Fleshly Faith and Spiritual Faith
Fleshly faith cannot bring salvation. We must have true faith, which is spiritual faith, so that we may be recognized by the Lord God.
Reading: Hebrews 11:1–3 (NASB)
“Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen…”
The faith that the Lord God recognizes is more precious than any treasure. It is the key that solves all problems and opens the way into the spiritual realm. Without faith, we cannot please God, we cannot receive answers to prayer, and we cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Faith is also the special privilege that allows us to meet the Creator God anytime and anywhere. But there are two kinds of faith: spiritual faith, which God accepts, and fleshly faith, which He does not accept.
1. Fleshly Faith
Fleshly faith is the faith that believes only when something can be seen, checked, or matched with human knowledge or experience. This is why it is also called knowledge-based faith or rational faith. It believes only in “something made from something”—that is, creating with what already exists. Anyone can have this type of faith. From birth, a person receives many kinds of knowledge in the memory of the brain. Much of this knowledge is not truth but untruth. Many things that were once called “truth” later turned out to be wrong. This shows that human knowledge is not perfect. But the Word of the Lord God is truth and never changes. Most people do not know the truth, so they learn untruth as if it were truth. For example, people learn evolution and learn only about creating something from something. Because of this, they cannot believe that the Creator God made heaven and earth from nothing, by His word.
The Bible shows that the Lord God created everything from nothing. Jesus, the Son of God, opened the eyes of the blind, made the lame walk and run, and even raised Lazarus, who had been dead for four days. But a person with fleshly faith cannot believe such works because he does not believe in creation from nothing. Even if he receives the Lord Jesus, he struggles inside because his own thoughts conflict with the Word of God. For example, the world teaches that you must take revenge to be righteous. But God says, “Love your enemies. If someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Because this conflicts with fleshly thoughts, the person doubts and cannot obey. Even if he says “I believe,” he cannot receive answers to his prayers. As James 2:26 (NASB) says, “faith without works is dead.” Fleshly faith is dead faith, and a person with such faith cannot receive salvation.
2. Spiritual Faith
Spiritual faith is different. Spiritual faith believes that the Lord God created everything from nothing. It believes every word of God even if it cannot be seen and even if it does not agree with human knowledge. It also obeys the words that God has spoken: “do,” “keep,” “do not,” and “cast away.” A person with spiritual faith believes that God created all things from nothing by His word. He believes that when God said, “Let there be light,” there was light. He believes that God is alive and rules life, death, blessing, curse, and the history of the world. He also believes that Jesus, the Son of God, came to this earth two thousand years ago, died on the cross, rose again in three days, and will come again to take us.
A person with spiritual faith trusts God in all things, so he receives answers and solutions to every problem. This is why Jesus said in Mark 9:23 (NASB), “All things are possible for the one who believes.” But spiritual faith is not something we can gain by our own effort. Romans 12:3 (NASB) says, “God has allotted to each a measure of faith.” Each person can have only the measure that God gives.
If people could gain spiritual faith by their own effort, then everyone would receive any answer they wanted. Someone would pray, “Lord, make me the president,” and it would happen. Someone who dislikes a person would pray, “Lord, punish that person,” and it would happen. Then the world would fall into chaos. Because God is love and justice, He does not give spiritual faith to everyone. He gives it to those who cast away darkness and walk in the Light. Spiritual faith is the gift that God gives from above. This faith always brings actions, and those actions always bring answers that give glory to God. This is why spiritual faith is also called living faith or faith with works.
3. How to Receive Spiritual Faith
Hebrews 11:6 (NASB) says, “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for the one who comes to God must believe that He exists, and that He proves to be the One who rewards those who seek Him.”
To have spiritual faith—the faith that pleases the Lord God—we must believe that God truly exists and that He rewards those who seek Him. We must also keep His commandments, obey His word, and quickly change ourselves into truth.
However, the untruthful knowledge we learned from the world becomes a great hindrance to gaining spiritual faith. Worldly knowledge makes us use fleshly thoughts and brings doubts. Unless we cast out this untruth from our hearts, fleshly faith cannot become spiritual faith. Therefore we must read and hear the Word of God often, and we must pray with a burning heart so that untruth is removed and replaced with truth.
