There was a tightrope walker, who was so good that he could walk between two
twenty stories building on a tight rope with a balancing pole. Thousands of
people would watch him perform his breathtaking feat. After he walked across the
building he would have his assistant sit on his shoulder and he would proceed to
walk across the building. Everybody were amazed and gave him a thunderous
applause. He asked them whether they believed that he could do it again. The
crowd said, "Yes, we believe that you can!" After a while he asked the crowd
again, "Now, who wants to volunteer to get on my shoulder?" With that the crowd
became silent.
Meaning made simple
There is a difference between Belief and Faith. We can believe what we see. In
the above story, the crowd believed in the tightrope walker because they saw him
perform the feat. But when he asked them "Who wants to get on my shoulder?"
everyone was silent. You see, the crowd had Belief but they did not have Faith.
This story clearly illustrates the difference between belief and having faith.
Matthew
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 6:30
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 8:26
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 17:20
Acts
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 26:18
Romans
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 10:17
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 12:3
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 14:1
Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 14:22
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 14:23
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. Romans 10:17
Corinthians
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 2:5
Galatians
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 3:8
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 5:22
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. 6:10
Ephesians
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:8
Hebrews
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 10:38
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 11:1
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6