1. Without Faith It Is Impossible to Please God.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is _impossible_ to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a _rewarder_ of those who seek Him.
2. God Gives a Measure of Faith to Every Man.
Romans 12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to _everyone_ among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound _judgment_, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
3. If We Exercise the Faith Given to Us, Difficulties Will Be Removed.
Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. [23] "Truly I say to you, _whoever_ says to this _mountain_, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. [24] "_Therefore_ I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have _received_ them, and they will be granted you.
4. Hearing God's Word Will Increase Our Faith.
Romans 10:17 So faith _comes_ from hearing, and hearing by the word of _Christ_.
5. Faith Is the Foundation of Our Christian Experience.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the _assurance_ of things hoped for, the _conviction_ of things not seen.
6. God's Word Benefits Only As We Apply It to Our Lives.
Hebrews 4:2 For indeed we have had good news _preached_ to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, _because_ it was not united by faith in those who heard.
7. Faith Is Confidence in God That Leads Us to Obey Him.
1 John 5:14 This is the _confidence_ which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything _according_ to His will, He hears us.
8. Faith Manifests Itself in Action.
Luke 5:20 Seeing their faith, He said, "_Friend_, your sins are _forgiven_ you."
9. Faith Grows.
Matthew 17:20 And He said to them, "Because of the _littleness_ of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this _mountain_, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be _impossible_ to you.
10. We Are Saved by Grace Through Faith.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through _faith_; and that not of _yourselves_, it is the gift of God;
11. Grace Leads to the Obedience of Faith.
Romans 1:5 Through whom we have received grace and _apostleship_ to bring about the _obedience_ of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake,
12. The Christian Lives by Faith.
Galatians 2:20 "I have been _crucified_ with Christ; and it is no _longer_ I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave _Himself_ up for me.
13. Through Faith We Inherit the Promises of God.
Hebrews 6:12 So that you will not be sluggish, but _imitators_ of those who through faith and patience inherit the _promises_.
14. Faith without Works Is a Dead Faith.
James 2:17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, _being_ by _itself_.
15. We Overcome the World Through Faith.
1 John 5:4-5 For _whatever_ is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world -our faith. [5] Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who _believes_ that Jesus is the Son of God?
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