Learning to Live by

FAITH

A very importantingredient in your new life in

It will bring benefits

FAITH

CHRIST

It grows in your lifewhen you step in obedience

FAITH

Hebrews 11:1 FAITH (gr.) PISTIS conviction, trust, belief, dependency, integrity, persuasion

ASSURANCE (gr.) UPOSTASISsupport, substance, steadiness

CONVICTION (gr.) ELENCHOSa proof, test

That substance of FAITH is in: Revelation 22:13

It includes a beautiful promise A culmination of the promise:

• Jesus is the Alfa and Omega, • The beginning and the end• The first and the lastAll the promises in Him are YES and AMEN

WHAT IS FAITH? FAITH: latin fides, =“trust” It includes 3 areas: •Knowledge•Belief: in the truth based in Divine Revelation•Personal Trust in GOD

THE BEGINNING OF FAITH

Before the faithpeople wereunder the Law,

UntilFAITHwas revealed

FAITH

FACT – GOD and HIS WordFAITH – Trusting God and His Word FEELINGS – The Result of faith and obedience

LOGOS and RHEMA2 greek words:Logos: written revelation from GodRhema: spoken revelation from the Word(heb) Davar: creative and spoken Word• it activates your spirit • it gives you the assurance and conviction of what you are waiting for• the miracle will come to pass

Davar or Rhema from Dios

It produces: 1-Vision: faith produces dreams and visions • Images in your spirit on what you expect to get • conviction in your spirit of what you cannot see • but that you will be able to see

2- Conviction: faith comes by hearing the Word of God and it produces conviction(demonstration or evidence)

It produces: 3- Prophetic Declaration : When faith is activated in your spiritIt will take you to a prophetic dimensionyou will call into being things that are not (Rom. 4:17)

4- Fulfillment: faith will produce the prophetic Fulfillment of all the promises that God offered us.When God speaks, He fulfills His Word(Numbers 23:19)

Davar o Rhema de Dios

FAITH and WORKS• Genuine faith• natural consequence of salvation: bear fruit and do works

We don’t do works to be saved.We do works because we are saved.(James 2:17-18)

Genuine Faith = Obedience (Hebrews 11:8)ABRAHAM – He obeyed without hesitation. He showed his faith whenhe left his land. When he was 100 years old, the promise was fulfilled and he became the father of a multitud of nations. (Romans 4:18)FATHER OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

FAITH and OBEDIENCE

Characteristics of FaithIt operates through love… Galatians 5:6It purifies the heart… Acts 15:9It can grow… 2 Thessalonians 1:3It performs miracles… Matthew 8:5-13It receives forgiveness and sanctification..Acts 26:18It can be tested… 2 Corinthians 13:5It can be denied… 1 Timothy 5:8It’s a spiritual law… Romans 3:27It must be contended… Jude 3We can accomplish great things…Heb.11:32-35a

HOW TO DEVELOP AND FEED YOUR FAITH

Study the Scriptures…John 5:39Seek God’s presence…1 Chronicles 16:11Visualizing God’s promises… Genesis 15:5Eliminating negative confessions…“I have nothing”, “I cannot do it”. Renewing the mind… Romans 12:2

Surrounding yourselves with people of faithand listening to faith messages

All the blessings from God come through FAITH, which is based on God’s truth

What does…“The righteous will live by his faith”mean? Habakkuk 2:4

Two very important truths:1- The Redemptive work of Jesus ChristYou consider it and receive it by FAITH;It is the only way to receive Salvation

2- Since that moment on, the believermust cling to his FAITH to continue in this world.

Live by FAITH!

A vehicle bringinga load of giftsand promiseswritten in the Bible