Everyone has faith - faith that when we sit on a chair the chair will support us. Faith that when we board a plane it will get us safely to our destination. Faith that when we go to bed at night we will wake up the next morning.
I have faith in Jesus Christ, the risen Son of God.
Do you have such strong faith in something that you would rather die than deny it? Martyrs do. Jesus' disciples would rather die than deny Him so they suffered torture, mocking, flogging, chains, imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two and killed with the sword. And they are suffering today for their faith, refusing to deny Jesus.
Without faith it is impossible to please God.
What do you have faith in?
Gentiles obtained righteousness by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works.
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