Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Faith Is in the Heart
Pastor Zubeda Sing
“For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”.”
There is a difference between Faith and Hope. The first essential difference is that Faith is in the heart, while hope is in the mind. In Romans 10:10 (the above verse) Paul said, “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness.”
True Biblical Faith originates in the heart. In this verse, it is expressed by the verb, Believe, and it is followed by the preposition “unto”, indicating the result that it produces: “RIGHTEOUSNESS”. The word unto implies motion or transition of some kind. Faith is never static. It always expresses itself in motion, change and activity. A person who truly believes will be changed by what he believes. On the other hand, a person who merely accepts truth with his intellect can remain unchanged by it.
Mental acceptance of truth is not Faith. To produce Faith, truth must penetrate beyond the conscious mind into the inner centre and source of life, which is called the heart. Truth received intellectually by the mind may be sterile and ineffective, but truth received by Faith into the heart is always dynamic and life changing. A Person who truly believes will be changed by what He believes. Remember Faith is in the Heart!
From the July 2010 issue, themed ‘Something Good Is Going to Happen to Me This Month.
