Luke 8:25
"Where is your Faith?"
Without the Spirit, people talk about a 'faith' that they believe they are responsible for manufacturing. It's an intangible feeling or state of mind they put themselves in, especially when dealing with the cares of the world. But that kind of 'faith' is the opposite of True Faith, which is Christ!
The Faith that God gives, by His Spirit, is His Son in the flesh. He has substance, His flesh, yet He's God, Who is Spirit. He's not some intangible idea or mystical vapor. He's the evidence of the "unseen" God, "Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1)
Our Faith came to this earth in a body of flesh and blood, was tempted but NEVER sinned, "...in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." (Hebrews 4:15)
Jesus was perfect in all He did, living and dying for His children in perfect obedience to the Father. He bare our sins on the cross, shedding His blood unto death, earning the righteousness required to pay the price of our sin with His innocent blood, and to raise us all from the dead, in Himself.
We are the recipients of Faith, He is the Gift of God to those chosen before time began, "For by Grace are ye saved through Faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the Gift of God." (Ephesians 2:8)
Our Faith is Christ and Him crucified, the Grace of God in the flesh, Who was "given" to us and for us, and now sits in glory because the work is done, "...thy Faith hath made thee whole." (Mark 10:52)
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