The Faith I live by

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"The Faith I Live By” 1958 compiled by the White Estate from Ellen White sentences.

Rob, the Author comments upon this compilation showing faith.

Same evidence of words, with an entirely different view....

The Holy Scriptures are to be accepted as an authoritative, 

infallible revelation of His will.

Rob: Infallible revelation, yes.

No man can improve the Bible by suggesting
what the Lord meant to say or ought

to have said....

Rob: Correct, all I ascertain is the Ancient Hebrew word meaning in the words. What was originally said and meant, taking the original words as they read.

I take the Bible just as it is, as the Inspired Word.

I believe its utterances in an entire Bible.

Rob: yes, take the words as they read....not in a fuzzy translation, but as a Ancient Hebrew translation, some Jesus  also did for Hebrew reading disciples (Lu 24:27).

We thank God that the Bible is prepared for the poor man as well
as for the learned man. It is fitted for all ages and all classes.
The Word of God, like the character of its divine Author, presents
mysteries that can never be fully comprehended by finite beings....
If it were possible for created beings to attain to a full under-
standing of God and His works, then, having reached this point,
there would be for them no further discovery of truth, no growth in
knowledge, no further development of mind or heart. God would no
longer be supreme; and men, having reached the limit of knowledge
and attainment, would cease to advance. Let us thank God that it is
not so. God is infinite; in Him are “all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.” Colossians 2:3. And to all eternity men may be ever
searching, ever learning, and yet they can never exhaust the treasures

of His wisdom, His goodness, and His power.

Rob: Yes all things are far beyond us


Whatever is built upon the authority of man will be overthrown;
but that which is founded upon the rock
of God’s immutable Word shall stand forever.

Rob: Yes God's words are immutable. Cannot be changed.

Do you ask why I believe in Jesus?—Because He is to me a
divine Saviour. Why do I believe the Bible?—Because I have found

it to be the voice of God to my soul.

Rob: Yes , claiming a precious promise is often the Holy Spirit quoting scripture for us to claim.

Jesus is called the Word of God. He accepted His Father’s
law, wrought out its principles in His life, manifested its spirit, and

showed its beneficent power in the heart.

Rob: Yes Jesus lived by faith in the Father's words.

The followers of Christ must be partakers of His experience.
They must assimilate the Word of God. They must be changed into

its likeness by the power of Christ and reflect the divine attributes....

Rob: Yes assimilate the Word of God, as our own by faith.

In the study of the Bible the converted soul eats the flesh and
drinks the blood of the Son of God, which He Himself interprets as

the receiving and doing of His words, that are spirit and life.

Rob: Yes eating the words of life as manna, real food, via faith

Christ was the revealer of truth to the world.
By Him the incorruptible seed—the Word of God—was sown in the

hearts of men.

Rob: Yes the SEED is a simile of the precious promise we sow by speaking them in Jesus Name.

The Word destroys the natural, earthly nature, and imparts a

new life in Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit comes to the soul as a
Comforter. By the transforming agency of His grace, the image of
God is reproduced in the disciple; he becomes a new creature. Love

takes the place of hatred, and the heart receives the divine similitude.

Rob: Yes, our corrupted nature is renewed with his Divine nature because we ask for this as via faith, we appropriate His power to ourselves.

The Word of God is to be our spiritual food.

Rob: Yes, the precious promises are as food we claim via faith.

Every seed has in itself a germinating principle. In it the life of
the plant is enfolded. So there is life in God’s Word. Christ says,
“The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
... In every command and in every promise of the Word of God is the
power, the very life of God, by which the command may be fulfilled
and the promise realized. He who by faith receives the Word is

receiving the very life and character of God.

Rob: Yes, inside each precious promise is a life germinating principle. You speak the words and they come to life, as you ask.

By partaking of this Word our spiritual strength is increased;

we grow in grace and in a knowledge of the truth.

Rob: Yes, we grow in grace using His powers through faith in His words we claim.

Our soul’s sanctification and righteousness will result from
faith in the Word of God, which leads to obedience of its commands.
Let the Word of God be to you as the voice of God instructing you,

and saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it.” Isaiah 30:21.

Rob: Yes, this is a precious promise. Lord let me walk in your words and let these words be powers in me because I asked for this.

Those who eat and digest this Word, making it a part of every
action and of every attribute of character, grow strong in the strength

of God.

Rob: Yes, growing every day from precious promises we ask for daily as we need

Christ’s humanity was united with divinity; He was fitted for the conflict by
the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And He came to make us partakers
of the divine nature. So long as we are united to Him by faith, sin

has no more dominion over us.

