Faith Comes by Hearing

            If faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God, it is important for one who is seeking faith to hear the Word of God (Romans 10:17)? Sound obvious? Many people throughout the ages have received their faith through “learned” men who give their own opinion about faith. The opinion given includes preconceived ideas of a limited God who could not possibly have done what was described in the Bible.

            The limitations of the teacher are placed on the student. Most students have relied on the biases of the Pharisee, Sadducee, priest, preacher or teacher that is proclaiming the Word. Unfortunately, the hearer of the Word was really only hearing part of the Word; the part the teacher wanted them to hear or the part the teacher could understand through his limited faith in God. Instead of the believer reading the Word him or herself and discovering what God has told them, he or she relied on the “learned” man or woman to give it to them.

Long ago, due to the lack of knowledge of the general population the Pharisee or priest maintained his own power by telling only what he understood, or worse, only what he wanted his listener to know. Because of the lack of education of the general public it was a necessity. However, today we have an intelligent population. Today, ignorance is due to the laziness of the believer who does not want to take the time to get to know the One who has given them the greatest gift ever; salvation.

It is vital that you rightly divided the Word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15). It is up to you to read the Word and discover its truths. As long as you depend on someone else to feed you, you will only get what they want you to have.

It is not the aim of this book to sway you to my way of thinking. It is to encourage you to look for God’s way of thinking through his Word. I pray this book is merely a catalyst to help you discover truths long forgotten or discounted by those who would have you remain ignorant.

If, upon completion of this book, you choose to discount what is said, that is up to you. However, I am giving true accounts and life experiences that have been witnessed by many and cannot be refuted or explained away. There are those who have tried to explain away the miracles listed in this book through their own biases. Nevertheless, one cannot explain away truth, one can only deny it.