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