What Does It Mean to "LIVE BY FAITH"? - Jack R Elliott - July 1961

Jack R Elliott

If you are not living by faith, you are not a CHRISTIAN, Yet many who call themselves Christian don't even know what it means to live by faith. "NOW the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him" (Hebrews 10:38). But what is faith? Many people, when they realize they must live by faith, make the mistake of confusing faith with emotion. Other people think they are exercising faith by looking for a sign. For example, some, even when praying to God, FEEL that God hears them and is going to answer that prayer because they have some emotional feeling or experience about it. They think this is a sign that God will answer. Other people try to "work up faith," which, to them, means an emotional feeling. They become so sentimental about it that they are convinced God will answer because of their human sanctimonious inner-conviction. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library