Trust my faith or trust my God?
“To be presumptuous with your faith and with God, means to take Him and His goodness for granted and to assume that He will always bless us. One of the clearest indicators of a presumptuous Christian is their weak prayer life. ...”
This sounds like logic to me as a presumptuous believer would not see the need to pray or ask.
As Christians we can be sure of our faith, not because of who we are, but because of what God has done. Being sure is not being presumptuous; it is not arrogance, because it doesn't depend on what we do or who we are. ...
Shouting “give” to the audience because God shall “return the favour 7 fold” is not testing God but tempting Him.
It is obvious that the line remains very fine…
“You can be SURE of your faith” does not mean trust it with your life!
Faith is not God, it is trusting God.
It is not presumptuous for us to be sure we are saved when God is the One who makes it possible for us to be sure." God tells us we can know and He makes it possible for us to know. Yes, and we can say without any doubt that we are saved and separated from the rest.
It was NOT faith that healed people in the bible but it was faith that made them turn to Jesus. Because of their faith… they approached Him first! And the He healed them.
It is the same for us today. Presumptuous faith will result in us NOT approaching God because we believe faith is enough.
It is NOT in fact faith that is sufficient and referred to; GRACE is the only reliable asset, and Grace is a God given gift.
Twisting these words “your faith has saved you” into “faith is your saviour” is a total deviation from the truth.
Your faith has made you whole actually means, it has brought you to Me first - and then I (Jesus) healed you.
The two blind men were asked… “Do you believe I can heal you”? and the assumption is clear that - that is the reason they approached Jesus... to be healed.
Not ONE of these cases stated that, my faith is so strong that I do not even have to ask… God will save me anyway.
It is like running across a busy street blindly, because God will protect me anyway.
When the disciples saw Jesus coming towards them, walking on the water, they even doubted that it was indeed Him. Peter therefore said... If it is you…let me come to you on the water.
Jesus allowed Peter to walk on the water but then he began to sink. Not because he did not have the faith but because he doubted that it was in fact Jesus in the flesh standing before him. That was after Jesus said to them. “It is I” (the disciples initially thought it was a ghost)
Jesus then stretched out His hand and caught Peter before he could sink… And then peter realised… It is Him.
Ok, let us make the distinction clear…
Faith TURNS you to God, it does not turn into God…
Faith is not the tool that provokes you to give more that you can afford, but faith is believing God when He says, Give what you can then trust Me.
Faith is not your protector when you blindly cross a busy street but is you asking God for His protection before you do.
Always be careful not to tempt God with selfish requests.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
Following this verse, it will be fair to say that to need faith, one has to doubt.
The bigger and stronger the faith, the less the doubt – but doubt there will be. If not, none of the mountains on this earth would still be in place.
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