Faith by the Kingdom of God

Faith vs. Belief

Faithfulness: Having faith work through us..NOT because of us.

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Matthew 3:9
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And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children of Abraham.

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Galatians 3:7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

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None on the path of righteousness found themselves in the presence of the Father. Righteousness is of the Father alone. And none can approach the Father except through His Truth.

It is by the Spirit of Truth that is now among us, that faithfulness can work through those whom walk in their transgressions. As none are perfect, grace was afforded at great cost, so that by the kingdom upon us, through it can holiness be imparted lovingly; for the sake of others, by the will of God.

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Hebrews 11:1 1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

This is maybe one of the most misleading passages. I understand belief systems all rely on confidence of the believer. But the kingdom of heaven is not a belief system, it is a unseen quality of eternity that through us, perfection serves the will of God.

All translations turn a question into a statement. Except in the greek translation from messianic texts: it provides a completely different perception: Is now faith of hoped for assurance, of things conviction not being seen(?)

We are told by Jesus to make no promise to God or to one another. And assurance means exactly that, 'a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise.'

So in context, the greek verion of Hebrews 11:1 verse is saying rhetorically, 'are we seeing faith this way??' and 'paying then no attention to the conviction of our understanding??'

Then Hebrews 11 goes on to give obvious examples of how faith works through us, and not because of us.

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Faith is one of the unseen qualities of God.
Belief is; what we desire to manifest.

Faith is of the will of God alone.
Belief is based on our understanding in knowledge.

Faith is only founded on Love. God is love.
Belief can be founded on fear, imagination.

Faith is perfect, holy.
Belief is imperfect and based in sin.

Faith is of God.
Belief is a measure of the reactions and desires of the flesh.

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The centurion had great faith upon him, and loved his servant. It is the Father's will we find faith through His Son. The centurion did so. The will of God recognized that faith as 'of the truth', and the power of God healed the servant.

The centurion could not heal his servant solely by his belief. Otherwise he would not have needed the Lord. No, the centurion out of love, saught out the Lord. He set himself aside by being humble, he then allowed faith to act through him, and the authority of God recognized it as holy and complete. As the authority upon Jesus only did the will of the Father, we know that it was the will of God that placed faith in the centurion; to allow it to come through him.

All of the miraculous wonders performed through Jesus Christ were of the Father's will: born of faith, and based in love.

The Hebrews who did healings, believed they did healing based on their self proclaimed righteousness. But they did not. Jesus even stated:

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Matthew 12:27-28
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And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
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But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you

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By the kingdom do the fruits of holiness come through us. Us, whom deny ourselves, so that the truth can instead act. So when Jesus said, 'then the kingdom of God has come upon you.', what was being said is, faith has worked through you: a fruit of the Father's will by His Truth. It was not the imperfect flesh of Christ Jesus whom did miracles. No. It was the imperfect form of the Son of God that denied himself so that the will of God could act through him, not because of him. Amen.

This is the true gospel of the Kingdom. That through us perfection acts, not because of us. We are not God, we cannot become perfected until we are raised as a new creation.

Faith is an act of holiness which comes through us...not because of us. Amen.