A very important question with a simple answer

This is a very valid question to ask for someone who has been thinking about the gospel (‘good news’) but not understanding the Christian life. Most Christians can identify with a person who may be considering this question, ‘how do I get faith’, because there was a time in their life when they didn’t believe either. There was a time when they had some knowledge of God and the gospel but it didn’t seem to make sense to them.

The simple answer to the question is that ‘faith comes by hearing’ …… i.e. reading the Scriptures (the gospels are a good place to start) and especially listening to the preaching of the gospel. One of the Links from this site goes to a church website for listening to sermons on line.

It should also be said that believing in Jesus is connected to having a sense of need. The prodigal son, in the well-known parable, returned to the father out of a sense of need. Jesus name means ‘saviour.’ He came to save people from their sins. Here is another reason to read the Scriptures or listen to sermons because in them we begin to see that we are very needy people.