Online Christian Literature Index
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him..." Heb. 11:6
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"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen. Through faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things
which are seen were not made of things which do appear"
(Hebrews 11:1).
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By G. Everett Arden
Faith must not be directed toward
the hand that grasps the gift, or, to change the figure,
toward the gate through which Christ comes. Faith must
be directed solely and entirely toward Him who has
wrought for man his salvation, even Jesus Christ.
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By Charles H.
Spurgeon
(1834-1892)
My friend, Hudson Taylor, who has done such a wonderful
work for China, is an instance of this. Brought up in a
godly home, he, as a young man, tried to imitate the
lives of his parents, and failing in his own strength to
make himself better, he swung to the other extreme, and
began to entertain skeptical notions. One day, when his
mother was from home, a great yearning after her boy
possessed her, and she went up to her room to plead with
God that "even now" he would save him.
By George Muller
(1805-1898)
What an evil it is
that keeps sinners from coming to Jesus Christ? And that
evil is unbelief: for by faith we come; by unbelief we
keep away. Therefore it is that by which a soul is said
to depart from God: because it was that which at first
caused the world to go off from Him, and that also, that
keeps them from His to this day...
You
ask, How may I, a true believer, have my faith strengthened? The answer is
this
There are three noteworthy examples of faith in the Bible. They are:
By Peter Sarkis
So remember to say: “My God is able”
whenever you are in doubt or discouraged. Don’t look at
your outward circumstances but look to Him “who is able”
to help you; provide for you; deliver you; and
strengthen you.