BELIEVE & SPEAK/HEAR & OBEY

 

Greek:  Believe –pisteuo to trust, rely on, to adhere to

              Speak – eipou to declare

              Confess – exomologeo to speak out the same; homologeo to speak the

       same thing

              Hear – akouo to give ear, hearken

              Obey – hupakouo to hearken submissively

              Unbelief – apeitheia distrust

              Little faith - oligopisto little faith

 

NOTE: Isaiah 46:9-10 “I am God, and there is none like me.  Declaring the end

             from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,

             saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Yea, I have

             spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.”

 

            Romans 4:17 “I God, calleth those things which be not as though they were.”

 

  1. Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28 “Will He not more clothe ye(anxious), O ye of little faith?”
  2. Matthew 8:20 “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?”
  3. Matthew 13:38 “Not many works there because of unbelief.”
  4. Matthew 14:31 “O ye of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt(storm)?”
  5. Matthew 17:20a “Because of your unbelief.”
  6. Matthew 17:20b; Luke 17:6 “If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed.(Demon)”
  7. Matthew 21:21-22; Mark 11:23-26 “If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall ‘say’ unto this mountain, Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.  And all things, whatsoever ye shall ‘ask’ in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.  And when ye pray, forgive, if ye have ought against any…”
  8. Mark 6:6 “Jesus marveled because of their unbelief.”
  9. Mark 9:24 “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”
  10. Mark 16:14 “Jesus upbraided them with their unbelief.”
  11. Romans 6:17 “Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.”
  12. Romans 10:8 “The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith which we preach.”
  13. Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess(homologeo=speak the same thing, exomologeo=to speak out the same) with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that god hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
  14. Romans 10:10 “For with heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
  15. II Corinthians 9:7 “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
  16. Ephesians 6:6 “Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”
  17. Philippians 2:8 “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.  Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:”
  18. I Thessalonians 2:13 “Ye received the word of God which ye heard of us.  Ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.”
  19. Hebrews 5:8 “He learned obedience by the things which he suffered:”
  20. Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
  21. Hebrews 12:2 “Jesus for the joy what was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  22. James 1:22 “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
  23. James 1:23-24 “For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way forgetteth what manner of man he was.
  24. James 1:25 “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
  25. James 2:18-20 “Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.  Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.  But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?”
  26. I John 3: 18-19 “My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.  And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.”
  27. I John 3:21 “For if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.  And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

 

 

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