Yes — without faith it is impossible to please God.
Hebrews 11:6 states plainly that without faith it is impossible to please God, and that anyone who comes to God must believe that He is and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him. Les Feldick emphasizes that faith is the only way of approach to God — the one area where there is no room for compromise. He teaches that no amount of good works, giving, or religious activity can please God apart from faith.
Hebrews 11:6 — This verse is the direct biblical answer: without faith it is impossible to please God, and coming to God requires belief.
Hebrews 11:6 declares, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." The verse makes two clear points: faith is absolutely required to please God, and coming to God demands belief in His existence and His character as the rewarder of those who seek Him. Hebrews 11 also explains that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, and that through faith the elders obtained a good report. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear (Hebrews 11:1-3). Faith, therefore, concerns the invisible spiritual realm — what cannot be handled or tested in a laboratory. The same chapter gives the example of Noah: "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house" (Hebrews 11:7). Noah believed God's Word about a flood that had never rained — faith meant taking God at His Word concerning the unseen.
Les Feldick stresses that Hebrews 11:6 is one of those Scriptures where there is no room for disagreement or compromise — "without faith it is impossible to please Him." He points out that the verse says "believe," not "repent," and that today God's whole requirement for salvation is to believe the gospel. Faith, he explains, is the only way of approach to God; without it, people have no fellowship with Him. Les also teaches that every time someone refuses to believe what God has said, they are effectively calling God a liar. He drives this home by saying that it doesn't matter if you give a million dollars a week, visit the sick every night, or go to the worst mission field in the world — none of it does any good "outside of the realms of faith." God demands faith, and we must take Him at His Word. Faith is not only the necessity for salvation, Les explains, it is also the necessity for the Christian walk — because we cannot know how to walk if we cannot believe what God says. He illustrates this with Noah: God warned Noah of a flood when it had never rained, and Noah believed God about things not seen as yet.
Les Feldick explains that when a person says "I can't believe what this Book says," they are calling God a liar — and nobody likes to be called a liar, especially when they know they are not. This is why God has made it so plain that it is impossible to please Him without faith: we have to believe what He has said, or we cannot please Him. God demands faith.
No. Les Feldick teaches that no matter how good we are, no matter how schooled we are, if there is no faith in it, God will have nothing to do with us. He says it does not matter if you give a million dollars a week, visit the sick every night, or go to the worst mission field in the world — it will not do you 'a nickel's worth of good' if you do it outside the realms of faith. We have to take God at His Word.
Faith is not only the necessity for salvation, it is also the necessity for the Christian walk. Les Feldick explains that when you take heed of the Word of God, the one word that covers it is faith — it is taking God at His Word. Because how can you know how to walk if you cannot believe what God says? So faith is essential both for coming to God and for living the Christian life.
Faith concerns the invisible spiritual realm — things that cannot be physically handled, put into a laboratory, or tested in a test tube. This is why faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, and why by faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. The example of Noah shows this clearly: Noah was warned of God of things not seen as yet — a flood, even though it had never rained.
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not received the law as yet, but they've come out of Egypt. And now if you'll come down to verse 7, "...Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him." And then verse 8, "...And all the people answered together and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will..." What's the next word? "...do." Now that's legalism.
Believe — Not Repent
Les emphasizes that Hebrews 11:6 says 'believe,' not 'repent,' and that today God's whole requirement for salvation is to believe the gospel — faith is the area without which it is impossible to please Him.
No Room for Compromise
Les teaches that Hebrews 11:6 is one of those Scriptures where there is no room for disagreement — without faith it is impossible to please God, and we must believe that He is and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him.
Unbelief Calls God a Liar
Les explains that refusing to believe what God says is calling God a liar — and this is why God has made it plain that it is impossible to please Him without faith. No amount of good works or self-sacrifice helps if done outside the realms of faith.
God Demands Faith
Les teaches that no matter how good or schooled we are, if there is no faith in it, God will have nothing to do with us — He demands faith. He also uses Noah as the example of faith in things not seen as yet.
Faith and Blood Together
Les brings together two absolutes — without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God — showing that both must be brought together.
Faith for the Christian Walk
Les teaches that faith is not only the necessity for salvation, it is also the necessity for the Christian walk — because we cannot know how to walk if we cannot believe what God says.
Faith Is the Only Way of Approach
Les states that without faith it is impossible to please God, and that it is the only way of approach — when people say they can't really believe, they can have no fellowship with God.
Hebrews 11:6: But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
This is the key verse that directly answers the question — faith is absolutely required to please God.
Hebrews 11:1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
This defines what faith is — it concerns the unseen, the invisible spiritual realm.
Hebrews 11:3: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Faith is how we understand that God created the universe by His Word — taking God at His Word about the unseen.
Hebrews 11:7: By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Noah is the biblical example of faith — believing God about a flood when it had never rained.
Hebrews 11:6 means that without faith it is impossible to please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him. Les Feldick calls this one of the areas where there is no room for disagreement or compromise.
No. Les Feldick teaches that no matter how good we are or how much we give, if there is no faith in it, God will have nothing to do with us. He says that giving, visiting the sick, and mission work do no good if done outside the realms of faith.
No. Les Feldick teaches that faith is not only the necessity for salvation, it is also the necessity for the Christian walk. We cannot know how to walk if we cannot believe what God says, so faith is essential for the whole Christian life.
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