What the Bible says about Faith, Increase of
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Exodus 6:5-7 "Then you shall know . . ." indicates that God expects that when He begins to speak to us, though we may believe Him, we may not be able to translate His commands into the kind of action that we will someday be able to. We will really not know the Lord until after He has fulfilled what He has promised to do. Thus, He expects there to be weakness in us; He knows that we will not always do things correctly in faith. We begin to see here, then, that the people were once again strengthened through God's Word. They bucked themselves up, one might say, and they decided to be encouraged and to resist however they could. John W. Ritenbaugh Faith (Part One) Related Topics: Faith | Faith as Assurance | Faith as Belief | Faith as Confidence | Faith as Conviction | Faith as Trust | Faith, Growing in | Faith, Increase of | Strength | Strength from Faith | Strength, Growing in | Strength, Spiritual

Luke 17:5 The apostles wanted more faith so they could meet the challenges of God's demands, but Jesus knew that it was not quantity they needed but quality. They did not need an increase of faith that would bring some reward following its use, but a faith that, although small like a mustard seed, is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). The disciple with this type of living faith is convinced of the fact that God exists (Romans 4:16-22; Hebrews 11:1-3), conscious of his intimate relationship with God (Romans 5:1-2), and concerned about absolute submission to His will (Romans 12:2). Martin G. Collins Parable of the Unprofitable Servants Related Topics: Faith | Faith and Obedience | Faith as the Evidence of things Unseen | Faith, Building | Faith, Growing in | Faith, Increase of | Faith, Living | Parable of the Mustard Seed | Parable of the Unprofitable Servants | Relationship with God | Submission to God | Submission to God's Will

Hebrews 11:33-34 This passage contains two examples. Whenever God originally called these people, they were not strong enough to do what they eventually did. Out of weakness they were made strong—strong in faith. They waxed in valor, which means they "increased" or "grew." John W. Ritenbaugh The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Nineteen) Related Topics: Faith, Growing in | Faith, Increase of | Growing in Faith | Growth | Power of God | Spiritual Growth | Spiritual Growth, Process of | Strength | Strength, Growing in | Strength, Spiritual

1 Peter 1:1-4 The major theme of I Peter is to strengthen the feeble knees, as it is put in Hebrews 12:12, of his brothers and sisters in Christ who were buckling under the weight of their Christian burdens, whatever they happened to be. At the very beginning of this strong exhortation, then, he reminds them of their hope. John W. Ritenbaugh The Resurrection From the Dead Related Topics: Faith, Building | Faith, Growing in | Faith, Increase of | Hope | Strength | Strength from Faith | Strength, Growing in | Strength, Spiritual

 

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