As I look and watch the world I realized that many people don’t understand the power of faith. In the King James Version at Heb 11:1 “ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” The Greek word of faith:
pis'-tis
From G3982; persuasion, that is, credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself: - assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
So what does this definition of faith say, one you believe, two you believe in God, three there is assurance and forth it has the power of persuasion. So how do we exercise faith in something we have not seen? Let’s take a look at some examples of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 8:5-10
“5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.”
Luke 7:7-9
“7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.”
These two examples are the one same story of a roman shoulder asking Jesus to heal his servant. My understanding of faith here is one believing in God, assurance, and persuasion. It is the faith of the roman shoulder that his servant got healed, not by Jesus faith thought he did the healing.
Matthew 9:21-22
“21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.”
This is an example of the woman who knew if she could just touch Jesus clothes she would be healed. Notice that Jesus says by her faith she was healed by, not by Jesus faith though he healed her.
Matthew 9:28-31
“28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.”
In this example a blind man gets healed. Jesus says himself by the blind man’s faith he gets healed. Then Jesus tell the man not to tell anyone, but the healed blind man tell everyone!
1 Corinthians 2:5
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”
Self explanatory.
What I would like you to get out of this is that faith is much more powerful than you think. Jesus Christ has faith, you and I need to empower our faith. Jesus Christ faith is strong; you and I need to strengthen our faith. Notice much of what Jesus says in these examples, by our faith he healed, not by his faith. With our empowered faith we can help others, strengthen our own faith more, give hope to ourselves as well as others who have little hope or faith. When we give hope, faith, we give assurance, these acts of ours is what God acts on. If you look for what is unnatural you will find and see faith with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, but if you don’t you will not see faith and its works.
