FAITH-UNBELIEF
FAITH-UNBELIEF
(A) FAITH (Select Reading He.11)
Heb 11:1-40
(1) General References to
Luk 17:5; Luk 18:8; Rom 10:17; Rom 14:23; 2Co 5:7; Gal 5:6; 1Ti 1:5
Heb 11:1; Heb 11:39; Jam 2:17; 1Jo 5:4
(2) Faith Enjoined, Reasons for
Assures Success
2Ch 20:20; Mar 11:2; Luk 8:50
A Fundamental Duty
Joh 6:28; Joh 6:29; Joh 20:27
A Defensive Weapon
Eph 6:16; 1Th 5:8; 1Ti 1:19; 1Ti 6:12; Heb 10:22
An Indispensable Element in Religion
Heb 11:6
Essential in Prayer
Jam 1:5; Jam 1:6
Should Be United with Love
1Jo 3:23
(3) Justification by
Hab 2:4; Rom 4:3; Rom 5:1; Gal 3:6; Phi 3:9; Heb 10:38; Heb 11:4
–SEE Justification (1), JUSTIFICATION
Salvation (2), SALVATION
(4) Blessings According to
Mat 8:13; Mat 9:29; Mat 9:30; Mat 17:20; Mat 21:21; Mar 9:23
(5) Victorious Faith, examples of
Abraham
Gen 22:8
Caleb
Jos 14:12
Jonathan
1Sa 14:6
David
1Sa 17:37
Jehoshaphat
2Ch 20:12; 2Ch 32:7
Job
Job 19:25
The Three Hebrew Captives
Dan 3:17
Paul
Act 27:25; Rom 4:20
The Ancient Worthies
Heb 11:33
–SEE Committal, FAITH
Trust (3), FAITH
Confidence in God, FAITH
(6) Faith in Christ Secures Salvation
Joh 3:16; Joh 3:36; Joh 5:24; Joh 6:40; Joh 11:25; Joh 12:46; Joh 20:31; Act 8:37
Act 10:43; Act 13:39; Act 16:31; Rom 9:33; Rom 10:9; 2Ti 3:15; 1Jo 5:1
(7) Great Faith, examples of
—The Leper
Mat 8:2
—The Centurion
Mat 8:10
—The Ruler
Mat 9:18
—The Blind Man
Mat 9:28
—The Diseased
Mat 14:36
—The Syrophenician woman
Mat 15:28
—The Afflicted woman
Mar 5:28
(8) Special Promises to those who Exercise
Answer to Prayer
Mat 21:22
Sonship
Joh 1:12; Joh 7:38
Power
Joh 14:12; Rom 10:11; Col 1:23
Soul Rest
Heb 4:3
Spiritual Inheritance
Jam 2:5
Spiritual Foundation
1Pe 2:6
Spiritual Assurance
1Jo 5:14
(9) Aids to Faith
Exo 4:5; Exo 19:9; Isa 41:20; Isa 43:10; Joh 1:7; Joh 11:15; Joh 11:42; Joh 13:19
Joh 14:29; Joh 17:21; Joh 19:35; Joh 20:31
–SEE Knowledge, KNOWLEDGE
(10) Instances of Weak Faith
Mat 6:30; Mat 8:26; Mat 14:31; Mat 16:8
(11) Faith Tested SEE TESTS, SPIRITUAL
(12) Honoured by Christ and the Apostles
Mar 1:41; Mar 2:5; Mar 5:34; Mar 7:29; Mar 10:52; Luk 7:10; Luk 17:14
Joh 4:51; Joh 9:7; Act 14:9
(13) Believers, General References to
Joh 2:22; Joh 4:53; Joh 7:31; Joh 8:30; Joh 10:42; Joh 12:42; Joh 17:8; Act 9:42
Act 16:34; Act 17:12; Act 19:18; Act 24:14; Rom 4:18; 2Ti 1:12
–SEE Faith (5), (7), FAITH
& FAITH
(14) Obstacles that Test the Faith of Believers
Lack of Sympathy on the part of the Church
Mat 15:23; Mar 10:13
Discouraging Circumstances
Luk 5:18; Luk 5:19
Unbelieving Friends
Mar 5:35
Scoffers
Joh 9:24
Divine Delays, not a hindrance but a test
