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What faith is, is the best kept secret (by satan) in the entire world. Everybody uses the word but few know what it really is. If one ever wished for proof that satan works and blinds religious men's minds, this is it. Obviously, its meaning can only be imparted by the Holy Spirit of God illuminating a man's understanding of His written Word.

John Calvin and Martin Luther had its meaning revealed to them by the Holy Spirit, if only in a miniscule glimpse, and tried to describe it in their writings. This is how God sparked the Reformation to save souls from the godless domination of Roman Catholicism, despite all the false reasons and practices and doctrines taught by the Reformers themselves.  As one would anticipate, even this glimpse of meaning was erased from the minds of most men thereafter; even from the Synod of Dort or the later Westminster Confession of Calvinism, and certainly, from Calvinists today.

The Word of God (Bible) is very clear about what faith is and describes it in great and plain detail. Part of the mystery of iniquity working within the minds of religious men is their total ignorance of what faith is. Few modern teachers properly teach it. None define it. 

The false teaching that faith is a belief or trust in a person or promise is the lie of the devil taught through the ages. Anyone that believes this lie can be deceived to the place of believing any false doctrine.

FAITH --"Faith is the evidence (substance or essence) of things hoped for, the certain reproof (convincing) of things not seen." Hebr 11:1. In other words, faith is all in your spirit, inside your head. Faith is a "knowing" in our spirits imparted by the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit. It is His Mind of Christ, His faith, within a committing person's spirit (1 Cor 6:17).

Whereby, (1) we may "know" that He is in us (1 John 3:24 and 4:13-16), and (2) that we "know" what His will is (John 14:26) and may be thereby led by Him (Rom. 8:14-16) in all His ways (not ours). As many as have the Spirit of God, (know that) they are the Sons of God (Rom 8:14). For the Spirit bears witness with our spirit ( Rom 8:16).

"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" 2 Cor 13:5

"......Ye are the temple of the Living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people" (2 Cor 6:16). Faith is the Mind of Christ, within a person who is repenting and committing to His Lordship.  

Only Christ in us may impart to us whether we belong to Him or not (2 Cor 13:5; Rom 8:16, 14; 1 Jn 3:24; 1 Jn 4:13; 1 Jn 5:10-12; 1 cor 2:12-16; 2 Cor 6:16; Jn 14:16-20).  Only Christ in us may impart to us what the Truth of things about us is.  Only Christ in us may impart to us anything of Himself.  He said that when He left the earth He would send the Holy Spirit to teach us and guide us in all Truth (Jn 16:13-15).

Faith is the mind of Christ in us, through the indwelling Holy Spirit. Our mental obedience to give attention to the Holy Spirit in us is our measure of sanctification (Holiness) and our measure of living and producing works through faith. 

We do not produce righteous works by the Law or the dead letter scriptures given to natural men, which the deceived modern Pharisees only follow. 

Thereby, by our obedience to the faith of Christ in us, we establish the Law (Rom 3:31), we, who walk, not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit, fulfill the righteousness of the Law of God (Rom 8:4), and establish the law (Rom 3:31), for Christ said He came not to destroy but to fulfill the Law (Matt 5:17).

Faith is NOT an intellectual believing or trust of the dead letter of the written Word or any trusting acceptance of Christ as your Savior.  It is nothing of man, for then, a man could boast.  It is Christ (Himself) in you, the gift of God (Himself) in you (Eph 2:8-10) that produces the God-good works. 

Through Christ's Faith (His Mind) within us, we experience (1) salvation with (2) assurance and (3) leading and (4and 5) teaching and knowledge and (6 and 7) the fruit of the spirit and the working of gifts.  All is through faith alone.  

And this faith is not of man in any way, or man would be doing something by himself and for himself.  He would make up whatever he thought appropriate and do it in the name of faith.  This is feigned faith, "dead works" regardless of the outcome.

No man has the office of assuring another that he is born from above. That is the office of the Holy Spirit. Only God, the Holy Spirit, discerns the heart of a man. Only the indwelling Holy Spirit may assure a man (faith) that He is a child of the Father.

The dragon (called the satan) has hidden from the minds of men what the scriptures in Greek and KJV translation plainly say about faith.  Today, men are deceived into thinking that faith originates with man and is something of man, like trust or mental affirmation, directed toward God.     

