Is Faith a Gift of God?
Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Pastor J.D. talks about the three kinds of faith we see in the Bible and how that faith is a gift in various ways.
A glimpse inside this episode:
Yes, but in different ways:
- There are three different kinds of faith in the Bible.
- Saving faith
- General trust in God (I think of this as a spiritual fruit)
- Spiritual gift of faith:
- A spiritual gift is an empowerment given to all Christians. He gives to certain people the specific gift of faith, and different gifts to each Christian.
- “There is also what we might call charismatic faith, which I believe is what Paul had in mind when he spoke of the spiritual gift of faith in 1 Corinthians 12:9. How is it different? While all faith is an expression of trust and humble dependence upon a person or promise, this is the experience of faith that arises somewhat spontaneously and unexpectedly in our hearts.” Sam Storms, Practicing the Power
How do I grow and develop my faith?
- Romans 10:17, “So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.”
- There is a direct correlation between faith and knowing the promises of God.
- The more time in the Word, the more trust and faith in God.
- Reading great biographies of faith warriors.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | LifeWay Leadership Podcast Network. |
| 0:25.5 | Welcome to Ask Me Anything. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm your host, Matt Love. |
| 0:29.1 | I'm here with Pastor J.D. Greer. |
| 0:32.8 | And J.D., I actually have a question today. |
| 0:35.9 | I've heard that faith is a gift, okay? |
| 0:39.2 | But then also sometimes it feels like faith is something that I kind of have to make happen in me. |
| 0:42.4 | So you just, honestly, I don't know if anybody else needs this. |
| 0:46.0 | Just help me with this real quick. |
| 0:47.6 | Yeah, actually, why are you asking this, Matt? |
| 0:49.1 | Is this personal, ask me anything? |
| 0:50.6 | This is very important to me. |
| 0:51.7 | I'm going to just use this podcast from my own, |
| 0:53.8 | get answers from you on things that I'm dealing with or thinking about. Well, I tell you, |
| 0:57.3 | I had the same question growing up because I was always taught, you know, faith was like the choice |
| 1:00.4 | that we made to receive Christ, and it was our responsibility, and we either believe or we don't, |
| 1:04.9 | and we seem to be held responsible for it in the Bible. But yeah, and then I hear people say, well, faith is a gift of God. It only is produced by the Holy Spirit. And so, you know, what is that? You know, I think in approaching this, the first thing you got to realize is that there are three different kinds of faith in the Bible. And I never really understood this until actually pretty recently. And it really has unlocked some new doors, not just in this question, but different questions as well. |
| 1:33.1 | First kind, we'll call the faith, like salvation faith. And that is where you are, you're believing that Jesus is who he says he is, that he paid your sin debt, and resting your hopes for |
| 1:37.3 | salvation on him. That is a special kind of faith when the Bible says we're saved by faith, |
| 1:42.9 | by grace to your faith, that's what it's |
| 1:44.2 | talking about. |
| 1:45.0 | That is something that we choose, but it's something that's produced in us by the Holy |
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