In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on in touch, Walking in faith.

When you became a Christian, you entered the school of faith, a life of Faith. The scripture says in

Ephesians chapter 28 and 9, for by grace are you saved through faith.

That not of yourselves. It is a gift of God, not of works,

lest any person should boast. He says, therefore being justified

by faith, we have peace with God. He says we're sanctified by faith. That is, we walk by faith, we live by faith. The Christian life is a life of faith.

That is, it is a life in which we have confidence in the fact that God, who is the sovereign of this universe, will do exactly what he says he'll do,

and that he will fulfill every single promise he's made.

Now how we walk, for we will stumble sometimes and we will move ahead

positively we will study and we will fumble and fall around and thank God why isn't

this why isn't this coming out exactly right why is it I'm

trusting you here and next time I know I've disobeyed you over here so let me just

say right up front as the word of encouragement it isn't a straight line upward the word of encouragement. It isn't a straight line upward.

The development of a person's faith is up

and then we stumble at times.

And up and then we falter at times.

And up and then we fail to trust them at times and that's the way life is in the

beginning of the Christian life. And for many people it seems to be that way all the time,

but that's not what God intended. He intended, listen, even though we have those

ups and downs, that's okay as long as we're still making progress in our faith. And one of the

characters of the scripture that best describes,

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