Your Faith In Christ

Charles Spurgeon wrote, "My faith rests not upon what I am or shall be or feel or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me. Hallelujah!" 

Faith is trusting in Christ alone and not in yourself. You know that you are a sinner and Christ died for your sins. You are not trusting in self-righteousness. Faith is in the righteousness of Christ alone. Believers are the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Spurgeon taught faith is "in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing." That's your faith in Christ alone. You are "looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith" (Hebrews 12:2).

Faith is confidence and assurance resting in Christ alone and not in yourself. It is knowing Christ as our Surety (Hebrews 7:22). Christ alone is your guarantee of eternal salvation. 

You may testify with Spurgeon, "My faith rests not upon what I am or shall be or feel or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me. Hallelujah!" 

When your faith is in Christ alone, you may testify, "I am a sinner for whom Christ died." You are focused upon Christ crucified for your sins. No self-righteousness do you claim. You know by faith, that Christ alone died for your sins. He alone is risen from the dead as your living Lord. Faith is trusting in Christ alone.

What Are God's Promises?

God's promises are spiritual blessings for believers in Christ (Ephesians 1:3). Covenant promises declare how God will work in us. It is the everlasting covenant, because it is made by the everlasting God. Jesus is the surety or guarantee of the covenant promises (Hebrews 7:22).

God's promises are guaranteed through the blood of Jesus Christ and His glorious resurrection, which is the gospel. It is an everlasting covenant that cannot be changed, because God changes not. "Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant ..." (Hebrews 13:20).

God promises to work through the lives of believers. Our lives please God, not because we are trying real hard. To the contrary, God works in us to will and do of His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). That's God's everlasting covenant with us as believers. God will "make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you, what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory, forever and ever. Amen" (Hebrews 13:21).

God's promises are for all believers in Christ. His work in us is through covenant. What He says, God will do. What He promises, God will fulfill. Our faith stands upon the promises of God through Jesus Christ. It is based upon God's covenant word. "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17). Faith stands upon the word of God's covenant promises.

Pray God's Promises

The Bible is a book filled with promises. They are not empty promises, because they are the sure promises of God. He does not lie. "God who cannot lie, promised before time began" (Titus 1:2). Pray God's promises in Christ by faith to receive.

Pray God's promise to save all who call upon Him. "Whoever calls upon the name of the LORD shall be saved" (Joel 2:32; Romans 10:13). Whoever includes everyone who believes the promise of God. You can be saved and sure, based upon the promise of God. Call upon Him. He will save you.

Pray God's promise to completely save us. "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6). God works in the life of every believer. He works faith, hope, and love in us as abiding gifts (1 Corinthians 13:13). What God starts, He finishes. God promises to complete this work in you.

Pray God's promises with Yes and Amen in Christ. Through faith in Christ, all the promises are Yes to the glory of God through us. "For all the promises of God in Him are Yes and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us" (2 Corinthians 1:20). Therefore, give glory to God for all the promises in Christ. God has promised to work through us in Christ.  God's promises are Yes and Amen in Christ.