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FAITH-UNBELIEF
(A) FAITH (Select Reading He.11)
Heb 11:1-40
(1) General References to
Lu 17:5; 18:8; Ro 10:17; 14:23; 2Co 5:7; Ga 5:6; 1Ti 1:5
Heb 11:1,39; Jas 2:17; 1Jo 5:4
(2) Faith Enjoined, Reasons for
Assures Success
2Ch 20:20; Mr 11:2; Lu 8:50
A Fundamental Duty
Joh 6:28,29; 20:27
A Defensive Weapon
Eph 6:16; 1Th 5:8; 1Ti 1:19; 6:12; Heb 10:22
An Indispensable Element in Religion
Heb 11:6
Essential in Prayer
Jas 1:5,6
Should Be United with Love
1Jo 3:23
(3) Justification by
Hab 2:4; Ro 4:3; 5:1; Ga 3:6; Php 3:9; Heb 10:38; 11:4
--SEE Justification (1), JUSTIFICATION
Salvation (2), SALVATION
(4) Blessings According to
Mt 8:13; 9:29,30; 17:20; 21:21; Mr 9:23
(5) Victorious Faith, examples of
Abraham
Ge 22:8
Caleb
Jos 14:12
Jonathan
1Sa 14:6
David
1Sa 17:37
Jehoshaphat
2Ch 20:12; 32:7
Job
Job 19:25
The Three Hebrew Captives
Da 3:17
Paul
Ac 27:25; Ro 4:20
The Ancient Worthies
Heb 11:33
--SEE Committal, FAITH
Trust (3), FAITH
Confidence in God, FAITH
(6) Faith in Christ Secures Salvation
Joh 3:16; 3:36; 5:24; 6:40; 11:25; 12:46; 20:31; Ac 8:37
Ac 10:43; 13:39; 16:31; Ro 9:33; 10:9; 2Ti 3:15; 1Jo 5:1
(7) Great Faith, examples of
---The Leper
Mt 8:2
---The Centurion
Mt 8:10
---The Ruler
Mt 9:18
---The Blind Man
Mt 9:28
---The Diseased
Mt 14:36
---The Syrophenician woman
Mt 15:28
---The Afflicted woman
Mr 5:28
(8) Special Promises to those who Exercise
Answer to Prayer
Mt 21:22
Sonship
Joh 1:12; 7:38
Power
Joh 14:12; Ro 10:11; Col 1:23
Soul Rest
Heb 4:3
Spiritual Inheritance
Jas 2:5
Spiritual Foundation
1Pe 2:6
Spiritual Assurance
1Jo 5:14
(9) Aids to Faith
Ex 4:5; 19:9; Isa 41:20; 43:10; Joh 1:7; 11:15,42; 13:19
Joh 14:29; 17:21; 19:35; 20:31
--SEE Knowledge, KNOWLEDGE
(10) Instances of Weak Faith
Mt 6:30; 8:26; 14:31; 16:8
(11) Faith Tested SEE TESTS, SPIRITUAL
(12) Honoured by Christ and the Apostles
Mr 1:41; 2:5; 5:34; 7:29; 10:52; Lu 7:10; 17:14
Joh 4:51; 9:7; Ac 14:9
(13) Believers, General References to
Joh 2:22; 4:53; 7:31; 8:30; 10:42; 12:42; 17:8; Ac 9:42
Ac 16:34; 17:12; 19:18; 24:14; Ro 4:18; 2Ti 1:12
--SEE Faith (5), (7), FAITH
& FAITH
(14) Obstacles that Test the Faith of Believers
Lack of Sympathy on the part of the Church
Mt 15:23; Mr 10:13
Discouraging Circumstances
Lu 5:18,19
Unbelieving Friends
Mr 5:35
Scoffers
Joh 9:24
Divine Delays, not a hindrance but a test
Joh 11:3-6
--SEE Hindrances, HINDRANCES
Faith Tested, TESTS, SPIRITUAL
(B) TRUST in God
(1) Exhortations to
Ps 37:3,5; 115:11; 118:8; Pr 3:5; Isa 26:4; 50:10
--SEE Hope, HOPE
(2) Special Promises Concerning
2Sa 22:31; Ps 31:19; 32:10; 34:22; 125:1; Pr 29:25
Isa 26:3; Jer 17:7; Na 1:7
--SEE Salvation, SALVATION
(3) Examples of
2Ki 18:5; Job 13:15; Ps 25:2; 56:3; 57:1; Isa 12:2
1Ti 4:10; 2Ti 1:12
--SEE God Our Strength, POWER
(4) Committal into God's Hands
Ps 31:5; Lu 23:46; Ac 7:59; 2Ti 1:12; 1Pe 2:23; 4:19
--SEE 1214
(C) CONFIDENCE IN GOD, examples of
Nu 14:8; Ps 3:6; 20:7; 23:4; 27:3; 46:2; Isa 12:2; Hab 3:18
--SEE Assurance, ASSURANCE
Hope in God, HOPE
(D) UNBELIEF
(1) Of Religious Men
Abraham, when promised a Child in Old Age
Ge 17:17
Moses, when told the Host of Israel should be Fed
Nu 11:21; 20:12
The Disciples, in Failing to Heal a Demoniac
Mt 17:19,20
Zacharias, when Promised that he should have a Great Son
Lu 1:20
The Disciples, when told of the Resurrection of Christ
Lu 24:11
(2) General Examples of
Ge 19:14; 2Ki 7:2; Ps 78:19; Isa 53:1; Mt 13:58; 21:32
Lu 22:67; Joh 3:11; 4:48; 6:64; 10:25; 12:37
--SEE Unbelievers, UNBELIEF
Scoffers, IRREVERENCE
(3) Warnings Concerning
De 32:20; Ho 8:12; Mr 16:14; Joh 3:18; 3:36; 8:24; 16:8,9
Ro 11:20; 2Th 2:12; Heb 3:12; 4:11; Jude 1:5
(4) Unbelievers, General References to
Lu 12:46; Joh 4:48; 5:38; 8:45; 10:26; Ac 14:2
2Th 3:2; Re 21:8
(E) DOUBT
(1) Rebuked by Christ
Mt 6:30
Peter sinking in the Sea
Mt 14:31; 16:8
The Disciples Powerless to Heal
Mt 17:17
The Disciples in the Storm
Mr 4:40
The Two on the Way to Emmaus
Lu 24:25; Joh 20:27
--SEE 1219-1221, 1219
(2) Momentary Doubts cloud the Skies of Believers
Abraham, as to the Inheritance of Canaan
Ge 15:8
Gideon, as to Victory over Midian
Jud 6:17
John the Baptist, as to the Messiahship of Jesus
Mt 11:3; 28:17
Martha, as to the Resurrection of Lazarus
Joh 11:39
Thomas, as to the Resurrection of Christ
Joh 20:25
Early Christians, as to the Deliverance of Peter
Ac 12:14,15
--SEE Sign-seekers, CURIOSITY
(F) ATHEISM, general references to
Ps 10:4; 14:1; 36:1; Pr 30:9; Jer 5:12; 1Jo 2:22
--SEE Scoffers, IRREVERENCE
Despisers, DESPISERS
Godlessness, UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
(G) MATERIALISM, instances of
Mt 22:23; Ac 17:18,32; 23:8; 1Co 15:12
--SEE Sadducees, SECTS AND PARTIES
Resurrection, IMMORTALITY
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