Romans 10:17 (NASB) says, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”
So first, we must listen to the Word of God with diligence and receive teaching. If we do not store God’s Word in our hearts, we do not know the truth and cannot practice it.
But only listening is not enough. If a person keeps the Word only as knowledge, his faith remains fleshly faith. We must take another step and practice the Word we know. To change fleshly faith into spiritual faith, action must follow.
For example, imagine someone wants to become a great pianist. If he reads a piano textbook one hundred or even one thousand times but never practices, can he play the piano? Of course not. Even if he knows all the theory, he cannot play because he has no practice. In the same way, when we take the Word of God as our spiritual food and practice it, then the Lord God gives us spiritual faith.
Abraham also became the “friend of God” and “the father of faith” because he showed perfect faith through his actions. When God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering, Abraham would not have become the father of faith if he had refused. But because he trusted God completely, he obeyed and proved his faith through action.
When we receive spiritual faith, we receive God’s love and recognition. Our soul prospers, and everything goes well, and we become healthy in both spirit and body. May you receive the spiritual faith that pleases the Lord God. And may you not only receive salvation, but also press on toward the most beautiful place in the Kingdom of Heaven, the New Jerusalem.
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Who was Isaac?
Isaac was the son of Abraham and Sarah, born when Abraham was one hundred years old and Sarah was ninety. When God commanded Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering, Isaac obeyed and followed without resisting. But the God of love prepared a ram to take his place. Isaac later married Rebekah, and they had twin sons, Esau and Jacob.
Memory Verse: Hebrews 11:1 (NASB)
“Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen.”
Reference Verse: James 2:26 (NASB)
“For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.”
Hebrews 11:3 (NASB) says, “By faith we understand that the world has been created by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible.”
G C N TV ke sabhi pariwar ko jay masih ki aajaka sandesh jo Jawan bachhoke liye nyancy sister g ne sajha kiya usakeliye mai bahot bahot dhanyawad deti hu or mai bahot khush hu ki mere namo ne wo sandesh pada or tipani me likha .usake pahile namo soya tha usake chehre par aalsipan tha mujhe laga ki wo nhi jud payega sabha me .mere mummy ne usaka chehra pochke diya fir badme sabha me jud gaya or sandesh ko pad raha tha tipani me likh hi nhi paraha tha or sabhine apne anubhav ko sajha kiya tha .fir maine prabhuse prathna ki prabhu mere bachhe par daya kar usako budhhi de ki wo likhne paye .badme pachh minutes mehi namone tipnime likhna chalu kiya mai khush hui prabhune meri prathna ko suna or mummy ko maine bataya to mummy bhi bahot khush hui or prabhuko dhanyawad diya Amen 🙏❤️🌹
Amen sister ji… hum bhi namo ko Prabhu me badta dekh kar bahut khush hai
sabhiko jay masih ki es vachan se maine ye suna hai ki bina vishwas ke ham prabhuko prasann nhi kar sakte . uttar or ashish ko prapt nhi kar sakate ..sharik vishwas matlab ham aakho se or soch vicharo se jin chizoko dekhte hai or sunate hai usi par vishwas kar lete hai ye sharirik vishwas hai .Atmik vishwas matlab jo prabhuki bato par vishwas karte hai jo yah mante hai ki parmeshwar ne shunn se lekar es dharti ko racha or vahi hamara uddharkarta hai ye atmik vishwas hai .atmik vishwas me hame apne prathna oke uttar milte hai or bherpuri se ashishe prapt hoti hai yahi atmik vishwas hai Amen ❤️🌹🌹
Dhanyawad bhai namo, aapke anubhav se hume bhi bahut sa anugrah prarthna hua…
Saririk viswas vh viswas hai jo ham akho se dekhkar viswas karte hai jo saririk vaswas permeshwar grahd nhi karta jo mara hua viswas hota hai aur jo atmik visaws hai jise ham parmeswr ke kamo pe viswas karte hai mahsus karte hai jaise hamare phle ke log parmeswr pe viswas karte the aur uske samrth ko bhi dekhte the vo atmik viswas hai dhanyawad pastor ji ap ka ye sandes se ham jan paye ki atmik viswas aur saririk viswas kya hai dhanyawad pita permeshwar 🌈❤️ ap ka
Praise the lord 🙏🏻
There are two types of faith
1)Fleshly faith
This faith cannot bring salvation as it doubts gods plan and questions everything about human Existence. And belives everything is created form something.
