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.”
- Matthew
6:30; Luke 12:28 “Will He not more clothe ye(anxious), O ye of little
faith?”
- Matthew
8:20 “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?”
- Matthew
13:38 “Not many works there because of unbelief.”
- Matthew
14:31 “O ye of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt(storm)?”
- Matthew
17:20a “Because of your unbelief.”
- Matthew
17:20b; Luke 17:6 “If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
seed.(Demon)”
- 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…”
- Mark 6:6
“Jesus marveled because of their unbelief.”
- Mark 9:24
“Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”
- Mark 16:14
“Jesus upbraided them with their unbelief.”
- Romans 6:17
“Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was
delivered you.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- Romans
10:10 “For with heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
- 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.”
- Ephesians
6:6 “Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ,
doing the will of God from the heart.”
- 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:”
- 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.”
- Hebrews 5:8
“He learned obedience by the things which he suffered:”
- 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.”
- 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.
- James 1:22
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving
your own selves.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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?”
- 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.”
- 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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