Food for Thought "Conquering Faith"

The Word declares, "But without faith it is impossible to please God" (Heb 11:6).  We live in a day when there is a shortage of vital living faith which is the dynamic and force our relationship in Christ; the faith which contains no element of uncertainty, enabling us to live the "more than conqueror" life.

This kind of faith is dependent upon obedience and righteousness of heart and life.

Dr. A. B. Simpson writes, "We cannot trust God in the face of willful sin.  An unsanctified state is fatal to any high degree of faith, for the carnal heart is not the soil in which it can grow.  Faith is the fruit of the Spirit and is hindered by the weeds of sin and willful indulgence.  The reason many Christians have so little faith is because they are living in the world and in themselves, and separated in so large a part of their life from God in holiness.  Faith requires for its heavenly vision the highlands of holiness and separation, and the clear blue sky of the consecrated life.  Beloved, may you not find in this the explanation of many of your doubts and fears.  Your plane is too low, your heart is too mixed, and your life is too near this "present evil world."

A conquering faith is always linked with a consistent life.

--H.J. Logsdon