–10

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourself, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one should boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Therefore, what is Genuine Faith?

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