There are a few themes that are simply repeated over and over and over again in The Bible. Chief among these must be the need for faith. The Christian life cannot be lived without faith. It is necessary to please God (as Hebrews 11:6 tells us) and it's how the righteous of the Old Testament walked with God- by faith. As Jesus told us in John 6:35, He is the Bread of Life and all who come to Him shall never hunger and those who believe in Him shall never thirst. And then verse 40 reminds us that it's The Father's will that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life and He will raise us up on the last day. Genuine faith in Christ is demonstrated through the Godly actions that it manifests, but we can't have one without the other. Faith that doesn't produce good works isn't really genuine (as James 1-2 points out), but good works of self-effort that don't come from a place of faith in Christ are worthless as well. Whoever comes to Jesus must have faith that He has spanned the space between us and God with His cross- and through His Resurrection, He has given us the hope of new life in Him for this life and eternal life in the next. So as we follow along the straight and narrow way, we must keep walking as Jesus did in faith.
"Looking for Faith"
(parody of "Looking for Space" by John Denver; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 8/1/2015)
(Deuteronomy 7:9, Isaiah 40:28-31, Psalms 103:1-5, Romans 1:17, 1 John 5:1-5 and 13-15, Habakkuk 2:4, James 2:14-26, 2 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Timothy 4:7-10, Hebrews 12:1-2, Revelation 14:12, Revelation 21:5-8 (ESV), James 5:5-8, Mark 9:14-29, Mark 10:13-16, Mark 10:46-52, Matthew 6:25-34, John 16:29-33, John 17:20-21, John 20:24-29, John 20:30-31, John 14:1-6, John 16:1, John 16:23-24, Matthew 21:18-22, Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew 9:1-8, Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 11:12-14 and 20-26, Luke 5:17-26, Luke 7:44-50, Luke 8:22-25, Luke 8:40-56, Luke 9:37-43, Luke 11:9-10, Luke 12:28, Luke 17:5-6, Luke 17:11-19, Luke 18:15-17, Luke 18:35-43, Luke 21:18-19, Luke 21:36, Luke 22:45-46, Luke 24:39-43, John 1:12, John 1:43-51, John 3:14-21, John 3:36, John 4:46-54, John 5:24, John 6:35-40, John 7:37-38, John 9:35-38, John 11:25-27, Matthew 13:53-58, Matthew 14:22-33, 1 Thessalonians 5:5-6 and 23-24, Matthew 18:1-6, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Matthew 11:15, 2 Timothy 2:7-13, Luke 24:13-36, Hebrews 11:1-6, Matthew 8:5-13, Ephesians 2:8-10, Matthew 8:23-27, Luke 18:1-8, Ephesians 3:1-12, John 10:10, Isaiah 53:1, Romans 3:9-31)
On the road to Emmaus
Near crying, two guys commiserate
Suddenly this other Guy comes join the fray
When they speak, He rebukes them
'Cause their belief's near nil
He explained what Scripture says about Him
And He's looking for faith
Will He find some when He comes?
And He's looking, but no one understands
It's a mystery
One through Holy Ghost is clear
One that's outlined- 3 Ephesians
And one we must preach and declare
And you know, 18 Luke 8 verse
Will He find faith?- Now go read
Judge who's lost gives some justice to widow's plea
When we look to our Father
Certainly He's always fair
We'll find from Him speedy justice when we plead
And He's looking for faith
Will He find some when He comes?
And He's looking but no one understands
Well, His grace redeems
But find this verse right here
11 line 6 in Hebrews
Must have faith to please The Savior
6:2 2nd. Corinthians
Now's the day to get saved
Christ paid our ransom
Jesus said we must have faith
When you look in 1 [one] James
In verse 5 through 8- that part
When you're asking, use faith with all your heart
Faith is the victory!
Substance of what's not seen
Salvation lies (in) 2 Ephesians
It comes by faith in Jesus' grace
God makes me fly like an eagle
Wait on Him though
The right live by faith!
Ooohhhh!
(See Exodus 20:25 NLT for the origin of the blog title.) "My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for The King; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer." (Psalms 45:1) [If the last part of that verse is true for me, it's only because of Jesus in me. He's my only good. I am nothing without Him. He must increase and I must decrease.] "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." (Psalms 19:14)
Good message and song, Nate!
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