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What Saints by Faith Do
I. THEY LIVE BY FAITH
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God. Who loved me, and gave Himself for me” (Gal. 2:20).
II. THEY STAND BY FAITH
“Thou standest by faith” (Romans 11:20).
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore” (Eph. 6:13, 14).
III. THEY WALK BY FAITH
“For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7).
Walking implies progress and aggression. There is a growth in Christian experience as truly as there is a growth in all other things.
IV. THEY RESIST THE DEVIL BY FAITH
“Above all taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked” (Eph. 6:16).
Faith intercepts the darts of fear and doubts which Satan fires at all Christians when it is employed.
V. THEY WORK BY FAITH
“Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?” (James 2:21, 22).
VI. THEY REST BY FAITH
“For we which have believed do enter into rest” (Heb. 4:3).
Rest that is genuine and lasting is that of the cessation of a finished task. We always rest the best when a task is finished. Faith gets the job, and does the task.