Faith

Faith

Faith is walking across the Grand Canyon without a bridge. Faith is what you do. Without action, faith is a fake.

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16 SCRIPTURE SECTIONS on the theme of Faith

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If You Had Any Faith, You'd Move Mountains

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yahshua Curses A Fruitless Tree

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Live out Active Faith; Go Beyond Checklists

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yahshua Heals The Killer's Servant

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Abraham Is Christianity's 'Faith-ForeFather'

⭐️⭐️⭐️ True Faith Works Miracles. Religion Is Paint.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yahshua Calms A Sea-Storm

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Powerful Faith Makes Up For Honest Mistakes

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lawfulness Excels But Faith Gives Immortality

YAH Is Testing & Purifying You For The Future

True Belief Inspires YHVH To Forgive Mistakes

YAH Will Rescue His People & Smash The World

The Ex-Blind Man Becomes Yahshua's Disciple

Childlike Trust Beats Legalistic Tradition

YAH's Spirit In Us Proves Yahshua is Christ

Peter Writes His 2nd Letter To Pray For You

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149 SCRIPTURES on the theme of Faith

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 6:30 So, 😇, if [YHVH] the Eloah so [perfectly] clothes the grass of the field, which today lives, and tomorrow [workers] toss into the oven, will YAH not much better clothe you? Get some faith!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 21:21 YahShua answers his disciples, “I tell you the rock-solid truth, 😇: Have faith. Shun doubt. Then, not only will you do [tricks like destroy objects with your voice, as I destroyed the useless fig tree with one command]. You will [be able to] command this mountain, ‘Get up! Fly into the sea!’ [The mountain will uproot itself and land in the sea at your command!]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 21:22 —If you [actively live your] faith, 😇, you [eventually] receive every single [desirable] thing you ask for in prayer.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mark 10:27 YahShua looks over his disciples. He says, “[Salvation from death] is humanly impossible. But [YHVH] the Eloah can [save you], 😇. For with YHVH, everything's possible.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Luke 1:37 —For with [YHVH] the Eloah, nothing will [ever] be impossible.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Luke 18:27 YahShua answers, “😇, the things which are impossible with men are possible with [YHVH] the Eloah.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ James 2:20 Foolish “believers!” When will you, 😇, ever allow yourself to learn that without [good] actions, faith lies dead?
note: If you are truly saved, doing good should be as natural as breathing. With practice, you can improve your breathing. Similarly, with practice, you can do better and better righteous actions. But YHVH is always the source of the life that gives you the power to breathe and do good deeds.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 8:26 YahShua asks his disciples, “Why are you filled with fear, you puny-faithed [cowards]?” YahShua rises. He rebukes the winds and the sea. [The storm vanishes, 😇, leaving] complete calm!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mark 11:23 For I tell you the truth, 😇: whoever avoids doubt in his heart, but trusts that what he says will happen, can say to this mountain, ‘MOVE! Jump into the sea!’ And that [faithful believer] will have whatever his mouth proclaimed.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Luke 17:6 Master [YahShua] replies, “😇, if you had faith [even as tiny as] a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pluck [yourself] up by the root, and plant [yourself] in the sea!’ And [the tree] would obey you!
note: Sycamore. See the seeds family worship song.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:21 Abraham stayed fully persuaded that what [YHVH] promises, [YHVH] is able to perform, 😇.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:1 Now, 😇, faith is our title-deed to [eternal] property. [We currently experience our property not via physical possession,] but through hope. [Faith is] the proof of realities [our meat eyes] can't see.
note: Deed = Hupostatis, normally translated as the vague and confusing ‘substance.’ Real faith produces measurable results. You true believers concretely, consistently, sincerely love your enemies. You sell your possessions to live a life of service to poor ungrateful people. A real believer is a walking miracle.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:12 By faith, this one old man [Abraham] (impotent as a dead man) fathers descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, as countless as the grains of the sand on the seashore, 😇!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genesis 15:6 Abram {High-Father} [goes on to actively, fruitfully] believe in YHVH. So, 😇, [even though Abram makes mistakes,] YHVH credits [Abram's faith] to Abram as if [Abram were] righteous.
note: See Ro 4, Gal 3.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 17:20 YahShua answers his disciples, “You lack [true] belief. That's why you still can't perform [exorcisms and healings]. I tell you the rock-solid truth, 😇: if you get faith as [small as] a [tiny] grain of mustard seed, you'll say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and that ‘mountain’ will move. Indeed, nothing will be impossible for you!
note: Seeds Family Worship has a good Matt 17:20 scripture song called ‘Faith As Small As A Mustard Seed’ on the album ‘Seeds Of Faith’. Faithless churches teach "cessationist" theology. They claim that after the 1st century, it became impossible for believers to perform miracles. This verse proves the cessationists wrong.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mark 9:23 YahShua answers the boy's father, “If you can, believe. Everything is possible for anyone who [builds their life on unshakeable spiritual] conviction.”
note: #3982 peitho describes not mere ‘belief’, but conviction so strong that you would die rather than renounce your faith. Judges in courtrooms distinguish between ‘belief’ and ‘spiritual conviction’ when deciding whether to respect your freedom of religion. The Creator draws the same distinction. Mere intellectual and emotional assent is not ‘saving faith’. Faith = Action. Saving faith is walking across the Grand Canyon of life without a tightrope.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mark 9:24 Immediately the child's father cries out, 😇. He begs with tears, “Master, I believe! Cure my faithlessness!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ John 3:15 All [people] who constantly look to me [& imitate me] in genuine action-belief, eventually heal from death. They live forever [with me as Spirit-born super-beings].”
note: YAH saves only the minority of the human population who:
give their lives to serve Yahshua,
who voluntarily follow Christ into selfless obedience,
who engage in radical and dangerous truth-telling,
who suffer rejection, torture and/or death at the hands of the Religio-Politico-Commercial-Military matrix.

