Topic: REAL FAITH  [Church of God Mission International] Above Only Daily Devotional 6 March 2023

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ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA

MONDAY MARCH 6TH, 2023

REAL FAITH

Acts 3:12-13a, 16 (NIV)

…Peter…said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob…has glorified his servant Jesus… *By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him…

Real faith is faith that is based on Christ – all God has said about us and all God has done for us in Christ. This is the faith the Bible always refers to. Our faith is not the ‘general faith’ or confidence that any human being can have in something or someone. Our faith is based on Christ and it comes from Christ.

The Bible says, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God,” (Rom.10:17). We don’t manufacture our faith; it comes to us from God. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,” (Eph.2:8). The faith by which we get saved is a gift from God. It came to us as we heard the Gospel of Christ. When the Bible says faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, it is not referring to hearing anything in the Bible. What it is referring to is hearingf the Gospel or the revelation of Christ, (Rom.10:13-17). This is how real faith is birthed and grows in us.

Always remember that the word of God is not simply everything written in the Bible. Christ is the word of God (John 1:1, 14) and all scripture points to Him and testifies of Him, (John 5:39). In our text above, Peter said the only reason they could heal the lame man was because of the faith that comes through Christ.

Prayer:
Father, please help me to fill myself with more and more of the revelation of Christ; that the faith of Christ may fill my heart.

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