Rob: Yes, Jesus was united with His Father's divinity through faith, Jesus did not use his own divinity. To do so would be a breaking of faith, and thus missing His Father's divinity, hence a sin.

Every promise in God’s Word is ours.... When assailed by temptation, look
not to circumstances or to the weakness of self, but to the power of

the Word. All its strength is yours.

Rob: Yes, all specific needs are yours, seek for the promises and ask for them.

Grasp His promises as leaves from the tree of life: “Him that

cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:37.

Rob: Yes, like leaves on the tree of life, are precious promises we can claim over 7000 of them with specific needs.

As you come to Him, believe that He accepts you, because He has promised. You
can never perish while you do this—never.

Why did not our heavenly Father carpet the earth with brown or
gray? He chose the color that was most restful, the most acceptable
to the senses. How it cheers the heart and refreshes the weary spirit
to look upon the earth, clad in its garments of living green!... Every
spire of grass, every opening bud and blooming flower, is a token of

God’s love, and should teach us a lesson of faith and trust in Him.

Rob: Note the Father played a part in our Creation, done by Jesus.

All heaven is keeping the Sabbath, but not in a listless, do-
nothing way. On this day every energy of the soul should be awake,
for are we not to meet with God and with Christ our Saviour? We
may behold Him by faith. He is longing to refresh and bless every
soul.

Rob: Sabbath is a time to energize or refresh the soul (living-energy)

God cannot be compared with the things His hands have made.
These are mere earthly things, suffering under the curse of God
because of the sins of man. The Father cannot be described by the
things of earth. The Father is all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,
and is invisible to mortal sight.
We must not attempt to lift with presumptuous hand the curtain
behind which He veils His majesty. The apostle exclaims: “How
unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!”

Romans 11:33.

Rob: All we can do is use poor words and marvel at the mysteries.

When we seek for appropriate language in which to describe
the love of God, we find words too tame, too weak, too far beneath
the theme, and we lay down our pen and say, “No, it cannot be
described.”

Rob: Yes too high for us. Psalm 131:1-2

You may meditate upon it every day of your life; you may search
the Scriptures diligently in order to understand it; you may summon
every power and capability that God has given you, in the endeavor
to comprehend the love and compassion of the heavenly Father; and
yet there is an infinity beyond.

ROB: Yes always more to learn

God’s work is perfect as a whole because it is perfect in every
part, however minute.

ROB: Correct, perfect means to complete, the parts of a whole.

The ideal of Christian character is Christlikeness. As the Son
of man was perfect in His life, so His followers are to be perfect
in their life.... He bids us by faith in Him attain to the glory of the
character of God.

Rob" yes

Whatever your work may be, do it faithfully....

It would have been an almost infinite humiliation for the Son of
God to take man’s nature, even when Adam stood in his innocence
in Eden. But Jesus accepted humanity when the race had been weak-
ened by four thousand years of sin. Like every child of Adam He
accepted the results of the working of the great law of heredity. What
these results were is shown in the history of His earthly ancestors.
He came with such a heredity to share our sorrows and temptations,
and to give us the example of a sinless life.

Rob: How humiliating it was for Jesus.

Those who claim that it was not possible for Christ to sin, cannot
believe that He really took upon Himself human nature. But was not
Christ actually tempted, not only by Satan in the wilderness, but all
through His life, from childhood to manhood?

In taking upon Himself man’s nature in its fallen condition,
Christ did not in the least participate in its sin. He was subject to
the infirmities and weaknesses by which man is encompassed....
He was touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and was in all
points tempted like as we are. And yet He “knew no sin.” He was
the lamb “without blemish and without spot.”

Humanity died: divinity did not die. In His divinity, Christ possessed the power
to break the bonds of death. He declares that He has life in Himself

to quicken whom He will....

Rob: How awesome was our Saviour Jesus.

We need to realize that the Holy Spirit ... is as much a person as
God is a person....
The Holy Spirit has a personality, else He could not bear witness
to our spirits and with our spirits that we are the children of God.
He must also be a divine person, else He could not search out the
secrets which lie hidden in the mind of God.

ROB: “Hmm?

EGW: “The Holy Spirit has a personality, else He could not bear witness to our spirits and with our spirits that we are the children of God. He must also be a divine person, else He could not search out the secrets which lie hidden in the mind of God. “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”—Manuscript 20, 1906. {Ev 617.1}

Rob: What is a manuscript release? Volume 20 1906.

hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3225/7763

ROB: a website showing the early church Christians like Jerome saw the Holy Spirit as feminine.

