What is faith in God?

[BornAgain490]

Faith in God is having confident assurance that God took on flesh so that He could reconcile the fallen world unto Himself; not imputing the sins of any that believe in Him against themselves, but granting by His grace to those that believe and follow Him as faithful children, godly power of repentance and faith unto salvation and everlasting life in His kingdom. 

[Mr. M]

1 minute ago, Vine Abider said:

Some good answers here!  I've come to see faith as basically synonymous with belief and trust.  And, as @Neighbor pointed out, it is the "faith of Jesus" which several places indicate He puts into us.  That is, the believing is not even of ourselves, it is a gift.

The one element of the faith of Jesus that is often

overlooked is an innate desire to please Him.

Hebrews 11:6 But 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 diligently seek Him.

John 8:29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, 

for I always do those things that please Him.”

1 John 3:

21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. 

22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments

 and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 

Psalm 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

I am cautiously suspicious of anyone who claims to be a born again Christian

and baptized in the Holy Spirit, while showing little interest in serving Christ.

This simply does not track with the true faith of Christ.

Luke 1:

74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

[Marathoner]

On 10/1/2024 at 6:25 PM, Ausie 52 said:

I think the Amplified Bible translates faith as... to trust in, to rely upon, to cling to. 

I wholeheartedly agree, my friend. Well said and amen!

[farouk]

10 hours ago, BornAgain490 said:

Faith in God is having confident assurance that God took on flesh so that He could reconcile the fallen world unto Himself; not imputing the sins of any that believe in Him against themselves, but granting by His grace to those that believe and follow Him as faithful children, godly power of repentance and faith unto salvation and everlasting life in His kingdom. 

Good summary...........

[farouk]

@BornAgain490

Hebrews 13.20-21:

"Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

²¹ Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."

[BornAgain490]

20 minutes ago, farouk said:

@BornAgain490

Hebrews 13.20-21:

"Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

²¹ Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."

Amen and hallelujah. 

[Gracejj]

When I was thinking about this question I was reminded of this scripture and the answer was very simple to me.

Faith in God must look like this perhaps👇

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understandings, 
⁶ in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.

Word of God has all the answers we need. 

[Cyoder]

I see so many who claim so much faith.  I'm always drawn back to the 12 Appostles. Even they didn't believe Jesus was the Christ until he rose from the dead. They witnessed so many miracles first hand and STILL didn't believe.  We have to believe something that happened 2,000 years ago from what we read. It's no wonder so many struggle with faith.  I question do I truly believe with all my heart? I understand, I think I believe. For some reason I can't completely reconcile this. I pray daily about this. Is the Holy Spirit what allows people to believe easier than the time before Jesus was Crucified? I know the apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit after the Crucifixion. I'm not questioning anyone's faith, I just wonder how many have considered this. 

[Neighbor]

29 minutes ago, Cyoder said:

. I'm not questioning anyone's faith, I just wonder how many have considered this. 

Hi, I can only answer that my faith was absolute that there is no God. Till God answered the prayers of those that had faithfully prayed for me when I was a child. God answered their prayers some two and a half  decades later.  

The Holy Spirit used an angel to  bring me about, just before I evidently would have had no other opportunity  to be turned about. It was dramatic. It was almost instant. I have seen evidence of it's reality many times since.

So my confidence in the faith of Christ Jesus comes rather easy to me now. I am not relying on an abstract, not mere words of books of the Bible, but instead in real life real time confirmation  that what it shares is  indeed  the word of God. And more than that it is instruction for life, it is hope certain in an uncertain world. It is joy in all circumstances, even as it rains on the rich  and the poor, the good and evil. It is truth for the mind, body, soul, and spirit.

My salvation from my own plight of being an atheist is found in the faith of Jesus to answer prayer rightly asked of him by those that had love of Him and love for me. Should everyone have such  an experience to turn them about? Gee I hope not, I would not wish that upon anyone, it was a Job like  series of events.

So why  do I now share of it? So that anyone may add it's account to the many messages, signs, and events, of their own life that leads to hearing and hopefully heeding the specific call to each of them by the Holy Spirit. That call to turn about, yes repent of sin against God, sin of denying Him to instead seeing feeling and learning worship of His Son who gave totally of Himself  to honor His Father's will that many might be saved from eternal destruction to instead being eternally with Him ( Jesus),  the Holy Spirit,  and His Father. 

God is real, living, and  true to His word. Listen for the Holy Spirit, feel the presence of the Holy Spirit, and then enjoy the confirming word of God, the Bible. Read, pray, think, experience it, and give thanks to His Son Jesus, while loving God ( Father Son and Holy Spirit) and one another.

Maranatha!

[Neighbor]

On 10/1/2024 at 8:59 PM, missmuffet said:

That is good It is a genuine true faith in God. Trust in God must be based on the genuine God in the Bible. The God in the Bible is a triune God, so true faith in God must include the Holy Trinity. The Father,Son and Holy Spirit. There is a difference in having a knowledge of God and having a true understanding of the true God.

And yet the Bible, any English version, will not have reference to a "Trinity" will it?- trinity being much like "rapture"; a conclusionary word an extra-biblical word, one used to describe a conclusion reached by  reading, studying, praying, and yes even questioning the Bible, Berean style.

I do think the use of "true" in front of Christian or in front of faith is a redundancy. Some are babes  fo rsure others are real scholars, and the rest well " we " have but opinions. Often strongly held, but opinions none the less.

Praise God, His mercy from everlasting to everlasting.