People who simply ‘believe in Jesus’ with their intellect and emotions, without extraordinarily good actions, die. Worms and ‘fire’ turn sinners back into dirt. ‘Believing in Jesus’ implies more than intellectual and/or emotional assent. Believing is total commitment through action: stepping off blind cliffs on YAH's command, again and again. If you think that merely believing in Christ and providing for your family gets you eternal life, think again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ John 3:18 😇, anyone who [actively, fruitfully] believes in YHVH's son [escapes] condemnation. But whoever [fails to actively, fruitfully] believe is already condemned, because he [rejects] the Authority of the only physically-procreated son of [YHVH] the Eloah.
note: YAH is not going to fertilize another human egg. YAH showed you his thoughts in human form. Emulate Yahshua's actions now, or die forever. As Paul said, ‘There is now no condemnation for those who live IN the messiah [Yahshua] IF they avoid chasing the flesh, and instead follow in the footsteps of YAH's Spirit.’ But if you still live carnally, even if you don't hurt anyone, you get eternal condemnation, no matter what you say you believe. Talk is cheap. Eternal life costs everything you have, and more.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:19 Abraham was about 100 years old. But he wasn't weak in faith, 😇. Abraham didn't dwell on how ‘dead’ his own body had become. Nor did he focus on the deadness of [his wife] Sara's womb.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2nd Corinthians 5:7 For [in these bodies] we walk by faith, 😇, not by [what we physically] see.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ephesians 6:16 Above all, 😇, take up the shield of faith, to give you power to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 10:35 So don't throw away your bold faith, 😇. It'll bring you rich rewards.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Exodus 2:3 [Moses drinks milk from his mother's breasts. He gets really big. His voice grows so strong that JahKebed] can no longer hide him, 😇. So she [builds] him a [little] ‘boat’ made of [tall river grasses called] bulrushes. She seals the [boat] with clay and tar. She lays little [Moses] inside. Then, [tears flowing down her face,] she lays [the boat] in the reeds on the [Nile] river's edge.
note: Breast milk is the proper food for babies. Commercial baby formula is poison.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Psalms 9:10 Everyone who recognizes Your Name-Authority puts their trust in You, YHVH. You never forsake anyone who seeks You.
note: We who trust YAH know His Name. We're not afraid to say it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Psalms 143:6 I stretch up my palms to you, [YAH]. My soul thirsts for you, like [a deer chases water in] a dry land. Selah {Dramatic-Break}.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ IsaiYAH 26:4 Perpetually race [into] YHVH's [arms], 😇. Yah-YHVH's strength lasts forever.
note: The KJV says “Jehovah” in this verse. #3050 YAH + #3068 YHVH.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 8:10 When YahShua hears [the pagan killer perfectly describing the obedient faith YAH requires of you, 😇], YahShua marvels. [He] says to the [people] following [him], “I tell you the rock-solid [truth]: I've never found such great faith! Certainly not in [this corrupt generation of] Israelis.
note: Of course, Moses and the other Hebrew prophets (including John the Baptist) had great faith.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 8:13 YahShua answers the centurion, “Go your way. [YAH is] doing for you what you believed [He would].” So, 😇, at that exact moment, [YAH] heals the centurion's servant!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Luke 7:7 —I didn't even presume I was [holy enough] to come to [meet] you. But just say the word, and [YAH] will heal my slave.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Luke 7:9 YahShua marvels when he hears the Centurion [describe humble obedience to authority, 😇]. YahShua spins around. He [shouts] to the [Jewish] people who follow him, “I tell you, in all of Israel I've never found [anyone with] faith to match [the great faith of this pagan Roman killer]!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:3 What does the Scripture say, 😇? “Abraham [walked through life] trusting [YHVH] the Eloah. So [YAH] credits Abraham's [obedient] belief to Abraham, [even though Abraham was not always] righteous.”
note: (See Genesis 15:6.) YAH is a wise, loving coach. He cares more about his players' attitudes than their scoreboard. It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game of life.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:5 But [when you, 😇, work for YHVH,] even if you do a flawed job, if you [keep on] trusting [YHVH], he credits [your active, obedient] faith to you as [if you were] righteous. [Like any good father, YAH works to] reform [his] messed-up [children as long as they keep lovingly walking through life trusting him].
note: The work is to believe. Work to truly believe. Then righteous acts follow. And it works the other way around: righteous acts tend to increase belief.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:10 Under what circumstances [did YAH] credit righteousness to Abraham {Father-Of-Billions}, 😇? After Abraham separated [from his pagan sluts]? Or [while he still lay] mixed-up [in polygamy with beast-nationals]? [YAH] declared Abraham righteous BEFORE he cut off [his ties to the pagan] horde.
note: Abraham's trust in YAH is documented in Genesis 12. Then Abraham goes through a separation ritual of some kind in Gen 17. Then later Abraham sends away his harem of pagan bed-partners and their kids.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:24 [Moses] also refers to us, 😇. [YAH] credits righteousness to us when [our actions, though imperfect, reflect] trust in [YHVH] who raised up our Master YahShua from the dead.
note: Believing is faith in action. Faith without works is dead. Daddy demands that you to come to work with him. But he doesn't need your help. What he wants is your loving trust, your teachable spirit. You have to try to help your Dad. But it's your attitude, not your performance, that counts the most to him.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:6 😇, without faith it's impossible to please [YHVH] the Eloah. Anyone who comes to [YAH] must believe that YAH exists, and [that he] rewards everybody who diligently seeks Him, [no matter how bad they were in the past].

