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The fruit of the Spirit known as "faithfulness" could also be called "fidelity." It speaks of endurance, a firmness of purpose, especially when the going is tough. Faithfulness implies steadfast adherence. Synonyms include loyalty, implying undeviating allegiance; constancy, suggesting freedom from uncertainty; staunchness, implying such a strong allegiance to one's principles or purposes that they cannot be turned aside; andresoluteness, stressing unwavering determination.
Luke 16:10 (New International Version) "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much."
"Faith" and "faithfulness," though closely linked, are not the same thing. Faith is that indefinable power, a gift from God, through which we can believe in a reality that yet remains unseen. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). Faithfulness, in contrast, is the working out of this inner-belief system. When we have faith in God, we act in faithful ways. Acts of faithfulness are a demonstration of our faith, and such acts are the threads holding our belief and behavior system together.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (New International Version) Godlessness in the Last Days "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God
The fruit of the Spirit known as "faithfulness" could also be called "fidelity." It speaks of endurance, a firmness of purpose, especially when the going is tough. Faithfulness implies steadfast adherence. Synonyms include loyalty, implying undeviating allegiance; constancy, suggesting freedom from uncertainty; staunchness, implying such a strong allegiance to one's principles or purposes that they cannot be turned aside; andresoluteness, stressing unwavering determination.
Luke 16:10 (New International Version) "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much."
"Faith" and "faithfulness," though closely linked, are not the same thing. Faith is that indefinable power, a gift from God, through which we can believe in a reality that yet remains unseen. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). Faithfulness, in contrast, is the working out of this inner-belief system. When we have faith in God, we act in faithful ways. Acts of faithfulness are a demonstration of our faith, and such acts are the threads holding our belief and behavior system together.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (New International Version) Godlessness in the Last Days "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God
Betty