The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, in Christ’s name. He personifies Christ, yet is a distinct personality. We may have the Holy Spirit if we ask for it and make it habit to turn to and trust in God rather than in any finite human agent who may make mistakes. {20MR 324.2}

ROB : Hmm? same manuscript release 20

I discovered this verse today from the Lord:

Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

The Hebrew word for Almighty is "shadday" and is masculine in grammar, so the pronouns must be written as "he". As strange as this is, the Shadday is feminine?

Notice this verse

Ge 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

The word "help-meet" is also masculine grammar in the case. So did GOD give to Adam a Steve, or a Eve?

Obviously the pronouns that refer to the grammar case of words, do not reflect the personality of the being.

Shalom

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In Church today I ran into a new SDA who is employed in Australia from overseas, from Africa, and is a wonderful speaker using fancy words like exegesis, which means when somebody puts their own interpretation on a Bible verse. I was challenged by this idea, so I present to simple laymen readers, where does the Scriptures speak of salvation?

So lets try this famous verse:

Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (KJV as it reads)

This is exciting, so what does believe mean? According to my African SDA friend, we can only read the King James Version as it reads. It never occurred to me that GOD has used this technique to also proclaim truth, so let's see if this simple approach leads to truth:-

There are six verses that answer this question from the NT:-

(1) Ro 3:22 Even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

(2) Ro 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

(3) 2Co 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

(4) Ga 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

(5) Heb 11:6 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

(6) 1Pe 1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Does the OT say the same thing? No it doesn't. Hmm? So what is faith?

De 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 ¶ And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

Hab 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

These the only two verses in the OT regarding faith so it seems, if we read the KJV as it reads.

So does the NT explain what faith is, and how do you get faith?

Mt 8:5 ¶ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Here is a very good example of defining faith in the NT with this Roman centurion. The Roman demonstrated faith, more than Israel did. 

 So what were the Roman soldiers under this Centurion doing that shows faith in the Centurion? Can readers understand this context?

So what does the reader do when he can't read the Bible words in any other way except as it reads, under a human translation as the King James translation?

Do we trust a learned scholar since we are unlearned?

Isa 29:12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

It is clear we the unlearned should not ask the learned ones to read the Bible for us. Nor should we live by the traditions and precepts of men:

Jesus said the same thing:

Mt 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Ac 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

In the last days God pours out his spirit upon some as prophets who prophesy. Notice we have in our Church a prophetess who sees visions and makes prophesy. In fact her role is to make the Scriptures easy for the simple layperson to understand:

EGW : "Accordingly the next day Joshua and his company attacked the foe, while Moses and Aaron and Hur were stationed on a hill overlooking the battlefield. With arms outstretched toward heaven, and holding the rod of God in his right hand, Moses prayed for the success of the armies of Israel. As the battle progressed, it was observed that so long as his hands were reaching upward, Israel prevailed, but when they were lowered, the enemy was victorious. As Moses became weary, Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands until the going down of the sun, when the enemy was put to flight. {PP 298.4}

As Aaron and Hur supported the hands of Moses, they showed the people their duty to sustain him in his arduous work while he should receive the word from God to speak to them. And the act of Moses also was significant, showing that God held their destiny in His hands; while they made Him their trust, He would fight for them and subdue their enemies; but when they should let go their hold upon Him, and trust in their own power, they would be even weaker than those who had not the knowledge of God, and their foes would prevail against them. {PP 299.1}

As the Hebrews triumphed when Moses was reaching his hands toward heaven and interceding in their behalf, so the Israel of God prevail when they by faith take hold upon the strength of their mighty Helper. Yet divine strength is to be combined with human effort. Moses did not believe that God would overcome their foes while Israel remained inactive. While the great leader was pleading with the Lord, Joshua and his brave followers were putting forth their utmost efforts to repulse the enemies of Israel and of God. {PP 299.2

Notice the message from God given to Ellen White uses the word "faith" and "support".

Here in this image is picture of Ellen White using "faith to mean support" :-

This is the same thing the Roman soldiers were doing for their Centurion, they were "supporting" his words and obeying the power behind the words. Jesus terms this function as "faith".