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:7 [YHVH] warns Noah of the coming flood. By faith, Noah moves with fear, 😇. He prepares an ark. [100 years later, that boat] saves his family. Noah's faith condemns the world. So Noah inherits the righteousness which comes through [active] faith.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:34 [Through faith, we believers] put out fierce fires. [We] escape being killed by the slicing edge[s] of [soldiers'] sword[s], 😇. Out of [our] humility and weakness, [YAH] makes [us] strong. [We saints] grow mighty in [praise] battle. [We] defeat [anti-Hebrew] armies!
note: We defeat armies by peacefully obeying YAH. YAH never commands His people to kill foreigners.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ James 1:6 Always ask with faith, 😇. Never allow doubt to shake your trust [in YAH]. [Only doomed people] waver like wave[s] of the sea, driven with the wind[s], hurled [into oblivion].

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Exodus 4:31 So [at first] the [Hebrew] people believe. When they hear that YHVH has come [to rescue] the descendants of Israel, and that YAH has witnessed all their affliction, they bow their heads [to the ground] in worship [to YHVH].

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2nd Kings 18:5 [Hezekiah completely] trusts in YHVH (Israel's Elohim). No king of Judea before or after [Hezekiah] compares to [him in faith].

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Daniel 3:17 —If you throw us into the blazing hot furnace, [YHVH] our Elohim {Supernatural-Sovereign}, who [alone] we serve, is able to deliver us. He will rescue us out of your hand, Emperor.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ John 11:22 —But I know that even now [when all hope is dead], [YHVH] the Eloah will give you whatever you ask.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Acts 8:37 Philip {Horse-Lover} answers, “If you believe with all your heart, you can [be baptized]. The eunuch answers, “I believe that YahShua the Messiah is the son of [YHVH] the Eloah.”
note: Believer's baptism is only for people who truly believe with all their heart. Believer's baptism shouldn't be used as a cultural rite of passage for churchgoers, as it is used in nominally ‘Christian’ cultures.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 3:27 Who can brag, 😇? Nobody. The Torah's rules of behavior don't forbid boasting. Yet how can you brag about being redeemed by clinging to a [lifeline] of faith?
note: This is a paraphrase, as are all of the modern translations.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 3:30 So, 😇, there is only One Eloah [YHVH]. [Yah] fixes [us] separatist [Hebrews] through [our] faith. [Likewise, Yah fixes] the mixed-up [beast-nationals] through [their] faith.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:13 YAH promises Abraham that he and his seed-children will inherit the earth, 😇. But not by [merely obeying] the [Mosaic] Law. By living righteous [lives] empowered by [obedient] faith.
note: Only people who have action-producing *faith* (like Abraham's) inherit the earth. No bloodline gets special favors. And you need more than internal faith. Faith without good deeds is dead.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:20 Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} avoided falling away, 😇. He trusted the promises [YHVH] the Eloah [spoke to him]. Abraham stayed strong in faith. [He] yielded to the majesty of [YHVH] the Eloah.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 10:39 But we [true believers] aren't people who pull back and get destroyed, 😇. We're people who [live our] beliefs. [So YAH] saves [us].

