The Mystery of Faith

"Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience." 1 Timothy 3:10



Open your Bible to the very first book and read the very first verse, it reads;

"In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth."


Now to the carnal man this is ludicrous. How can a man grasp the improbability of such an impossible task as to create the heaven and earth, and do it all out of nothing? Herein lies the mystery of Faith.

The simple truth is, man could never grasp the grand concept of creation by an eternal God. It is beyond our ability to understand. "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" (Romans 11:33)


There is however a force greater than our understanding... Faith!


We may never understand how God created all things, but we can know Him, and through our faith, we can believe that God created all things. "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God." (Hebrews 11:3)


The Biblical definition;

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1)


This takes in the whole of the Christian walk with God. Every aspect of our walk in the Spirit is through faith.


"For without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is..." Hebrews 11:6


Faith is a gift of the Spirit;

"To another faith by the same Spirit..." (1 Corinthians 12:9)

The Spirit of God gives us this wonderful gift of faith, however, we must receive it, we must embrace it, we must walk in it.


Faith is the fruit of the Spirit;

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith..." (Galatians 5:22-23)


Fruit insinuates a process of growth and maturing. As the mustard seed, it starts small, but grows with time and care.

Faith is a process of growth;

"...faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:17)


We have a responsibility to nurture our faith through much prayer and study of the Word of God.

"How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation;" (Hebrews 2:3)


Ultimately though, faith is a gift from God. He awakens us to it, He stirs it in us, and with our cooperation, He causes it to grow and mature for us.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)



This is the great mystery of Faith.


Acting on our Faith;


Hebrews 11:13 says that, By faith, they saw the promises afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed them.


Faith takes on action and action always brings about results.


Hebrews 11:33-38

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.


Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; Of whom the world was not worthy...


Faith must be motivated by Love,


"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." (Luke 10:27)


Without the proper motivation of love, faith has no effect.

Because God is love, and our faith is a gift from God, love and faith are inseparable, in-fact, one cannot work without the other.


1 Corinthians 13:1-8

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all

knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth:


— Randy Munter -

www.theoldtimegospel.org