For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?”
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.”
For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? (They Can’t) And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? (They Can’t) And how shall they hear without a preacher.”
The condition of your heart affects your ability to hear.
An un-willing heart makes a deaf spiritual ear. A willing heart makes a willing ear.
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
And how shall they hear without a preacher?”
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.”
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
(AMPC) So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself). (Rhema Christos)”
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”
Faith doesn’t come just from reading your bible. Unless you hear from God while your reading it.
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.”