The Faith in Jesus Christ!

“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” – Hebrews 11:1 NIV

Many of us tend to not believe in Jesus Christ and think that we can do everything in our own if we have faith that we can do them. Some will work out as we are expecting them to be, while other things will not work. In addition, it is good to have confidence in whatever we are doing but it is more good to have faith in Jesus Christ before we do everything else. This is because the word of God states, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…” (Psalm 111:10) Furthermore, the word “wisdom” means to have  “knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action” according to dictionary.com. This means we get more discernment whether something will work out or not. Nonetheless, it does not mean that everything is going to work out, as we are expecting them to be, if we put our faith in Jesus Christ but it also means that we have God as our supporter to do everything in what we need to do (Romans 8:32). The Easy-to-Read version of Philippians 4:13 pronounces, “Christ is the one who gives me the strength I need to do whatever I must do.”

But he [God] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. (Proverbs 3:5-8)

Second of all, many of us also believe that everybody is able to go to the kingdom of heaven if we just do good deeds until the end of the age. It is true that Jesus Christ is going to judge us whether we should be allowed to enter into the kingdom of heaven at the end of the age, depending what we had done (Matthew 16:27). However, the truth is that nobody is able to go to there at the end of the age unless we believe in Jesus Christ (John 3:16-18). “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:8-10) This does not mean that we should start to believe in Him at the age of 99 or right before we die for the sake of His kingdom. This is because nobody actually knows when we are going to die and leave this world except God (Matthew 24:36-51). In addition to this, not believing in Jesus Christ is actually the biggest sin, since He is the perfect image of God (Colossians 1:15-20). This is because if we do not believe in Jesus Christ, we deny the fact that God has created us (Genesis 1:27) and that He is currently working within us as the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 3:20-21).

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. (Titus 3:3-8)