Joh 11:3-6
–SEE Hindrances, HINDRANCES
Faith Tested, TESTS, SPIRITUAL
(B) TRUST in God
(1) Exhortations to
Psa 37:3; Psa 37:5; Psa 115:11; Psa 118:8; Pro 3:5; Isa 26:4; Isa 50:10
–SEE Hope, HOPE
(2) Special Promises Concerning
2Sa 22:31; Psa 31:19; Psa 32:10; Psa 34:22; Psa 125:1; Pro 29:25
Isa 26:3; Jer 17:7; Nah 1:7
–SEE Salvation, SALVATION
(3) Examples of
2Ki18:5; Job 13:15; Psa 25:2; Psa 56:3; Psa 57:1; Isa 12:2
1Ti 4:10; 2Ti 1:12
–SEE God Our Strength, POWER
(4) Committal into God’s Hands
Psa 31:5; Luk 23:46; Act 7:59; 2Ti 1:12; 1Pe 2:23; 1Pe 4:19
–SEE 1214
(C) CONFIDENCE IN GOD, examples of
Num 14:8; Psa 3:6; Psa 20:7; Psa 23:4; Psa 27:3; Psa 46:2; Isa 12:2; Hab 3:18
–SEE Assurance, ASSURANCE
Hope in God, HOPE
(D) UNBELIEF
(1) Of Religious Men
Abraham, when promised a Child in Old Age
Gen 17:17
Moses, when told the Host of Israel should be Fed
Num 11:21; Num 20:12
The Disciples, in Failing to Heal a Demoniac
Mat 17:19; Mat 17:20
Zacharias, when Promised that he should have a Great Son
Luk 1:20
The Disciples, when told of the Resurrection of Christ
Luk 24:11
(2) General Examples of
Gen 19:14; 2Ki 7:2; Psa 78:19; Isa 53:1; Mat 13:58; Mat 21:32
Luk 22:67; Joh 3:11; Joh 4:48; Joh 6:64; Joh 10:25; Joh 12:37
–SEE Unbelievers, UNBELIEF
Scoffers, IRREVERENCE
(3) Warnings Concerning
Deu 32:20; Hos 8:12; Mar 16:14; Joh 3:18; Joh 3:36; Joh 8:24; Joh 16:8; Joh 16:9
Rom 11:20; 2Th 2:12; Heb 3:12; Heb 4:11; Jud 1:5
(4) Unbelievers, General References to
Luk 12:46; Joh 4:48; Joh 5:38; Joh 8:45; Joh 10:26; Act 14:2
2Th 3:2; Rev 21:8
(E) DOUBT
(1) Rebuked by Christ
Mat 6:30
Peter sinking in the Sea
Mat 14:31; Mat 16:8
The Disciples Powerless to Heal
Mat 17:17
The Disciples in the Storm
Mar 4:40
The Two on the Way to Emmaus
Luk 24:25; Joh 20:27
–SEE 1219-1221, 1219
(2) Momentary Doubts cloud the Skies of Believers
Abraham, as to the Inheritance of Canaan
Gen 15:8
Gideon, as to Victory over Midian
Jdg 6:17
John the Baptist, as to the Messiahship of Jesus
Mat 11:3; Mat 28:17
Martha, as to the Resurrection of Lazarus
Joh 11:39
Thomas, as to the Resurrection of Christ
Joh 20:25
Early Christians, as to the Deliverance of Peter
Act 12:14; Act 12:15
–SEE Sign-seekers, CURIOSITY
(F) ATHEISM, general references to
Psa 10:4; Psa 14:1; Psa 36:1; Pro 30:9; Jer 5:12; 1Jo 2:22
–SEE Scoffers, IRREVERENCE
Despisers, DESPISERS
Godlessness, UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
(G) MATERIALISM, instances of
Mat 22:23; Act 17:18; Act 17:32; Act 23:8; 1Co 15:12
–SEE Sadducees, SECTS AND PARTIES
Resurrection, IMMORTALITY