The Just Shall Live by Faith
The declaration, "The just shall live by faith," is more than a statement about how salvation begins; it is the pattern by which the righteous are expected to live every day. Faith is not merely the doorway into the Kingdom, it is the atmosphere of the Kingdom. The life of God cannot be sustained by what the eyes see, the ears hear, or the hands touch. It is sustained by confidence in the invisible God who has spoken. The righteous do not move because circumstances are favorable; they move because God has spoken. Their certainty is anchored in divine revelation rather than human observation. This is why the believer is called to walk by faith rather than by sight. Thomas presents one of the clearest pictures of the struggle between faith and sight. After hearing the testimony of the other disciples that Christ had risen, he insisted that he would not believe until he had seen the nail prints and touched the wounds of Jesus for himself. His problem was not that he rejected Chr...