Hebrews 11:30 (KJV) The Ethereal Nature of Faith

Hebrews 11:30 (KJV)
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

Maybe no event mentioned in the Hall of Faith demonstrates the ethereal nature of faith more than does this. The Bible says it was by faith that the walls of Jericho fell down. Mark carefully:

• It does not say by faith Israel tore them down
• It does not say it was the faithful marching in cadence[1] that the walls succumbed and fell down

The Bible says it was completely totally and absolutely by faith alone that the walls fell down.

Mark too that this faith alone does not mean Israel was idle. They did not sit at camp and sip tea. Herein lies that struggle that has been at the heart of many a Christian disagreement; is it the activity of man or of God that affects His will? The answer is “Yes”.  It is only the activity of God and He commands our activity.

An application of immediate practicality comes to mind just now. Last night Ted Cruz announced that he will suspend his bid for the presidential election. It places many of us in a quandary because we do not want to vote for either Clinton or Trump but we do not want to throw our vote away either. To not vote for Trump, logic and the pundits tell us, is to vote in defacto for Clinton. Faith, one preacher said today, will lead him to vote for Trump as a moral vote against Hillary. That seems to me like the same reasoning that has to find some physical answer to the walls of Jericho falling down.

There is another way to approach this thing; we could, as believers in Christ, unite to do what can’t be done. We could band together in prayer and action, to write in the presidential ballot a candidate not nominated by the big two parties. We can do the godly thing and not the expedient thing.

Does this guarantee our walls fall down? Of course not. That’s the point of faith, it is acting on what we believe to be right and not we know will work. Does this promise that Hillary isn’t elected? Certainly not. It does however insure that God’s pleasure rests upon us for acting out of faith and not pragmatism.

[1] As I have heard suggested before.

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Hebrews 11:30 (KJV) The Ethereal Nature of Faith

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