2)Spiritual faith
This faith trust gods plan and does not question ..It believes God’s Word even when it cannot be seen.
Example of Abraham .
Thankyou 🙏🏻
Praise the Lord 🌈
This message teaches us about faith .
Faith is solution of every problem and opens the way. Faith is of two types
1.Fleshly faith
2.Spritual faith
Fleshly faith is about what we have learn from world and experience we have have and things we belive from birth and later it turns out wrong. Fleshly faith is dead faith and fleshly faith can not lead us to salvation.
Spiritual faith is all about believing God words (bible) . It believes every words of God . A person with spiritual faith trust God in everything and recive all answers from their prayer .
Aap sabhi ko jai masih ki 🙏
इस संदेश में हमने शारीरिक विश्वास और आत्मीक विश्वास में अंतर क्या है उसको समझा ।
शारीरिक विश्वास वह विश्वास है जो केवल तभी विश्वास करती है जब उस चीज को को देखी, परखी हो शारीरिक विश्वास ये नहीं मानती की सब कुछ परमेश्वर ही बनाये है बल्की आत्मिक विश्वास अलग है इसमें हम ये समझते है की परमेश्वर ने ही शून्य से लेकर अभी तक बनाये है शारीरिक विश्वास परमेशर के वचन पर विश्वास नहीं करती बल्की आत्मीक विश्वास में हम परमेशर के हर एक वचन पर विश्वास करते हैं आत्मिक विश्वास हम तब ही प्राप्त कर सकते है जब हम समझे कि वास्तव में परमेश्वर है ❤️ और जब हम आत्मिक विश्वास प्राप्त करते है तो हमारे साथ सब कुछ अच्छा होता है आमीन 🙏🌈
Jay mashih ki
Mene isse sikha ki vishvash 2 type ka hota hai isahak ke bare me jana or adhymik vishvash kaise prapt kare
Jai mashi ki mene mb study se Jana ki vivah kiya hai parmeswar k samne viswash ek adhik anmol hai.aatmik visvash jise parmeswar swikar karta hai or saririk viswash jise vah swikar nahi karta .prabhu parmeswar ne sabkuch smay se banaya hai parmeswar ka kahe Gaye sabdo ka palan bhi karna hai visvash hamre liye bahut jaruri hai jab parmeswarne kaha praksh ho to Parkash ho gaya vah Manta hai to parmeswar jivet hai jo viswash karta hai uske liye sabkuch sambhav hai lekin aatmik vivah isa hi hai ydi log apne prayaso se aatmik visvash prapt kar sakte hai parmeswarka Prem hamre liye bahut anmol hai or ham man or sarir dono se awast ho jaate hai Amen
जय मसीह की आप सभी को शारीरिक विश्वास और आत्मिक विश्वास से हम यह सीखते हैं कि हमे पिता परमेश्वर के वचन को खाली समजना नहीं हमें उस वचन को अपने जीवन में अभ्यास करना है और हमें प्रभु पर विश्वास करना है और सांसारिक चीजों से दूर रहना है
आत्मिक विश्वास वह है जिसे परमेश्वर ग्रहण करता है। शारीरिक विश्वास वाला व्यक्ति चिह्नों और चमत्कारों पर विश्वास नहीं करता; वह यह विश्वास नहीं करता कि परमेश्वर ने शून्य से सब कुछ बनाया है। शारीरिक विश्वास एक मरा हुआ विश्वास है और ऐसा विश्वास उद्धार प्राप्त नहीं कर सकता।
आत्मिक विश्वास वाला व्यक्ति परमेश्वर के वचन पर विश्वास करता है और उसका पालन करता है। वह अपने आप को जांचता है और असत्य को दूर करता है। ऐसे आत्मिक विश्वास वाले व्यक्ति को अपनी हर समस्या* का समाधान प्राप्त होता है।
आत्मिक विश्वास हर एक को प्राप्त नहीं होता, लेकिन जिसके पास विश्वास का परिमाण है, उसके पास उतना ही आत्मिक विश्वास है। आत्मिक विश्वास हमें ऊपर से प्राप्त होता है—उनके लिए जिन्होंने अंधकार को दूर किया और ज्योति में आ गए हैं।
और इब्रानियों 11:6 कहता है:
‘विश्वास बिना उसे (परमेश्वर को) प्रसन्न करना अनहोना (असंभव) है, क्योंकि जो कोई परमेश्वर के पास आता है, उसे यह विश्वास करना चाहिए कि वह है, और वह अपने खोजने वालों को प्रतिफल देता है।'”
Sharik visvas- jo manav ke dvara palale se bani bastuo par vishvas karte hai ye sansarik viswas hai.