Look at this footnote for what a so-called Fundamentalist  (against Ecumenicalism) Dave Hunt says about faith.²

Look at this footnote to see what is carefully taught today by an Ecumenical "answer men," Hank Hanegraaff about what faith is.¹

It is by the grace of God (the method) and through His indwelling Holy Spirit of Christ, His faith or the faith of God (the means), that you are being (present active indicative) saved (perfect passive participle).  Both the grace and faith is of God Himself (Eph 2:8-10).   His faith is bringing to us: (1) salvation, (2) assurance, (3) leading, (4 and 5) our teaching and knowledge, and (6 and 7) the fruit of the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit. We do not of ourselves have faith. We only "are having" faith of Him Who "is indwelling" us. Christian living is intended to be a "now" kind of LIFE.
 
Most everyone, by accepting men's teachings, say they are saved by their faith "in Christ" that saves them.  If it is their faith (their own mental notations or trusting), then they are being saved by themselves.  They are being saved by their own so-called faith or their own efforts arising therefrom.  Talk about a "works" salvation, this is it in red flags.    Think with the good mind that God gave you, THINK.  It has to be of God, lest any man boast.  This is totally the thinking of Pharisees, trusting in their own trusting (Luke 18:9-10).

Believing IS COMMITTING to HIS LORDSHIP. (Commit means put yourself under orders of another) 

Faith and believing are two distinct separate words, used entirely differently in the scriptures. They cannot be synonymous. Two different words. Child simple.

Saving Faith as used in the Scriptures by the Holy Spirit is NOT TRUST or COMMITTING !!!  

         Faith is  NOT YOU  believing some facts.  

                   Faith is  NOT YOU  trusting.  

                             Faith  IS THE MIND OF CHRIST  in your spirit

                                              after (with)  BIRTH FROM ABOVE        !!!             JOHN 3:7

See footnote ³ and footnote ⁴.  These footnotes (as all footnotes in this website) are vital to your understanding, many with extensive research and explanations.

All prepositions as used in the scriptures DO NOT imply faith as an efficient or ultimate cause of salvation, there is NO  "on the basis of" or "on account of" uses given to faith.

Eis faith , "for the result"  Rom 4:5, 9, 22  Abraham faith is counted eis righteousness      Rom 10:10  with the heart man believeth eis righteousness
Ek faith , "out from faith"    Rom: 5:1 being justified ek faith, we have peace with God.
Dia faith , "Through" (genitive)   Eph 2:8  by grace are ye saved dia faith. (Dative case without preposition, dia) faith , "by," not causal  Rom 3:28  justified by faith (dative) without the deeds of the law
[ Ek faith, dia faith (Gal 2:16, 21), and dative case faith are often translated "by" faith, but never causally.]             

Note !!   dia (accusative) , as dia ten pisten  "on account of" or  "because of" faith. Thereby faith is made the ground or "cause of" salvation.  This is never used in NT relating to faith !!!!   No where in scriptures does the Holy Spirit allow any writer to use this prepositional phrase in accusative case.  Such is the precision of the Holy inspired scriptures,the Word of God.

About faith as a "means of" Salvation.  FAITH IS THE MIND OF CHRIST INDWELLING US. Faith is not an agent (an efficient cause), but faith is an instrument (a means of) Justification, Sanctification, and ultimate Salvation.  No scripture says we are saved by faith alone.  Faith is the means of salvation, not a cause alone.   Christ is the cause.  God's grace is the method.  Faith is His means in His method.

God's grace is: "God's means (Mind of Christ within you, faith), through your obedience, doing what you cannot do."

The Calvinist cry of the Reformation, "By faith alone, through grace alone," is not even close to explaining salvation.  Even Luther and Calvin themselves had much explaining and correcting to explain this very misunderstood statement in itself, even in their very poor understandings of everything, they knew better, than taking it literally.  

But the modern "grace" regardless Dispensational salvation apostasy today, for the past 110 years in the USA, now in most all churches takes these infantile Lutheran and Calvinist statements literally, then totally redefines faith and grace to support their demonic self-seving, humanistic self originating mental notations as faith.  Remember: Man's teachings of Dispensationalism is satanic apostasy hidden in every doctrine.

Nowhere is faith, or any other grace, represented as some once-for-all-one-time ground of merit for Justification (, Sanctification, or Salvation, in an individual's existence.  Faith and all other graces (indwelling Mind of Christ displayed in gifts, revelations, assurance, empowerment, teachings) are simply instruments, means of, the saving work of the Holy Spirit of Christ within our hearts, whereby a sinner is brought into a living personal relationship with God the Father Himself. 

It is "Christ in you, the hope of glory."  "But now you who are being (present--time continuously, active--by own volition, indicative--in reality) in Christ Jesus, Who from God, has become (aorist pass. indicative--in reality) to us (in present time, on this earth) Wisdom, righteousness, Holiness, and Restoration: (1 Cor 1:30).  Christ is "the cause of" our justification (1347, dikaiosis, becoming righteousness), sanctification (38, hagiasmos, 10x, personal Holiness), and Atonement (629, apolutrosis, 10x, Restoration); not faith (pistis).  His Faith is "the means of" accomplishing all these in our present personal living, His salvation, in us and for us, as we gladly and continuously yield ourselves to His service and quidance.

