Articles
GOD SAID (Part 4)
THE BASIS OF FAITH
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God” (Rom. 10:17).
Faith must rest upon testimony—upon what “God said.” This is
the reason Paul declared that what he presented to the Corinthians
was the testimony of God (1 Cor. 2:1). He wanted their faith
to rest upon the only thing that can establish and sustain faith—
that is, what “God said.” This truth needs to be re-emphasized in
our day, when there are those who want to tell tales and give experiences
and various other things as a substitute for the testimony
of God. It is time we get back to the Book, which is the only
thing that can produce faith, and the obedience of faith (Rom.
1:5) is the only thing acceptable unto God. Also, the strength of
one’s faith depends upon the credibility of the testimony. One’s
faith can be no stronger than the credibility of the testimony upon
which it rests. The spiritual weakness of so many today is due to
the fact they have allowed the babblings of men to affect their
faith in the credibility of testimony. It is my conviction that this
weakness of faith is one of the main problems we face in this
generation. We must re-establish the credibility of the testimony,
the Scriptures, what God has said, in order for faith to be
strong.~
