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Posted by WildB (Member # 2917) on :

by Cornelius R. Stam

The Word of God declares in Hebrews 11:6 that "without faith it is impossible to please Him".

There is nothing that will haunt a man like the fear that God may be displeased with him, nor any joy comparable to the assurance that He is pleased. It is foolish, however, to suppose that we can please God with the things we think He desires. We must give Him what He says He desires. Thank God, it is not difficult to determine this, for He tells us again and again in His Word that it is faith He desires most of all. He wants us to trust Him, to take Him at His Word.

The Bible tells us at length how God loved us in spite of our sin and gave His blessed Son to die on Calvary's tree to clear our title to heaven, but alas, instead of taking Him at His Word, thousands turn away from His gracious offer, "going about to establish their own righteousness" (Rom.10:3).

They do "good works" and make great sacrifices, thinking that a God of love will surely accept their efforts and overlook their sins. But this is presumption, not faith. How can a just God overlook sin? We should thank Him that in His matchless love He himself paid for our sins so that we might be free, and that salvation is "the gift of God", obtained by faith alone.

Cain presumed that God would accept his attractive sacrifice instead of the prescribed one, but God refused both him and his offering. Pharaoh presumed that he could take his armies through the Red Sea as Moses had done, but he perished in the sea for presuming on God. Naaman, the leper, refused God's way of cleansing, saying, "I thought...", but the great general remained a leper until he took God at His Word. Will you take God at His Word and trust Christ as your Saviour?

Posted by becauseHElives (Member # 87) on :

By faith the [Hebrew] people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

the Egyptians presumed they could do the same thing.....

•• Faith versus presumption!

• Faith obeys God’s leading.

• Presumption acts on man’s leading.

Posted by wparr (Member # 891) on :

quote:

•• Faith versus presumption!

• Faith obeys God’s leading.

• Presumption acts on man’s leading. [/QB]

A form of Godliness
Denying the power there of

A rampant problem in today's anglicized christianity

Posted by Found in Him (Member # 7596) on :

I want to finish the verse from the post...

But without faith it is impossible to please him... for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

1. Must believe that He Exists
2. Must believe That He is a rewarder of those that (diligently) seek Him.

Diligently:
dil·i·gent (dĭl'ə-jənt) Pronunciation Key
adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dīligēns, dīligent-, present participle of dīligere, to esteem, love : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + legere, to choose; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
dil'i·gent·ly adv.

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.