ARE YOU FAITHFUL or FAITHLESS

To please God you must have faith in Him. The question is? How much faith do you have? How much faith do you need?
And he saith unto them, “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.” As Matthew 8:26 says.

And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” {Luke 17:5-6 }.

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.{Hebrews 11:6 }

Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”  So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.  However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
{Matthew 17:17, 20-21}

So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
[Matthew 21:21-22]

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. -Hebrews 10:23

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.” And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification. {Romans 4:2-5, 16-25}

ANOTHER part of Faith that’s critical is faithfulness to God,so that you will hear Him say, “Well done though good and faithful servant,” because you use your grain of faith for His gain.
“So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ His Lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.’ He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ His Lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.’ “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’ “But his Lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
{Matthew 25:20-30}

REWARDS

Everyone likes to be rewarded for the things they do, the effort they put out, the time and money they spend or invest in people or things, and it does not matter where either; it could be at home, work, school or church, we want to feel appreciated or special, or that it was worth it. However most people fail to realize that what or who you invest most of your time, money, and effort in, is who or what you will be rewarded with; everyone has a reward coming to them whether it’s good or bad it all depends on the person. Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man sowed that shall he also reap…(Galatians 6:7-10); it’s simple if you give kindness your reward is kindness, if you dish out hate your reward is hate.

There is a reward for righteousness, and righteous people  (Psalm 58:11; Proverbs 11 :18), and for the unrighteous ( 2 Peter 2:13; Proverbs 24:20). Our Heavenly Father loves diligence and faithfulness, that’s why “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). It is written that we should seek God first and His righteousness, and He will take care of our needs (Matthew 6:33), that’s what I call a great investment, because your reward is great; you have a great reward when you do good, when you are righteous (Psalm 19:9-11; Matthew 5:12; Luke 6:23&35).

What kind of reward are you looking for? The ones you put on a shelf that has only momentary and temporary rewards or the one that gives you salvation and lasts for ever. As Christians the only reward we should be looking for  is well done thou good and faithful servant, and like Paul we can boldly state, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous judge, shall give me on that day (2 Timothy 4:7-8). Listen friends time, money or anything invested in the God of the universe yields great rewards(Matthew 10:40-42).

Are you interested in God and His kingdom? Then go to the top of this blog, click on to the salvation page, and follow the instructions. My only interest or concern is your soul, which only Jesus can save, He is the only way to God, and eternal life (John 3:16-17, John 14:6). All praise, glory, honor, and thanks go to God, Our Eternal King, omnipotent and omniscient one for using me to get His message to His people.