EGW: "These prayers, offered in faith, are the support and strength of the Christian mother. To neglect the duty of praying with our children is to lose one of the greatest blessings within our reach, one of the greatest helps amid the perplexities, cares, and burdens of our lifework.7 {AH 266.1}

EGW: "Happy the minister who has a faithful Aaron and Hur to strengthen his hands when they become weary and to hold them up by faith and prayer. Such a support is a powerful aid to the servant of Christ in his work and will often make the cause of truth to triumph gloriously.—Testimonies for the Church 4:531. {PaM 49.1}

EGW: "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.” You may believe all the truth; yet if its principles are not carried out in your lives, your profession will not save you. Satan believes and trembles. He works. He knows his time is short, and he has come down in great power to do his evil works according to his faith. But God’s professed people do not support their faith by their works. They believe in the shortness of time, yet grasp just as eagerly after this world’s goods as though the world were to stand a thousand years as it now is. {2T 160.2}

ROB: So Ellen White is saying faith must show works, and this supports the fact our faith is genuine faith, that we truly love Jesus.

EGW: What cause of rejoicing should they be to every soul who is linked to Christ by saving faith! What a support Christ would have found in his earthly relatives if they had believed in him as in one from heaven, and had co-operated with him in doing the work of God. ... {ST October 1, 1896, par. 10}

EGW: "We need daily to cultivate faith in a present Saviour. Trusting in a power out of and above ourselves and this exercise of faith in unseen support and power which is waiting the demand of the needy and dependent we then can trust amid clouds as well as sunshine, singing of present deliverance and present enjoyment of His love. {BCL 8.3}

EGW: "What this life may be we can scarcely conceive because of our want of faith and looking unto Jesus. Comfort, encouragement, and support have been provided for us for every circumstance and every condition. Jesus assures us His grace is sufficient. Today we have His grace, tomorrow we are placed in new circumstances of trial; but the promise stands fast: As thy day, so shall thy strength be. [Deuteronomy 33:25.] Jesus knows us by name. Promises are on every side. {Lt91-1887

EGW: "Unquestioning faith in the Father and the Son is the great safeguard against annoyance and trouble. Those who have this faith realize that the all-sufficient support is ever underneath them. {Ms151-1902.17}

ROB: Notice Ellen White is saying when we believe in Jesus, we must have faith in Jesus and our faith in Jesus is supported by our works.

Now let us consider how we get this faith from Jesus, and where is the verse in the Bible that talks of this faith as a process?

Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

You can read the entire chapter, but nowhere does Jesus explain how to be born again. The reason why Jesus does not explain how to be born again is because Jesus already explained this in His former rains, but where?

That is not a simple task for the layperson....

Since I have been shown this by the Lord via the Holy Spirit, there is no simple way for the layperson to find such a jewel in the Scriptures:-

Here is a passage by Ellen White:

EGW: "A sacred relationship exists between Christ our Saviour and the believer. He says, “I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.” “Thou shalt know.” Is not this the desire of the soul? There are many who ridicule the idea of there being any certainty in religious experience. Some can not bear to hear sanctification and the higher attainments spoken about. But the Word says, “Thou shalt know the Lord,” and this means holiness and sanctification. {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 24}

How may we know God?—By doing his word. We have the assurance of this. Read the first chapter of second Peter. The entire chapter is an assurance to the true believer. “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity.” {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 25}

We must work upon the plan of addition, adding to our character the graces here mentioned. {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 26}

“If these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and can not see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall: for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” This is our life insurance policy. {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 27}

“That by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” The lust here mentioned does not only mean a perverse, base passion. It includes an unholy desire for riches, for praise, for the possession of power. To fear God and obey his word is the only way to gain true exaltation. But forgetting this, man presumptuously craves more and still more worldly power and honor. He devises and plans in every way to accomplish certain results, losing sight of justice and equity and love for God and his brethren. With a perversity that is blind to results, he sacrifices his peace of mind, his assurance of knowing God and Christ. {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 28}

“When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsman: ... therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me: for there is no Saviour beside me.” {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 29}

“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.” “Return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously.... I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon... Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.” {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 30}

The Lord is infinitely merciful and gracious. He is waiting for us to repent and turn to him with humble confession, saying, We will take thy way, O Lord; we will no longer walk in the way of our own counsels. Have mercy on us and save us and those who have erred in following a path not cast up for the ransomed of the Lord. {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 31}

The time has come for the renunciation of all self-confidence. The time has come to follow the Lord’s way. He has given instruction for all who will be guided by him, who have faith in his word, and courage to go forward. God calls upon those who have walked in paths of their own choosing to return to him. “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” {GCB July 1, 1900, par. 32}
Mrs. E. G. White

Now this is the only message from our Hebrew English translator that shows layperson simply and clearly the words "faith" "believe" and "partakers of the divine nature" "precious promises" in one passage, with the only verse that explains the faith process.

