The Mystery Of Faith!
"So then faith comes by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God."
Romans 10:17
Life is full of mysteries. How the brain becomes the mind
is a mystery. Love is often a mystery. How human genes
carry out their signaling to your body
is a mystery. And in
a spiritual realm, how
does faith rise up in a human heart?
The apostle Paul says clearly: “So then faith comes by hearing…
the word of God.” Most modern interpreters suggest “the word
of God” refers to “the message of/concerning Christ.” So, when
Christ’s Gospel and His teachings are embraced by the human
heart, faith is result. But Paul also says we are saved by grace
through faith which is “the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8-9).
So faith is a gift from God and it's also the result of embracing the
message about Christ and His salvation. But how does the gift of
God mix with the human response? The experience of salvation is
not a science experiment that can be understood in a laboratory. It
is a wonderful mystery that can be experienced, though not totally
understood.
Have you embraced the Gospel of Christ?
And thanked God for His gift of your faith?
Don’t let the day pass without doing both.
"The Word generates
faith and regenerates us."
Joseph Alleine
