What Is Faith In Christ Jesus?

Faith in Christ Jesus is believing that He is the Son of God

And that He came to earth to Save those

Who would put ALL their Faith Hope and Trust in Him.

Saved from what?

Saved from the Power of Satan who rules this wicked world;

Saved from Eternal Death in Hell, the destination of all who do not believe.

(John 3:18)

The first step of Faith is Repentance.

We have all Sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God [Romans 3:23];

We were all born Sinners, born incapable of not Sinning.

The only way out of this condition, which condemns us before God,

Is to be Born again; Born of the Spirit of God [John 3:7].

Only the Spirit of God living in and through us

Can keep us from Sinning against God, as we submit our will to His will.

It is the Power of the Spirit of God alone, living in us and through us,

That keeps us from Sinning against God.

It is the blood of Christ Jesus alone that allows God to Forgive us.

God's Perfect Law demands that there can be no Forgiveness of Sin

Without the shedding of Blood [Hebrews 9:22].

Christ Jesus came to the earth to provide Forgiveness for those

Who would put ALL their Faith, Hope and Trust in Him

By the shedding of His blood on the Cross of Calvary.

Water Baptism is the Symbol of our being Cleansed of our Sin.

We go down into the water as a Symbol of the death and burial of Christ.

When we come up out of the water it is a Symbol His Resurrection;

Of our having been made New in Christ—Cleansed of our Sin.

Now, by Faith, we have been Saved out of this World—

Forgiven--Cleansed.

Now we must Overcome this wicked World we find ourselves in [Rev. 12:11].

Now we must have the Power of God to enable us

To Overcome this wicked world, ruled by Satan.

We must receive Power from God--

We must be Baptized, Immersed in the Holy Spirit by Christ Jesus,

Just as the 120 were on the Day of Pentecost [Acts 2]--

We must have our personal Day of Pentecost

With the evidence of speaking in tongues—

A new spiritual language given to us by God

To build ourselves up in the Spirit of God [1 Corinthians 14:4; Jude 20].

With the Power of God—Christ living in and through us--

By submitting our will to His Perfect will--

We are capable of Overcoming this wicked World.

Christ in us is greater than Satan.

We can do all things through Christ Who strengthens us [Philippians 4:13]--

Now Christ can do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine,

According to His Power that is at work within us [Ephesians 3:20].

When Christ Jesus addressed the Seven Churches [Revelation 2-3]

He never mentions being Saved but rather Overcoming. Listen:

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.

To him who Overcomes, I will give the right to eat from The Tree Of LIFE,

Which is in the Paradise of God. (Revelation 2:7)

What are the attributes of those who Overcome?

Maintaining out First Love for Christ Jesus; Perseverance; Hard work;

Purity of living; Staying alive in Christ; Enduring patiently.

These are attributes of those who Overcome;

Those who will be kept from the Hour of Trial

That is going to come upon the Whole World

To Test those who live on the earth. (Revelation 3:10)

How did the saints in the past describe the Gospel, the Good News?

You must be water washed, blood washed, filled with the Spirit

And walking in the Light of Christ.

Jesus Saves, Jesus Heals, Jesus Baptizes in the Holy Spirit

And Jesus is Coming Soon.

Those who Overcome will always be reading The Word of God.

Christ Jesus is The Word of God [John 1:14].

To know Him you must read His Word.

This is Eternal LIFE: To “Know” Him [John 17:3].

This is the New Covenant declares the Lord:

'I will put My Law in their minds and write it on their hearts.

I will be their God and they will be My people.

No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother,

Saying 'Know the Lord,'

Because they will all know Me from the least of them to the greatest.

(Jeremiah 31:33-34; Hebrews 8:10-11)

But you have an Anointing from the Holy One,

And all of you know the Truth. (1 John 2:20)

As for you, the Anointing you received form Him remains in you,

And you do not need anyone to teach you.

But as His Anointing teaches you about all things

And as that Anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you,

Remain IN HIM. (1 John 2:27)