Blind Faith

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

(for we walk by faith, not by sight);

And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. — read the full passage →

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen: — read the full passage →

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. — read the full passage →

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses.

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. — read the full passage →

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? — read the full passage →

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.

the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.

The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw.

Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them. — read the full passage →

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.

For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee. — read the full passage →

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses.

And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And straightway he received his sight, and followed him in the way.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.