We all know we are saved by faith, and we also all (should) know that faith without works is dead, so how do we actually walk in faith?
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First off, let’s all understand one very important thing: “works“, in the biblical sense, means to obey the instructions God gave us in the Torah.
Yeshua never taught against his father’s instruction for how to live and worship. Think about it: if he had taught against the Torah, he would have been a rebellious son trying to steal his father’s kingdom (like Absalom), and that would have been a sin. As such, he would not have been the sinless lamb, his sacrifice could not have been accepted, and there goes salvation out the window.
And as for Shaul (Paul), his letters never said to ignore or reject the Torah, only not to obey it as a means of earning salvation (legalism). His letters were to Gentiles who really didn’t understand God’s ways, and he was trying to teach them just a little at a time. The Elders in Jerusalem understood that, and when James suggested to start them off with just four requirements (Acts 15), he stipulated that this was just a beginning because these neophyte believers would eventually learn the entire Torah, since it is read at every Shabbat.
Okay, so now that we are all on the same page, whether you want to agree or not, this brings us back to how to walk in faith.
The answer is… to walk.
A leap of faith is to leap, and to walk in faith means to walk BEFORE you know where you are going, or BEFORE you get that definitive answer to prayer.
Abraham walked into the desert with everything he owned, leaving behind everyone and everything he ever knew, and he had no idea where he was going, or how long it would take to get there.
THAT is walking in faith.
Yeshua confirms this in Mark 11:24 when he said (CJB):
Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, trust that you are receiving it, and it will be yours.
Faith is trusting God to know what you need and to provide it, and waling in faith is to act as if you already got the email receipt.
And you know what? That’s all there is to it. Walking in faith is taking that step forward, not really knowing where you are going or what will happen, but trusting in God that so long as you try to do as he wants, you will be okay.
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That’s it for today, so l’hitraot and Baruch HaShem! .