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:4 [Flash back to Genesis:] By faith, [ancient] Abel {Meadow} offers to YHVH a far greater gift than does [his murderer] Cain {Lance}. So YAH appreciates Abel's gift. [YAH] declares Abel ‘Righteous.’ Abel's lifeblood still lies in the ground. [Yet the story of] Abel's faith still calls out to us, 😇.
note: Meadows beat lances. Peaceful farming beats military action.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:8 YAH calls Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} to emigrate from [Babylon] into a [faraway] country. By faith, Abraham obeys. He leaves his home, oblivious to where YAH is sending him. [So] later YAH gives [the entire faraway country of future Israel] to Abraham!

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:13 All those ancient believers die clutching their faith, 😇, still waiting for most of the things YAH promises them. Israel's ancient patriarchs [live] convinced [of YAH's honesty]. They fore-see their future blessings. Yet they die as wandering strangers on the earth.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:31 By faith, 😇, the prostitute Rahab {Biggie} peacefully welcomes [enemy] Israelite spies. [She lies to cops to protect foreign Israeli invaders!] So Rahab, a whore with faith, lives, while her unbelieving countrymen disobey YAH and die.
note: In heaven, you'll see more ex-whores than preachers.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ James 2:23 [Faith and works must go together, 😇. That's what the] Scripture [Genesis 15:6] means when it says, “Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} [actively] believes Elohim. So [YHVH] credits Abraham's [energetic] belief to [Abraham] as if he were righteous. Thus ELohim comes to call Abraham, ‘Friend.’”

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Psalms 11:1 I scramble-for-refuge in YHVH. [So] how can you [doubters] say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain [hideaway]?”
note: A song king David wrote for Jerusalem's director of sacred music to arrange and present at festivals. We can walk through the valley of the shadow of death.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Psalms 125:1 Everyone who runs-for-refuge in YHVH [eventually] towers like mount Zion, which no [human] can move, 😇. [True believers] endure the ages.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Proverbs 14:27 The fear of YHVH is a fountain of life, 😇. [Faith] flows [you] away from the snares of death.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Habakkuk 2:4 Rise up, souls! [Stand] upright, 😇! Righteous [beings] live [by] faith.
note: This statement forms the basis of Paul's letters to the Romans, Galatians and Hebrews, widely considered Christianity's 3 most important theological treatises.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 14:28 Peter {Rock} [calls across the pounding waves]. He answers [YahShua], “Adoni, if it's really you [and not a ghost], tell me to walk to you on the water.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew 15:28 YahShua answers her, “Wow woman! You have great faith! You get what you want.” At that very moment [YAH] heals her daughter.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ John 1:37 JAHn's 2 disciples hear JAHn [identify YahShua as YAH's Messiah]. They immediately follow YahShua.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ John 11:40 YahShua says to Martha, “Didn't I tell you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of [YHVH] the Eloah?”

⭐️⭐️⭐️ John 14:1 [YahShua continues,] “Never let your heart agitate, 😇. You believe in [YHVH] the Eloah. So trust in me.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ John 20:29 YahShua answers Thomas {Twin}, “Thomas, you believe [I'm alive] because you saw me [with your meat-eyes]. [YAH] blesses people who believe even though they don't see [physical proof].”

