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Originally Posted by Jay
Bro. Robbins, I am going to need to do some research of my own on this, but I believe that the Bible says that exercising our faith does increase it. Further, the Bible says that we build faith by 'praying in the Holy Ghost'. So there are multiple ways to build faith, and all of them must be put to use in the life of a Christian.
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We usually quote
Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" as an exhortation to read/hear the Word to increase our faith. When we read, hear, or confess the Word we can build up our faith.
"Faith" is spoken of as a fruit of the Spirit in
Galatians 5:22-23 KJV but this is translated "faithfulness" in versions such as ESV, Amplified, ASV, CJB, NASB, NKJV, NLT so I don't think that faith/trust is a fruit of the Spirit.
Jude verse 20 says, " But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost," so praying in our prayer language or praying in the Spirit or praying in tongues can edify us. Some quote this as a means of building our faith. I think it just means we edify/build up ourselves as Paul speaks of in
1 Corinthians 14:4 and Paul said he did this himself in verses 14, 15, and 18.
Jude verse 20 in the Message says:
But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit
In the Amplified Bible it says:
But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit;
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