Faith to Live by

About Six Centuries before the Christian era, God gave the Prophet Habakkuk a revelation that was to provide the basis of the Gospel. “Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4. So accurately does this prophecy express the central Theme of the Christian message that it is actually stated three times in the New Testament.

Let us now look at these scriptures because this is the only basis to please God, and that is Faith; Romans 1:17, “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” Galatians 3:11 “But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.”

The righteous man shall live by Faith. This is not an ordinary life that we live. Scripture reveals there is another kind of life, a life of Righteousness that has its source in God alone. The only way that anyone can receive this kind of life is by Faith in Jesus Christ. In his Gospel, the apostle John continually focused on this divine, eternal life. “In Him was Life” (John 1:4), a life in Christ is a present reality, not just a future hope. So, there is a divine eternal life that has its Source in God alone and God has made this life available to us in Jesus Christ.