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Acts 27:25 So men, take heart! I trust [YHVH] the Eloah. [We'll survive,] just as [YAH's angel] fore-told me.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 3:28 So we conclude, 😇, that [merely] executing the Torah's checklists [only gets you up to zero]. But [you can become positively] righteous by [living out active] faith.
note: True justifying faith is always married to action. Reading the book of James is the best way to make sure that you don't misinterpret Paul. Many preachers tragically take Paul to mean that people's good works need not accompany their salvation. Wrong. Faith without works is dead. Dead faith never saves anyone. People are not what they say they believe. People's actions prove what they really believe. People are what they do under pressure.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 10:11 For the scripture says, “Whoever believes [in the Messiah] won't end up ashamed.”
note: Isaiah 28:16?

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2nd Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves. See if you're really in the faith. Test and prove your own selves to verify that inside yourself YahShua [the] Messiah is [spiritually united with] you. If you can't be sure, 😇, then assume the answer is ‘no.’ Assume you've failed the test, [and you need to seek help].
note: Test yourselves to make sure you're solid in the faith. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Yahshua Messiah is in and among you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Galatians 3:7 Know then, 😇, that the real children of Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} are all the [people] who live out their faith [in YHVH. Genetics make no difference!]
note: We who accept the faith covenant (in truth, not just by walking an aisle and saying a prayer) are spiritual heirs to the promises YAH offered to Abraham's seed-child (Yahshua). We're in no way inferior to Abraham's genetic descendants.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Galatians 5:5 Instead, 😇, [YAH's] Spirit [gives us believers patience to] wait and hope for our active-faith to bloom into righteousness.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1st Timothy 1:19 Cling tightly to your faith, 😇. Always keep your conscience clear. Some people cast away their consciences. [They abandon their life-ship to sin.] As a result, their faith lies shipwrecked.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:17 Abraham waits 90 years to get Isaac {Laughter}, his only son, born by a miracle. Then Abraham hears some voice saying, “I'm your God. I want you to sacrifice your son Isaac, like pagans kill their children for their gods.” So, 😇, in blind faith, Abraham prepares to stab and burn his only son. But YAH sends an angel to stop Abraham [from committing that foolish murder].
note: YAH did not tell Abraham to kill Isaac. Abraham THOUGHT that YAH had told him to kill his son.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:22 By faith, Joseph {Increaser}, about to die, foretells the Israeli Exodus from Egypt 400 years in advance, 😇! Joseph lives so sure YAH will deliver the Israelites, that he commands them to carry his bones [out] with them when they leave Egypt!

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:33 Through faith, believers subdue kingdoms, administer justice, receive what YAH promised, shut the mouths of lions—

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1 Maccabees 2:59 [Daniel's friends] AnaniYah, AzariYah and MisaEl actively-confided [in YAH]. So [YAH] saved them out of the flames [of the fiery furnace].

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Psalms 16:1 Preserve my [life], Elohim. You're the [only one] I flee to for protection.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mark 11:22 YahShua answers his disciples, “Have faith in Elohim.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romans 4:17 As [YAH's prophet recorded YAH saying]: ‘[Abraham,] I've made you a fore-father of many nations.’ So, 😇, in the sight of [YHVH], in whom Abraham believed, Abraham is our “forefather.” [YHVH] the Eloah gives life to dead [people]. [YAH] declares things ‘real’ [when in our limited view of time & space, those things do not yet exist].
note: Genesis 17:5

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to [the] Messiah, then are you Abraham's ‘seed,’ (his heirs). [So] now all the promises [YAH gave to Abraham] belong to you, 😇.
note: WOW! We are heirs! A big inheritance is coming and has come to us! The Mosaic Contract offers many blessings, if you can somehow follow it. But being an heir of the Almighty far supersedes the blessings offered by Moses. Being an heir with YHWH is the greatest jackpot imaginable. Winning billions in the lottery would never begin to compare.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Philippians 3:9 😇, I had money, fame and power. People considered me legally righteous. I followed [my society's] religious behavioral checklist[s]. But I sacrifice all that [junk] to stay joined to the Messiah. Just to have faith in YahShua is more righteous than to follow rules, even good rules. Elohim's power turns [obedient] faith into real works of righteousness.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:9 And even after Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} reaches the land YAH promises him, Abraham lives there by faith, as a foreigner. He lives in a tent, as later do his son Isaac {Laughter} and [Isaac's son] Jacob {Heel-Grabber}, to whom YAH also promises the land.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:10 Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} looks [into the future] toward the great ‘city’ [of New Jerusalem], architected and built on [permanent] foundations by [YHVH] the Eloah.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hebrews 11:32 I could go on and on, 😇. But I've run out of time. There are so many more true miracle stories of faithful people: Gideon {Hacker}, Barak {Lightning}, Samson {SunRay}, Jephthah {Wide-Open}, David {Lover}, SamuEl {Heard-By-El}, the [other Hebrew] prophets…

