{"id":510,"date":"2015-04-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/?p=510"},"modified":"2015-04-23T18:01:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T23:01:40","slug":"what-does-the-bible-say-about-the-man-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/2015\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-the-man-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the Bible say about the man of faith?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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But without faith it is impossible to please Him [at all], for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6—NKJV)<\/cite> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What does the Bible say about the \u201cman of faith?\u201d Absolutely nothing! Absolutely everything! Though the Bible never uses the phrase \u201ca man of faith,\u201d or describe anyone as \u201ca man of faith,\u201d faith-full or faith-motivated men are found throughout the Scriptures. Everything you need to know about being a man driven by faith is found in the Scriptures. <\/p>\n

The acquiring and daily maintenance of faith that counts before God is the top priority for all mankind. Our text delivers a stark lesson in black and white. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. The text does not say it is really hard to please God without faith, or it would be difficult, or even, there may be a chance that without faith you can please God. Without faith you can not please God at all. <\/p>\n

Scripturally speaking, there are three general categories of faith found in the Bible: <\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cThe Faith,\u201d the body of theological truth taught in the Bible—This first faith is a heart of belief that provides your direction in life. <\/li>\n
  2. \u201cSaving Faith,\u201d the gift of God by grace (Ephesians 2:8–10)—This second faith is the possession for life. <\/li>\n
  3. \u201cLiving Faith,\u201d living life by faithful obedience—This third faith is action for life. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Since eternal salvation is based on belief (Romans 10:9–13) that forms the basis of trust (Hebrews 11:1–3), the believing convert arises up and obeys by living according to faith, as Galatians 2:20 states, \u201cI have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.\u201d Faith in action! <\/p>\n

    Faith-full living is the quality that has led us to create the phrase \u201ca man of faith\u201d just like other phrases we are apt to use, such as \u201cfaithful men,\u201d \u201clife of faith,\u201d \u201ckeep the faith,\u201d guard the faith,\u201d and \u201cpromote the faith.\u201d All these phrases come from biblical applications found in passages like 2 Corinthians 1:24, \u201cBy faith you stand.\u201d and 2 Corinthians 5:7, \u201cFor we walk by faith, not by sight.\u201d and 1 Timothy 6:12, \u201cFight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.\u201d <\/p>\n

    In the Parable of the Talents, our Lord tells the story of a lord calling three servants before him prior to going away. He commissions each one with responsibility over his property until his return. Each servant acted as he saw fit. Upon the lord\u2019s return each servant gave account. The slothful servant returned the talent unimproved to his master. His \u201creward\u201d for his unfaithfulness was to be placed in the outskirts, away from the light of the festivities. The other two servants each used, and increased, the talents they were given. In each case the faithful servants were rewarded during their interview with their lord with these words, \u201cWell done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord\u201d (Matthew 25:21, 23). These two are illustrations of men of faith, or, as we would more readily recognize them, faithful men. They kept faith for their master. <\/p>\n

    A man of faith, then, is a man who has committed himself to the body of faith, the saving faith, and the life of faith. In other words, he has yielded all that he treasures in life to his heavenly Father, trusting only in Him. God is faithful (1 Thessalonians 5:24) and will not let you down in those things most precious to you in your awakened life. Because God is totally trustworthy with all that is dear to the man of faith, the faithful man can hazard his all for the sake of what is dear to God. He will remain faithful to what God has entrusted to his hand, for God is faithful in that which is entrusted to His hand. A man faithful to God is a man of faith. <\/p>\n

    Most assume that being a man of faith is some nebulous something-or-other that is unquantifiable and mystifying, and is only within the grasp of the super-spiritual. The biblical man of faith is a servant, committed to faithfully obey in all that is important to God since God is faithful to him. Be a man of faith. Trust and obey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    But without faith it is impossible to please Him [at all], for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6—NKJV) What does the Bible say about the \u201cman of faith?\u201d Absolutely nothing! Absolutely everything! Though the Bible never uses the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}