Jesus says in John 8:24,
"For if you do not believe that I am He, you will die
in your sins." In order to do the will of the Father, we must
believe in God and in Christ, otherwise we will die in our sins and be
lost. If we don't believe in God and in Christ, we will certainly not do
what They tell us. If God is to be believed at all, He must be believed
fully. Hebrews 11:6 says,
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder
of those who diligently seek Him." We must
diligently seek to know all that God wants
us to do and then gladly do it.
Do you believe in God and Christ with all your heart? Do you
believe in Them to the point that you have all the confidence in the world
in Them and that you will do anything and everything They tell you to do?
Not what we choose to do, but what God tells us to do. If we will not,
then we are no different than those people that we read about in
John 12:42-43,
"Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in
Him (that is on Jesus), but because of the Pharisees they did not confess
Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the
praise of men more than the praise of God."
Many people believe that redemptive faith is merely a willing
disposition to trust in Christ as their personal savior, independent of
any further acts of obedience. This notion is completely alien from the
truth found in the Bible. A belief that will not accept and do all that
God tells us to do is not enough. If this is the case, then we are no
better than the demons in James 2:19,
"You believe that there is one God. You do
well. Even the demons believe and tremble!"
Our belief is a work of God that God requires of us.
John 6:29, "Jesus
answered and said unto them, this is the work of God, that you believe in
Him whom He sent." Our belief must be an obedient belief in all the
things that God tells us to do. We cannot have selective obedience and be
pleasing to God. Our obedience is how we show our love to God and Christ.
John 14:21, "He
that has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who
loves Me will be loved of My Father, and I will love him and manifest
Myself to him."
Just before Jesus ascended back into heaven, He commanded His
apostles in Matthew 28:19-20 to
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded
you." Our faith in Him must lead us to observe all things the Lord
has commanded us to do in order to be pleasing to Him. We cannot select
just certain commands of God to obey. We cannot ignore or rationalize away
any of His commands that we don't like and expect to be saved.
To believe in Him is to obey Him
fully.
Questions Lesson
10
Believing In God And
Christ
(click on the button
of the answer of your choice)
1) (John 8:24) If we do not believe in Christ
We will still be saved.
We will die in our sins and be
lost.
Our sins will still be
forgiven.
2)
If we die in our sins we will still be saved.
3)
(Hebrews 11:6) Without faith in
God
It is impossible to please
Him.
We can still please Him.
We can still go to
Heaven.
4)
If we don't believe in God and Christ we will still do what they tell us
to
do.
5) (John 12:42-43) Many people who believe in Christ are ashamed to
confess
Him
Because they love Christ.
Because they do not want to embarrass
Christ.
Because they love the praise of men more than the praise of
God.
6)
It is good to love the praise of men more than the praise of God.
7) (James 2:19) If we believe there is one God, we do
well,
The demons also believe and
tremble.
The demons do not believe in
God.
And this alone will get us to
heaven.
8)
The demons do not believe there is one God.
9) (John 6:29) Believing in Christ whom God sent
Is not a work of God.
Is not required by God.
Is the work of
God.
10)
The work of God is not to believe in Christ.
11) (John 14:21) We show our love for
Christ
When we say we love Him but don't do what He
says.
When we have His commandments and keep
them.
When we only observe some of His
commandments.
12)
Our obedience shows our love for God and Christ.
13) (Matthew 28:19-20) We are to observe how many of the
commandments of
Christ?
Some.
Those we choose.
All.
14)
We need to only observe some of the commands of Christ.