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1st Peter 1:9 You, 😇, keep on [doing good works that come from] believing. Keep progressing toward the goal of faith: total salvation.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1st John 5:10 Whoever [bases his life-actions on] belief in the son of YHVH has [heaven's] witness inside his heart. [The spirit-filled believer needs no mortal witnesses.] But whoever fails to [actively] believe [in YahShua] is calling YHVH a liar, 😇. The infidel refuses to confide [in] the record YHVH gives concerning his [own] Son.
note: Jews, consider this. Lazy-chair Christians, consider as well.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1 Maccabees 2:52 Remember that [Satan] tempted Abraham {Father-Of-Billions}. [Abraham thought that YAH was commanding him to kill his son.] Yet Abraham proved faithful. [Even though attempting to kill your own son is totally unrighteous,] YAH accepted Abraham's faith as if Abraham had been righteous.
note: E for Effort.

2nd Chronicles 20:20 Then, early the next morning, the [Judaeans] rise. [They parade] out [of Jerusalem heading ~10km south] into the wilderness of Tekoa {Trumpet-Town}. As they leave [the city, king] JAHoshaphat stands. He [shouts], “Hear me, [people of] Judaea, including you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Confide in YHVH your Elohim. He will establish you. Believe his prophets. Then you'll succeed!”

Psalms 7:1 O Adonai [YHVH] my Elohim, I flee-for-protection [only] in you. Save me from all my persecutors. Rescue me!

Psalms 91:2 😇, I boast [not in my power, but] that YHVH is my refuge, my [invincible] castle. I run-for-refuge in my Elohim.

Psalms 147:11 YHVH takes pleasure in all [beings] who fear him, in [people] who hope for his mercy.

Acts 16:34 The jailer ushers Paul and Silas {Woodsman} into his house. He sets a meal before them, 😇. He leaps [up and down] for joy over himself and his whole family coming to trust in [YHVH] the ELoah.
note: Just like ‘Gihl’ in Hebrew, the Greek ‘agalliao’ means jump for joy, not merely the abstract and lifeless ‘rejoice.’ Biblical rejoicing is a strenuous physical sport that cannot be done in pews without harming people or property. That's why Satan's religionists put pews in church, to keep you from truly rejoicing.

Romans 1:17 The Good-News reveals how Elohim fixes us. [Our repair-process begins and ends with] faith, 😇. As [Habakkuk] writes, “All just [people] live by faith.”

Romans 4:16 So [everything YAH] promises [comes to you] through [your] faith, 😇. [YAH] guarantees unmerited favor to all [his] children — not just to [Jews sworn to observe] the [Mosiac] law. [YAH adopts] everyone who carries the faith of Abraham, the “forefather” of all us [believers].

Romans 4:22 That's why [YAH] credited Abraham's [obedient] faith to him as [if he'd been] righteous, 😇.

Galatians 3:6 [We Christians should live in faith like Abraham {Father-Of-Billions}, 😇.] Abraham believed YAH. YAH said that Abraham's living-faith WAS righteousness.
note: Abraham, along with Enoch and Noah before him, accepted a faith-based Sonship-type covenant, much superior to the contract the slaves demanded at Mount Sinai. (Genesis 15:6) Abraham made mistakes. But he acted on his beliefs.

Psalms 115:13 YHVH always blesses everyone who fears him, both small and great.

Proverbs 28:14 The [saint] who [lives in] constant awe of [YHVH] stays happy, 😇. Whoever hardens his heart falls into ruin.

Proverbs 28:25 [Stay away from] big-headed [bigshots]. [They] whip-up strife. Run-for-refuge in YHVH, 😇. Eventually he'll fatten up [your assets].

IsaiYAH 8:17 Jacob's descendants keep hiding their faces from YHVH. So, 😇, join with me in looking for [YAH to shelter us from the coming world wars].

Luke 1:45 —You are blessed because [you] believe [YAH's word]. Adonai [YAH] is performing everything that [His angel] predicted to you.”

John 11:32 Mary runs to YahShua's [hiding place]. She sees YahShua. [She runs to him.] She falls down at his feet, crying, “Adoni, if you'd gotten here [earlier], my brother wouldn't be dead!”

Acts 8:38 The eunuch commands his chariot [driver] to stop. Philip {Horse-Lover} and the eunuch [wade] down into the water. Philip dunks the eunuch.

