Living by faith

Jesus Christ is the way and the truth and the life. If we follow Him, He justifies us and He gives us eternal life, but we must BELIEVE in Him, we must KNOW Him and FOLLOW Him to be pleasing to Him. He justifies those who BELIEVE Him, who TRUST Him, who OBEY Him and FOLLOW Him. It is written in Hebrews 10:38 “BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.” We will only follow Jesus and OBEY Him IF we truly believe in Him. Many believers are just presumptuous, they are not following Jesus, they believe they are saved on the grounds of a few Bible verses, on what people have told them. They have no relationship with Jesus. We can only follow Jesus if we are in relationship with Him, if we hear His voice, if we pray and He answers us and He guides us. In Matthew 4:4 "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" You have to HEAR from the Lord in order to BELIEVE and then ACT on it. The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 10:17 “ faith comes from HEARING, and hearing by the word of Christ.“ What is that hearing? It is when the Spirit of Christ speaks to you and guides you. If you are not hearing from the Lord then you have nothing to go on. You will live by faith, you will live by every word that proceeds from the MOUTH of God. The righteous will live by FAITH, by his dependance on Jesus. The apostle Paul also wrote in Romans 8:14 “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” You are only a child of God if you are led by the Spirit of God, but if you are led by your mind and your opinion and what other people tell you then you are not following Jesus. You cannot be pleasing to Him and you are not justified. The apostle James wrote in James 1:5-8 “But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.“ You will only follow Jesus IF you truly believe, if you truly trust in Him and you can only please Him, IF YOU TRUST HIM. The follower of Christ does nothing unless he gets his guidance from the Holy Spirit. He prays and he asks the Lord for guidance and then he ACTS on the guidance that he has received. If you do not intend DOING what the Lord tells you to do then it is useless to ask for His guidance because He will not give you His guidance and you will not follow His guidance, and then you are not in faith and you are not justified, you are rejected because the RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH, by his relationship with Jesus and his STEADFAST TRUST in the Lord. The child of God gets his guidance FROM God. He is led by the Spirit of God. He LISTENS to the Spirit, He doesn't go anywhere else, he doesn't flip through the scriptures; he goes on his knees and he prays and God answers him and then he follows that guidance. Are you walking by faith? Do you know Jesus? Do you pray and wait for and answer? Because that is the only way that you can please Jesus. “The righteous will live by faith and if he withdraws My soul will have no pleasure in him.” We have to walk by faith to please God. May Jesus bless you.