Episode 1471: True Faith comes from God CALLING you.

Hello everyone. In this morning's Bible study we wrap up our pit stop in Hebrews 11, the Hall of Faith.

While there we discovered the main problem with the reading this chapter without a view of the entirety of scriptures. Most believers and every commentary that I have read all determine that "the faith" spoken of in this chapter is the believer's faith.

On the contrary, a careful full view of the scriptures, reveals that the faith spoken of throughout this chapter is not the human faith but God's faith.

It is the faith of salvation the prompts a response through the two possessions we believers receive at the moment of salvation.
1. The Divine nature
Ephesians 4:24 (NKJV)
24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

2 Peter 1:4 (NKJV)
4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these YOU MAY BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Note that the new man is CREATED BY GOD, you cannot obtain it any other way. That is the new birth.

...IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS. It is God's righteousness which is the only true righteousness and God's holiness because He is the only One who is holy.

2. The Holy Spirit who happens to be God.Ephesians 1:13-14 (NKJV)
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, YOU WERE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

2 Corinthians 1:22 (NKJV) 22 who also has SEALED US AND GIVEN US THE SPIRIT in our hearts as a guarantee.

Hence we clearly see that THE FAITH presented in Hebrews 11 is not that of any human origin but is from and of God.

Therefore when we read "by faith" Abraham, "by faith" Noah, it should be read "by GOD's faith"...

That is the literal translation of those verses. If you read it in that manner it dramatically changes the context and fits perfectly through conformity with the totality of scriptures.

This morning study is 1 hour and 9 minutes in duration. I have broken it into seven segments. This is segment one of two titled True Faith comes from God CALLING you.