Faith Levels

Faith, hope, and love are the greatest forces in the universe.

They influence our motivations and efforts, our goals and beliefs, and our patience and resilience through trials. Specifically, concerning faith; the object of our belief will determine our final destination and outcomes.
Faith is the currency of God. The more you have (In Him), The deeper His relationship will be with you. The Lord has minimal requirements for access and fellowship.

Heb. 11:6 But Without faith it is impossible to please Him, For He who Comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Faith is very complex; it is multi dimensional, it determines our relationship, and by the Grace of God, deepens to the level of unconditional trust and reliance.

FAITH LEVELS

Faithless

No faith in God.
Disloyal and untrustable
“ Must see it, to believe it.”
Deceptive and treacherous.
One chooses to oppose God and be destined for hell.

( We Don’t make the rules, God does.)

Deceptive Faith

Choose what to believe. ( Usually their own intellect)
Choose who to believe. ( not Christ and His supremacy)

Mt. 24:24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Put ultimate trust in human religion and institutions instead of Jesus Christ.

2 Tim. 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

Rely on false prophets.

Mt. 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Saving Faith

Fundamental belief in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Jn. 14:6 Jesus said to him, “ I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

An understanding that salvation is through Christ alone and no other.

Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Jn. 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

A personal confession of faith in Christ as your Lord and Savior.
The belief in your heart that he was raised from the dead .( The Resurrection)

Rom. 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Active Faith

Is dynamic and spiritual.
There is a desire to learn the Word of God.
A god inspired motivation to learn more about Him.
A faith that seeks the truth.

Mt. 7:7-8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be open to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

A deep desire to be around God’s Word.

Mt. 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Evangelical Faith

An unquenchable desire to spread the Gospel and the Word of God

Mt. 28:19-20 go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. “ Amen.

Belief in the transformative power of God’s Word , and the power of Jesus Christ.

2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

A strong belief in the inerrancy of the Bible.

Ps. 12:6 And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.
2 Tim. 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

The urgent realization that time is short and the Word of God is the world’s only true light and final hope.

1 Pet. 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Intimate Faith

Special souls that yearn for a daily relationship with Jesus.
The word of God is foundational to their belief and they pray for a lot more.

Phil. 3:10-11 That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

A desire to be humble before the Lord praying for God to fill our spiritual poverty.

Mt. 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Understanding that the glorifying of God is paramount.

Ps. 115:1 Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

Realizing that intimate faith is allocated by the Grace of God and not by our own efforts.

Rom. 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Unconditional Faith

A faith without limits that involves total submission and surrender to Jesus Christ.

Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

A faith that has no fear of loss for the privilege of being in Christ.

Phil. 3:8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.

A faith so deep that you are willing to die for Jesus.

Phil. 1:21 For me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

The deep conviction that God is in total control over everything.

Rom. 8:28 And we know that ALL things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.