Four Faces of Faith

Faithful Confusion

Faith

Romans 10:17 NASB95

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Hebrews 11:1 NASB95

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:6 NASB95

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

The Faith

Jude 3 NASB95

Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.

Ephesians 4:4–6 NASB95

There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

2 Timothy 4:7 NASB95

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

Emotional Faith

Remembering Our Baptism

Trust

Confidence

Hope

This does not produce lasting faith

John 6:60 NASB95

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

John 12:42 NASB95

Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

Intellectual Faith

Deeper than emotional faith

This is the anchor for our faith when emotions fail us

Hebrews 11:1 NASB95

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 6:9 NASB95

But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

Psalm 22:1 NASB95

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

Volitional Faith

More than just knowledge

James 2:19 NASB95

You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

Luke 4:34 NASB95

“Let us alone! What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Luke 4:41 NASB95

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

Matthew 8:29 NASB95

And they cried out, saying, “What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

Faith in Action

James 2:14 NASB95

What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

James 2:26 NASB95

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Heart Faith

This is not emotional faith. This is the heart of the person where the Holy Spirit works on our innermost being

Proverbs 4:23 NASB95

Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

Matthew 15:19 NASB95

“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

Mark 7:21 NASB95

“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

2 Corinthians 4:16 NASB95

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.