“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”
Habakkuk 2:4 KJV
The Lord was speaking to Habakkuk and telling him to write down this vision. It was a warning to tell the Jews to depend on God to live by faith. The source of faith is God Himself which He pours into those who believe His Word. Jesus is Faithful and True. Those who understand what Jesus did personally for us on the Cross by dying and rising again, are able to receive the gift of faith and then produce the fruit of faith. Both the gift and the fruit are of the Holy Spirit. God never compels us to have faith, it is a free choice for all humans. It is the only way to live...the just shall live by faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. When we ask God, Jesus says it shall be given to us, our part is to bring it from the unseen to the seen, by faith. This is only possible for us who believe in the finished work of the Cross. By faith we receive it. Jesus said that what things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them. That’s how the just live by faith!
Habakkuk 2:4 KJV
The Lord was speaking to Habakkuk and telling him to write down this vision. It was a warning to tell the Jews to depend on God to live by faith. The source of faith is God Himself which He pours into those who believe His Word. Jesus is Faithful and True. Those who understand what Jesus did personally for us on the Cross by dying and rising again, are able to receive the gift of faith and then produce the fruit of faith. Both the gift and the fruit are of the Holy Spirit. God never compels us to have faith, it is a free choice for all humans. It is the only way to live...the just shall live by faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. When we ask God, Jesus says it shall be given to us, our part is to bring it from the unseen to the seen, by faith. This is only possible for us who believe in the finished work of the Cross. By faith we receive it. Jesus said that what things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them. That’s how the just live by faith!
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