Shalom

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www.ancient-hebrew.org/names/Hosea.htm written by Jeff Benner from his website, Ancient Hebrew research center:

In the Masoretic Hebrew Bible this name is written as הֹושֵׁעַ (ho'shey'a, Strong's #1954). This word is used as a verb in the following passage.

Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, because the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. (1Sa 25:26, ESV)

This verb is written in the hiphil (causative) form and literally means "cause to be saved" and is the meaning of this name. This name is transliterated two different ways in the Greek Septuagint; Αυση – Ause (see Numbers 13:8) and Ωσηε – Osey'ee (see Hosea 1:1). In the King James Version this name is written three different ways; Hoshea (see Deuteronomy 32:44), Hosea (see Hosea 1:1) and Oshea (see Numbers 13:8).

According to Numbers 13:8 הֹושֵׁעַ (ho'shey'a, Strong's #1954) was the original name of Joshua before Moses gave him the name יהושׁע (Yehoshua, Strong's #3091). It is also the name of the prophet Hosea, the author of the book of Hosea.

Rob replies: So the scroll of Hosea can also be written as the Scroll of Yasha, the same name of Jesus.

Therefore it is not surprising that the salvational process of faith in found in Yasha's book.

On fact one should expect this. In fact the entire chapters of Ellen White Steps to Christ is also found in this verse in the same order as written in the Chapters of Ellen White's Steps to Christ.  Readers should get excited by this discovery.

Shalom

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Let's try the OT using the word "believed" and see what happens here.

Ge 15:6 And he (Abraham) believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Notice the word believed, is the same process as faith, and the LORD counts your faith as righteousness.

Ex 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Notice Israel had faith in Moses and the Lord.

De 9:23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

Believing like faith, is not hearing the voice of GOD.

Ps 78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

Notice Israel did not believe in GOD, or have faith in GOD, or trust in God's salvation.

Ps 78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

Notice manna is a simile of faith.

Ps 78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

Notice the four primary things that GOD lists is not showing faith

(1) pretending to praise God, but being two faced

(2) lying with the tongue, a person who is mouth water, somebody who pretends

(3) their emotions of gratitude is not right with GOD, God sees directly into your heart and your intent

(4) they were not processing all the commandments in His covenant, which is based on faith

Ps 106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Ps 106:13 ¶ They soon forgat his works;

Notice Israel forgot GOD's works of grace on them....forgetting God is NOT faith.

Ps 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

Lusting for the world is NOT faith

Ps 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass

Making other forms of providers is NOT faith in the heavenly Provider

Ps 106:21 They forgat God their saviour,

When we do faith, we are happy with the presents of GOD and than we forget the presence of GOD, so forgetting GOD is not faith.

Ps 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

Doing abominations forbidden by GOD is not faith in God.

Ps 106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

Doing things the world does, is not faith either.

Ps 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

Worshiping the devil is not faith in God, this word in Hebrew "shad" meaning breast, is only used twice in the context of a devil power. Yet this word is used dozens of times in the NT.

Ps 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

Getting overly involved in technology is also not of faith.

Ps 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God,

The word save is our Jesus Name in Hebrew, and this is the Name associated with faith.

Ps 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

Notice the ten commandments are faith principles.

Ps 119:86 All thy commandments are faithful..

This verse says the same thing, in case readers do not catch that the ten words are faith principles.

Isa 53:1 ¶ Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? {report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?}

Wow, hear is one last verse about faith... found in the OT, one Jews rarely read in their tanak.

Isa 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Faith grows from a seed, as a tender plant, that has not comeliness or beauty, that we should desire. It grows humbly and small at first.

Isa 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

When you develop faith in Jesus and He develops faith in you, you will be rejected of men and experience tribulation because men will dislike your faith...

Isa 53:10 ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Faith is your soul allowing Jesus to be your sin-offering for sin, and this makes you grateful to support a Saviour because of His love for you.

Now these verses are really good clues to what faith is and what faith is not.

--------------------God explains this simple process-------

De 32:1 ¶ Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

De 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

De 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

De 32:7 ¶ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

De 32:10 (God) kept (Israel) as the apple of his eye.

De 32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

De 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Faith begins with declaring the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in which this process depends.

De 32:15 ¶ But (Israel) forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

De 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

Notice other gods as devils have a false faith, unlike true faith in GOD.

De 32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

How does faith do the words of the Lord?

De 32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life:

De 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD,

God does not it seems explains the faith process to Israel ?

I will have to do some studying, surely there is a simple passage we have missed?

Shalom