Atmik viswas – jo hamare parbhu parmeshwar par vishvas karte hai jo hamare liye 2000 saal pahle mara is par vishvas karte hai
आप सभी को जय मसीह की। इस संदेश से हमें यह समझ में आता है कि सांसारिक विश्वास टूट जाता है, लेकिन आत्मिक विश्वास ऐसा विश्वास होता है जो कभी डगमगाता नहीं है। इसलिए हमें हमेशा आत्मिक विश्वास बनाए रखना चाहिए।
आत्मिक विश्वास वह है जिसे परमेश्वर ग्रहण करता है। शारीरिक विश्वास वाला व्यक्ति चिह्नों और चमत्कारों पर विश्वास नहीं करता; वह यह विश्वास नहीं करता कि परमेश्वर ने शून्य से सब कुछ बनाया है। शारीरिक विश्वास एक मरा हुआ विश्वास है और ऐसा विश्वास उद्धार प्राप्त नहीं कर सकता।
आत्मिक विश्वास वाला व्यक्ति परमेश्वर के वचन पर विश्वास करता है और उसका पालन करता है। वह अपने आप को जांचता है और असत्य को दूर करता है। ऐसे आत्मिक विश्वास वाले व्यक्ति को अपनी हर समस्या* का समाधान प्राप्त होता है।
आत्मिक विश्वास हर एक को प्राप्त नहीं होता, लेकिन जिसके पास विश्वास का परिमाण है, उसके पास उतना ही आत्मिक विश्वास है। आत्मिक विश्वास हमें ऊपर से प्राप्त होता है—उनके लिए जिन्होंने अंधकार को दूर किया और ज्योति में आ गए हैं।
और इब्रानियों 11:6 कहता है:
‘विश्वास बिना उसे (परमेश्वर को) प्रसन्न करना अनहोना (असंभव) है, क्योंकि जो कोई परमेश्वर के पास आता है, उसे यह विश्वास करना चाहिए कि वह है, और वह अपने खोजने वालों को प्रतिफल देता है।'”
Praise the lord🙏
Today I am getting that what is the difference between fleshly faith and spiritual faith through this message how can we get know that we have fleshly faith or spiritual faith?
Fleshly faith is the faith that believes only when something can be seen or checked but the spiritual faith is that faith who believes that God created everything from nothing and the bible is word of God…..and also believes that Lord Jesus Christ came on this earth and bled his own blood on the cross for whom? for me, for us and he will come again on this earth…..if we donot have spiritual faith then how can we receive spiritual faith?
We can receive spiritual faith by praising, praying obeying him……..and we can receive spiritual faith like Abraham…
Abraham was friend of God because he has strong faith on God…..
Thank you God for this message
– Sameeksha Singh
From India (Delhi).
Truly this message is life changing. Today by this message I learned difference between freshly faith and spiritual faith. I also realise why some peoples prayer are always answered quickly whereas other people have to wait for months and even is to receive answers. I also hope and pray to have a heart like Abraham, apostle Paul and other four fathers of faith and apostles so that I can please God and save more souls for the kingdom of God
Jai masih ki paster ji mai is wachan ke dwara sikha h atmik prem aur sharirik prem kya h jis ko hum dekh kar bishwash karte h wo srisri k vishesh h aur atmik bishwash jo bina dekhe karte h jaise prem wo atmik bishwash h
Through this Chapter The heart of God -17 in MB study ,I came to know what is fleshly faith and spiritual faith .
Specially, the examples gives me more clarity to understand the difference between fleshly and spiritual faith.
Moreover,it explains how we can gain true faith spiritual faith.
Thankyou Lord God.