So, you don't have faith in God and Jesus. You have faith in your ability to ''stand and don't waver or crumble or give in''. Do you believe God does not answer the prayers from faith of a nervous and crumbling child as He would a child not nervous and crumbling?
You are teaching Judaism, not Christianity.
I have heard you say ''Believing in His Word and doing His Word will'' on many occasions when discussing faith. Why?
Kj,
I don't think you are really grasping what I am saying and it gets twisted in the replies.
It's not Faith in my ability or faith in anything of me.
It's not faith in faith.
It is Faith or Trust or Believing 100 percent without doubt or fear in what He has said in His Word.
The promises of God to us just don't simply manifest in our lives automatically. If they did we would not have Christians living a defeated life.
You like examples, so here is one.
Your doctor says you have 6 months to live.
God says He Will heal you of ALL your diseases.
You now have 2 choices.
1. Believe the doctors report
2. Stand strong on God's Word.
Now when the symptoms continue to grow and you see and feel your self slipping away and thoughts come that it must not be God's Will to Heal me. What do you do?
Believing that God loves you is a Great Thing but it is not enough.
Our enemy the devil will fight you against your healing.
If you want your healing you are going to have to fight and that's the good fight of faith.
Fear and doubt strips your faith.
It robs you of your faith
It keeps you from getting the victory and in this case your healing.
Ephesians 6:13
So put on all the armor that God gives. Then when that evil day comes, you will be able to defend yourself. And when the battle is over, you will still be standing firm.
Standing Firm - Steadfast in Faith -
Not Wavering - Nothing perverts your Faith (trust) in what God's Word Says.
Fear and doubt can not get in.
Mark 5:36
As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
You asked about "substance" in Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Following along in this example,
Things not seen - Your manifestation of your healing.
Substance -
Assurance - Un movable Trust or Knowing in God's Word.
The ability to keep doubt and fear out of your heart which includes your mouth ( what you say )
Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive
them, and ye shall have
them.
Mark 11:23
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Why is this spoken so much in His Word.....
Simple
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
It says Looking for some one he can devour.....
This means he needs a way or a Spiritual Right.
Doubt and Fear are Legal Rights for him to begin to work in that area.
So we must fight the good fight of faith and stand against the enemy until we get the victory and in this example healing.
Blessings
W4F