The Trinity has provided salvation for us only through Christ, JHWH of OT Himself, through our commitment to His Lordship.  He then imparts His own indwelling faith (mind of Christ) in our spirits as a means of imparting His wisdom righteousness, sanctification, and redemption to us in actual fact of present daily Living. 

Our Lord Jesus Christ, causes our salvation in every aspect; faith is His indwelling means of accomplishing this in us, for us, and through us.  This, His faith, without works is dead (James 2:17-24).

If faith were simply a man trusting or believing or even committing to Jesus as Lord, then his salvation would derive from his own efforts, he would be saved by his own works, wouldn't he?  And on what basis would he serve in eternity, after flesh disappears? 

But faith is of Jesus Christ Himself, by Jesus Christ Himself indwelling us, and for the purposes of Jesus Christ Himself, Who is our Savior "by means of" His indwelling Presence, faith alone.  Obedience of Faith is required of us as bondservants to our Lord.  We are bought with price. And our Lord does the works, not us (John 5:30; John 6:38; John 14:10; John 20:21; John 17:21-23; and 2 Cor 6:16, etc.)   

After the Garden, God safe guarded the Tree of Life in His Son, only in Him is Life eternal (1 Jn 5:11-12).  No man this side of Heaven possesses Life eternal as his own possession.  If he did, he would be flesh (sin-nature) combined with an eternal Nature.  God forbid.    This is why God removed man from the Garden in the first place (Gen 3:22-24).   Eternal life is now offered in (ev) His indwelling Son only, this side of Heaven (1 Jn 5:11-12). 

About works effecting our salvation. Salvation is not merited by OUR works of any kind (Gal 2:16-21; Eph 2:8-9; Titus 3:5; Rom 3:19-28).  Combining human works with faith as being meritorious for salvation nullifies the unmerited grace (method) of God, His saving grace (method) as our salvation (Titus 2:11-15).  

If salvation is in accordance with grace it must be through faith alone, because if we have our own self originated works in salvation in any way, then faith is made void and the promise may be nullified (Gal 5:4 and 9).  Faith (Mind of Christ) in us must direct the work, as well as accomplish it. 

"As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Rom 8:14).  "Faith-works," through our obedience to His indwelling Spirit, are a bondservant debt (Rom 4:4).  It is by faith that it may be by grace (Rom 4:16).  "Faith-works" establish the grace of God, not our works.

Our salvation by Christ's imparted indwelling "working-faith," relies solely upon the person of Christ in us, His merits, His Holy Life, and His death on the cross, His direction, for our forgiveness and acceptance to Himself.   His work on His cross, vicariously removing our flesh natures and sins, make Him the Justifier Who may then Justly indwell with His Righteousness of Spirit into His cleansed vessels, all who repent and commit to Him, "Who of God, is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and santification (personal Holiness), and redemption (Restoration) (1 Cor 1:30).

"Little children, let no man deceive you: he that is doing righteousness is righteous, just as He is being righteous" (1 John 3:7).  

[[ The corrupt NIV translation says, "he who does right is righteous."  This comes from a false understanding of faith and a complete mistranslation of Greek, even in their corrupt Alexandrian text, to fit their modern humanistic antinomian (no rules apply) misconception of faith = believe. 

By this all men can believe (faith) and direct his own "right" actions (Antinomian and Gnostic in origin).  But scripture says, "....for all man have not faith" (2 Thess 3:2).  The KJV translation is certainly not inspired or without great inaccuracies and lies because of Calvinistic biases of the translators, but the modern translations are greatly influenced by their even more and worse biases and totally demonic doctrinal beliefs. ]]

"Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me?  The words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself, but the Father that dwelleth in Me , He doeth the works" (John 14:10).  

Then after his resurrection, the first thing He said to his disciples is, "Peace be unto you.  AS MY FATHER HAS SENT ME, also I, I am SENDING YOU" (John 20:21).   Double nominative for emphasis.    "The father that dwelleth in Me,  "He doeth the works."       

[[  It is a Lord Jesus Christ salvation through faith (Mind of Christ), not of "works" salvation of self "dead" works,"that any man could boast.".  "It is by a gift of God (Himself INDWELLING YOU).....unto good (agathos, God-good) works" (Eph 2:8-10).     "He doeth the works" (John 14:10).  ]]

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