Faith Comes by Hearing

These are a series of scriptures that God has etched in my mind as He has drawn me to His word and caused me to fall in love with His Holy Scriptures.

Proverbs 4:20-22
My son attend to my  words; incline your hear to my sayings.  Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.  For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

When these verses first jumped off the page at me, I remember God pointing out that it didn't matter where I was reading in the Bible, He would use every word to bring life and health to my weak body.

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father,) full of grace and truth.

Jesus is literally a part of every word we read in Scriptures.  He was the word, He was with God, He is God, He became flesh and lived with us!  Which means the power and authority that we are given by Jesus Christ, which gives us access as equals to the inheritance of heaven, is encased in each and every word we read as well.

Matthew 4:4 (Deuteronomy 8:3)
But He answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

I know in my life this is very true.  Most days I need God's word more than I need food to keep my body healthy and strong.  My immune system is sustained by the word of God.

Romans 10:17
So then faith comes by hearing and hearing y the word of God.

You need faith to please God and to come to His throne boldly.  The way to get faith is to hear God's word.

Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

There is sacrifice in diligently seeking God but the rewards far outweigh anything I need to give up to seek His face.

2 Timothy 3:15-17
And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be adequate, perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works.