Romans 5:1 So, 😇, [YHVH] the Eloah makes us [repenters] righteous when we [obediently, actively] trust Him. So we're able to reunite with YHVH. Because our Master YahShua ([the] Messiah) [reclaimed us from the devil's slave-jail].
note: Faith is action.

Hebrews 11:2 [Since] ancient times, [YAH] has [always] given his approval to people who [truly live by] trusting [Him], 😇.
note: Living faith is what distinguished our spiritual ancestors, set them above the crowd.

Psalms 22:4 Our forefathers ran-for-refuge in you. They trusted [you]. So you rescued them.

Psalms 22:5 [Our ancestors] cried to you. [You] salvaged [them. You] didn't frustrate their trust.

Psalms 26:1 YHVH, rule that I've walked in integrity. I run-for-refuge in [you,] YHVH. Stop my slide [into death].

Psalms 62:1 My life-breath stills, 😇, [awaiting help from] Elohim, my liberator.
note: David wrote this song in the style of Jeduthun (Ethan), for Jerusalem's [skilled choir & orchestra] director to arrange and conduct.

Psalms 62:8 You people, run-for-asylum in [YAH] at all times. Pour out your heart before him, 😇. Elohim is our [only] refuge. Selah {Dramatic-Break}.

Psalms 63:6 Even lying on my bed I reminisce about you. I [study, ponder & sing] about you during [my city's] night-watches.

Proverbs 16:20 Whoever wisely handles [his] affairs [eventually] comes into [a] wonderful [situation], 😇. Whoever runs-for-refuge in YHVH [eventually] becomes happy.

John 3:33 —But anyone who accepts YahShua's testimony certifies that [YHVH] the Eloah is truthful, 😇.

John 9:35 YahShua hears that the [religionists] have thrown the ex-blind man [out of the temple and banned him from society. So] YahShua finds the [ex-blind man]. [YahShua] asks him, “Do you believe in the son of [YHVH] the Eloah?”

John 9:36 The healed-blind man answers, “Adoni, [please] tell me who [the son of YAH] is, so I can entrust [my life] to him!”

John 9:38 The healed man replies, “Master, I believe.” He kneels down, [then prostrates himself, face to the ground,] in front of YahShua.
note: Note: Yahshua didn't encourage the man to worship Him. We are to pray to and worship only YAH, Yahshua's Father.

John 10:42 Many people put their trust in YahShua there [by the Jordan river, 😇].

Acts 5:14 Yet more and more people (multitudes of both men and women) entrust [their lives] to Master [YahShua].
note: Believers who were still too timid to come out into the open.

Romans 4:14 [Adherence] to the [Sinai Code can't make you] an heir to eternity, 😇. [Moses'] promises [of temporal and eternal prosperity] come to nothing unless you pair [obedience] with [a spirit of] faith.
note: Paraphrase.

Romans 4:23 [Moses] wrote the words “[YAH] credited righteousness to him” referring not only to Abraham.

Romans 9:30 So what should we conclude, 😇? The beast-nationals, who [failed to] pursue righteousness, have obtained [the holy-grail]: a righteousness that flows [not from checklist-following but] from [active] trust [in YAH].

Romans 9:32 Why does [rogue] Israel fail, 😇? Because they seek righteousness not by faith, but by working [merely to avoid penalties for breaking] the law. They trip over the ‘stumbling stone.’

2nd Corinthians 4:13 The Tanakh says, “I believe, so I speak.” We [believers] have that same Spirit who enables us to trust [YAH]. So we trust [him]. That's why we speak [the words that provoke the religionists to bribe the police to kill us].
note: (Psalm 116:10)

Galatians 3:5 [Elohim] gives you [His] Spirit. He works miracles among you. Why? To reward your legalistic observance of regulations? Or because you hear his Amazing Revelations and [live out your] belief in them, 😇?
note: Miracles come from faith.

Colossians 2:5 Though my body dwells far away from you, 😇, my Spirit lives with you. I rejoice to see your orderliness and the firm resolute determination of your faith in the Messiah.

2nd Thessalonians 1:10 On that [Judgment] Day, when [YahShua visibly] comes to [earth] to be glorified by his holy people and admired by all believers, you, 😇, [rise] among them, because you believe our witness to you.

Hebrews 2:13 And [YahShua, as YAH's Living Word, inspired Isaiah to say], “I and the children YHVH gave me [will always] put [our] trust in YHVH.”
note: (Isaiah 8:17,18) Yahshua considers the people who accepted him by faith to be his children, since Yahshua is the Word who (in a sense) gave birth to their spirits. Yahshua, though sinless and all-powerful, considers mankind his beloved family.

