The Author and Finisher of Faith

Hebrews 12:2  -  New King James Version (NKJV)

^“2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

When you talk about the nature of faith in the New Covenant it has no struggle.  It's so encouraging to hear that in the New Covenant everything is up to Christ and the pressure is off me. God even takes cares of faith!  New Covenant faith is about God's faith in us, not our faith in Him 

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Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.  So we have a high priest who authors our faith. We didn't author our faith. Our High Priest - HE is the originator and the perfecter!  We need perfect faith to be perfectly saved! 

In fact, the Old Covenant faith is me trying to please God. New Covenant faith is something God gives to me and something that Jesus has on my behalf. Jesus has faith for you. And Jesus has faith IN you. 

Did you know that our New Covenant High Priest is better than the Old Covenant priest that failed? He dealt gently with those who are ignorant and went astray - this perfect High Priest is touched with the feelings of our infirmities and He sympathizes with you. He has faith for you - but God has faith IN you. 

You see - the High Priest has to have faith for you. The power of the King is not rooted in man's faith in God. That is Old Covenant elemental milk teaching. The power of this kingdom is rooted in God's faith in you. He believes in you - His faith in you is not a blind faith. He invested everything at the Cross for you so that now His opinion of you is one of integrity. 

I want to say something life-changing here.  Your life is not primarily or essentially changed by who you believe in. Your life is essentially changed by Who believes in you. Jesus believes in you when He said “Greater  things shall you do in My Name!” because I go to my Father.

The most powerful influence over your life is not who you believe in - the most powerful influence over your life is Who believes in you. Our great High Priest has faith in you and has faith for you and is the author of faith and the perfecter of faith as the perfect High Priest because He has made you perfect forever. 

The Old Covenant had great emphasis on faith in God. The New Covenant's emphasis is on God's faith in you and for you. The Old Covenant lays the burden on you to have faith in God.

Many christians say, “Have faith in God ! – You must have faith, have more faith – you are not healed because you don’t have faith in God”.  Do not create faith you don’t have but looking to Jesus the author of faith and perfecter.  The Lord Jesus perfects your faith.  

The New Covenant lays the burden on our Great High Priest to have great and perfect faith on our behalf so you are not examining yourself all the time to see if you have faith - but your eyes are on Jesus all the time - the author and perfecter of faith. 

It takes all the pressure off self-focus! It is not your concern anymore. No - my focus is on the revelation of Christ and in Him I was crucified. He did it because He loved me and gave Himself for me. I am crucified with Him! And the life I now live, I live by the faith of the Son of God.   Galatians  2:20

Paul knows that the Law keeps us in sin’s power and defeat; God’s grace keeps us by His righteous power. If we are in one, we are free from the power of the other. Are you married to the Law or to Grace of God.   Before the Cross, the flow of faith was us to God. After the Cross the flow of faith was God to us. He that believeth in Me - out of his belly shall flows rivers of Living waters. Our faith is a flow,  prophesy is a flow.  Ministry is a flow – its a spirit to spirit flow.

Taken from Rob Rufus