Faith is Obedience, Living More By Faith

Faith is Obedience

December 28,

“We have received Grace and apostleship through Him to bring about the Obedience of faith among all nations, on behalf of his name, including yourselves who are in Jesus Christ by calling” Romans 1:5

I went back to the beginning of Romans in order to start a detailed study on Romans, in Romans 1:1-8 Paul reveals His mission to bring about the truth of God’s word to all outside of the Jewish community.


It was Romans 1:5 that brought up the big question to me …faith (on the surface its applying beliefs but there is so much more to it than that) for me I struggle with the overall concept of how my faith is revealed daily among others. Paul speaks of something though, He says “obedience of faith” what is this that Paul speaks of what is obedience of faith?


Throughout Romans 1:1-16 it will be revealed, but let me start from the beginning

“Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and singled out for God’s good news”

-side note: Paul is the author of Romans, so why does he refer himself as a “slave or bond servant of Christ”?
Paul is merely confirming that he desires to be a servant of Jesus, as a servant it is fairly clear what they do. They serve under their Master, King, Owner, Boss (You can see where I’m going with this) as sons and daughters of Christ fallowing in Paul’s footsteps is a daily series. Considering once we give ourselves over to God, He is our King, our Master, He’s our Father and by simply saying we are a servant and we have the choice to serve Him


So from Romans 1:1-4

“Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord”

What is learned of Him I Highlighted,(basically the entire thing)
My main points are


1. SALVATION spoken, in verse two, SALVATION IS THROUGH JESUS
God has always sought for man to have fellowship with Him, Paul points out that the gospel was a fulfillment of the prophecy (verse one)


2. The Physical Aspects in the Fulfillment of the Prophecy , we learn here that God’s Son will be a descendant of King David.

And He will be verified God’s son through His resurrection


Verse 5: (At the begging of the blog, Top starting verse)

In this verse its evident the Gospel is the complete expression of God’s grace and compassion to mankind.




Then the he mentions obedience of faith. In this short sentence it can be thought of as an active response to your Faith in God, through that shows itself in obedience


• OBEDIENCE OF FAITH- RESPONSE TO GOD. FAITH THAT SHOWS ITSELF IN OBEDIENCE
(Keep this in mine threw your daily rituals)

“So I am eager to preach the good news to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek. For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to fait just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith” Romans 1:15-17

I urge to have Paul’s enthusiasm and put aside fears to be an example also, I will continue to pray that I will let that flaw in me go, and give my worries to God. Then Paul goes on saying He is not ashamed of the gospel, in short He does not fear the consequences that come about with sharing it to others. In the environment I live in I am so richly blessed, sheltered, and many Americans have gotten to the point where they are in this “safe harbor” we refuse to leave this corridor because we seek control, we assume we have control.


In truth, we really are blinding ourselves from God’s full glory. I suffer each day with speaking up and speaking out for God. I hope in days soon to come I will leave my safe harbor and through God’s timing His full purpose will be revealed so I may actually live a life worth living. Lastly in the last point in 17 Paul quotes Habakkuk 2:4

“Look, his eye is inflated; he is without integrity. But the righteous one will live by his faith” Habakkuk 2:4

LIVING MORE BY FAITH


What faith is, becomes evident in 17 so we can live more by faith(refer back to 5 also) ACT OF OBDEDIENCE .


Person who has faith believes in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Faith is a large topic to speak about and is very in depth but faith is believing both what is evident and what is not seen.  Please, take advantage of the knowledge we have as Christians living in this time, It is written already of Jesus’ life, death, resurrection. We have it so easy, we get to look forward to His return. 

“THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH”

December 30,

“Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror; for he looks at himself, goes away, and right away forgets what kind of man he was.” James 1:22-24

I’m starting on a bit of a different note my new found friend sent that to me, it is a beautiful verse: and it ties in well with what I’ve been journaling about in Romans. Paul’s mission is now to evangelize to the world of the gospel. Which in turn if you think about it ties in with the obedience of faith

And now back on obedience of faith…its the equivalent of one saying : “I accept , completely, absolutely, completely, determinedly, exactly what God says is so is so, and I stake my life on it” - A. Gene Veal


Its having enough trust in what is not seen, and to persevere through it all and move forward and do what we are called to do.

“That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” Romans 10:9-10

Remember the apostle Peter, Matthew 14 is a great example of obedience of faith. When the apostles were on the boat and saw the “ghost” upon the water. They cried out, who it is. Jesus answered to them, Peter in response told the Lord if He really is Jesus to command Peter out on the water to walk with Jesus. Jesus said come, in obedience to Jesus peter stepped out on the water. Lets not forget peter doubted Jesus and feared when the winds blew, and he started to sink but unlike the others Peter did in fact at that moment show his faith through obedience.


Once one starts walking by faith, you will face challenges that will present themselves as impossible to overcome. That is when one is forced to have faith, from there you will make the choice to obey or not

“Faith sees a reality. Faith recognizes fact or it isn’t fait” - A. Gene Veal

“Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen” Hebrews 11:1

What makes faith, is that it is that response to obey on what we cannot see, and it’s those invisible facts.
Do not misinterpret faith as hope
Faith gives substance. Faith makes the desire or hope to be saved the actuality of salvation/

“According to the command of the eternal God, to advance the obedience of faith among all nations - to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ- to Him be the glory forever! Amen” Romans 16: 26-27