The phrase “from faith to faith” caught my attention some years back. After some word study and exploration of commentaries, a picture began to form for me.
"…For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed in a way that awakens more faith]. …” (Romans 1:16-17 AMP).
I began to see a stairway of our faith development, with each step having been attained through an expression of faith and confidence in Messiah and thus being a springboard leading to the next step of maturing faith, part of our sanctification.
In the beginning, I began to see a picture of a sea in which people flounder around through life without faith. “Yam” is the Hebrew word for “sea.” It has connotations of both confusion/chaos and people/nations. I didn’t know this when I first considered this picture! You might say they are “in the soup.” “For by grace are ye saved throu ...