1st Peter 1:8 You love YahShua, 😇. Yet you've never [physically] seen him [as I have]. Still, you [do unusually good works because you] believe in him. [So even enduring persecution,] jump [up and down] with unspeakable glorious joy.
note: Faith = acting on a hypothesis you can't directly test with the 5 senses. We can't see YAH and Yahshua. This fact gives atheists a perfect excuse not to believe. But YAH's invisibility does not preclude us from testing the effects of obeying His commandments. In seeing the amazing results of obeying, we develop faith. Without obedience, faith is just a fantasy. True believers jump for joy. False ‘believers’ rot with butt-cancer from sitting constipated in church pews.

Psalms 7:4 If I've paid evil to [any] man who lived at peace with me, or [if] I've delivered my enemy [to jail] without cause, [whip me].

Psalms 84:12 O YHVH-Commander-Of-Armies, it makes us Adam-spawn so happy to run for refuge in your [spirit]!

Proverbs 22:19 Today, [do as I] teach you. Run-for-refuge in YHVH's [spirit]. Yes, you, 😇!

Acts 26:27 King Agrippa, do you believe the [Hebrew] prophets? I know you believe.”
note: The prophets say to keep your paws off your sister, king Agrippa.

Romans 1:8 For starters, I thank my Eloah [YHVH] for you all. Because of YahShua [the] Messiah, people all over the world [rave] about your faith, 😇.
note: or, “I pray to YHVH through Yahshua.”

Romans 4:2 If Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} has earned justification by [his good] deeds, he has something to brag about, 😇. But from Elohim's view, [Abraham has] no [basis for pride].

Romans 10:6 Righteousness comes from trusting [YHVH] to [direct humanity, 😇]. Don't ask in your heart, “Who's going to climb up to heaven to haul down the Messiah, [the Living Word, to earth?” YAH's Word is already here, in the scriptures.]
note: Referring to Deuteronomy 30:12.

Galatians 3:14 Now the blessing [YAH] gave Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} can come to all Nations, [if they connect] to YahShua the Messiah. So we, 😇, can receive [YAH's] promised Spirit, [not through oath-swearing, but] through [active, obedient] faith.

Ephesians 3:12 In union with YahShua, through faith in him, [YAH] gives us [believers] boldness. So we access [all thrones of power] with confidence, 😇.
note: See song: We Go Boldly.

1st Thessalonians 1:6 So you, 😇, became followers of us [missionaries], and of Adonai [YHVH]. You received [YAH's] word with Sacred Spirit-Joy, in spite of severe suffering.

Hebrews 11:20 Isaac {Laughter} [goes on to live] in faith. So he blesses [his feuding sons] Jacob {Heel-Grabber} and Esau {Rough-Red}. [Isaac] tells them what lies ahead for them.

John 8:30 As YahShua speaks these words, 😇, many [people begin to] believe in him.

Galatians 3:8 The scripture records [YHVH] the Eloah promising to justify [people from] all nations through faith. [YAH] gave the following proclamation of the Gospel to Abraham {Father-Of-Billions}: “Through you, [I] come to bless all nations.”
note: Abraham got the gospel 430 years before Moses got the 10 commandments! The gospel of salvation by faith is ancient! (Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18)

Galatians 3:9 So then, 😇, [YAH] blesses everyone who has faith. That includes faithful Abraham {Father-Of-Billions}.

Wisdom of Solomon 1:2 For YHVH will be found by those who resist the urge to tempt Him; Adonai shows Himself to [beings] who trust Him.

Psalms 104:34 [I pray that YAH] finds my thoughts sweet, 😇. I brighten-up [when I get] into YHVH's [spirit].

2nd Corinthians 3:4 Through [our connection with] the Messiah we [believers] get [this unstoppable] confidence in [YHVH] the Eloah, 😇.

2nd Peter 1:1 I, Simon Peter {Rock}, [am writing as] a servant and an ambassador of YahShua the Messiah. [I write] to [you believers]. With us [apostles], you have obtained precious faith, 😇. It's a gift which YHVH (and our Savior YahShua the Messiah) [continue to] give us in their [infinite] goodness.

Romans 4:1 😇, what has Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} (our human forefather) learned [about trusting YHVH to save him]?
note: Abraham is more alive today than are you and I.

2nd Timothy 1:5 [Timothy,] I remember the honest and true faith that I'm convinced fills you. That faith first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and [in] your victorious mother.
note: The end of the sentence apparently doesn't translate into English. Eunice = Victorious.