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GRACE ABOUNDS ONLINE BIBLE STUDY THEME: FAITH LIFE OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS (Part 25) TOPIC: THE FOUNDATION OF FAITH SPEAKER: Peter Ayoola Fakeye (PAF) Hebrew 11:9-10 The bible says, “Abraham waited for a city which has foundation, whose builder and maker is the Lord.” And when we look at Hebrew 12:22-23, we would see the city which Abraham was looking forward to, which we have also been included as part of it because of What Christ did on our behalf on the cross. Abraham was not someone that saw only himself, but he saw people in Christ. So this really affected his disposition and how he handled life. The life of Faith is the life that sees people with the lens of Christ.  Matthew 16:15-19 The above scripture is a popular scripture where Jesus was asking His disciples who he really is.  This is a question we need to always ask ourselves, “do we really know Jesus?” So Peter replied and said, “thou art Christ, the Son of the living God!” Christ means the ‘anointed one’, someone t...

GRACE ABOUNDS ONLINE BIBLE STUDY THEME: FAITH LIFE OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS (Part 24) TOPIC: THE FOUNDATION OF FAITH SPEAKER: Peter Ayoola Fakeye (PAF) Hebrew 11:9-10 We will see that Abraham didn’t work things out with his own strategy as regards possessing the promise, instead, he relied absolutely on God. In verse 10, we saw the reason He was not going to make things happen. The bible says, “He was waiting for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Abraham was a great man of God; he understands what many believers in Christ does not understand today. He had an understanding that there is nothing a man could build with his own ability that can stand. Therefore, instead of trying out something for himself, he rather waited! I want you to know that God's intention for us is to bring us to a place where you do nothing so that we can trust and rely on what He's done. Abraham relied on what God is going to do, but now we are more perfect, we are supposed to r...