Blind Faith

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, 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.

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.

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 then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

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

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

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

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just 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 taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments 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 →

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made 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 exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

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.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

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

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

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

Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore 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 heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 →

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for 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.

Seest thou how 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 on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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

The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

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

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, 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 devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. — read the full passage →

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

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: 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 which are in darkness,

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh 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, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

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

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

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

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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