BAB I

The Life of Faith

• The word “faith” in the old testament it
means “to hold fast”. Our faith depends on
our actions too, if we just say that we have
faith in God but we have different behavior
then our faith is not growing.

• Faith is seeing and believing something

things we haven't seen. For example, beliefs
about Jesus Christ that you have never seen
physically but believe in Him based on
Biblical testimony.
4 Biblical Examples of Faith:
• Noah
• Abraham
• The Canaanite Woman
• The Centurion
NOAH
God told Noah to build an ark and Noah
followed God’s command. Many people made
fun of him and think that Noah was crazy. The
pressure that he had to face was not easy to
deal with, but Noah trusted in God. His faith
didn’t waver in the face of pressure from the
people, he focused to build the ark with faith in
God. When the flood came, Noah and his family,
and the animals were safe inside the ark and no
one else survived except them. It flooded for 6
months and covered all the lands of the earth.
ABRAHAM
God told Abraham to leave his place and go to a foreign
land, Abraham obeyed God’s word without questioning or
complaining. Abraham went without clarity of direction
and only relied on God’s promise and Abraham kept that
promise. Abraham surrendered all his heart to God for his
future. And because of this, he had to be separated from
his relatives, family, and neighborhood to carry God’s
command. Abraham faced many obstacles and
difficulties. Then God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only
child, Isaac. Abraham followed God’s command to
sacrifice Isaac. However, God spared Isaac and replace
him with a sacrificial animal. Through this test, Abraham is
referred to as the Father of all believers.
The Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:21-28)
The daughter of the Canaanite woman was
possessed by a demon and suffered greatly.
When she heard that Jesus was in her area,
this woman immediately went there and
asked Jesus to heal the girl's illness. The
woman kept pleading with Jesus. At first,
Jesus did not pay attention to her. The words
of Jesus could actually hurt her so much, but
the Canaanite woman didn't care; she
continued to ask Jesus to help heal her child.
Seeing the courage of the Canaanite woman,
Jesus granted her request by curing her
child’s illness.
The Centurion (Luke 7:1-10)
A servant of a Roman centurion is very ill. The
Centurion loved his servant very much. He heard
that Jesus was entering Capernaum city and
sent a message to tell Jesus to help heal his
servant. Jesus then granted the request.
Knowing that Jesus is willing to heal his servant
the Roman Centurion thought he didn’t deserve
the presence of Jesus in his home. He only asked
Jesus to heal his servant from afar. Because he
believed without even having Jesus come to his
house, Jesus praised the Roman centurion's
"faith" and healed his sick servant.
Characteristics of People Who Keep Faith:
1. Be wise in positioning yourself in the midst of the
crisis you are facing.
2. Continue to respect the social norms of society.
3. Accept your limitations as a human.
4. Continue to maintain and build a close relationship
with God through prayer and Bible reading.
5. Stay loyal no matter what the situation is.
6. Accept the pros and cons of life events as God's
sovereignty.