What does the Bible say about believing?

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The Bible teaches that believing is trusting God and resting in Jesus Christ for salvation, forgiveness, and the fulfillment of God's promises. Jesus calls people to believe in God and in the One He sent, promising that faith receives eternal life rather than condemnation. Mark 11:22-24 encourages confident prayer, yet such faith depends on God’s authority and will, not human control. John 20:29 blesses those who believe without seeing, and Acts 16:31 plainly directs sinners to believe in the Lord Jesus. Romans 15:13 shows that faith brings joy, peace, and hope through the Holy Spirit. True belief also bears fruit in love and obedience, as 1 John 3:23-24 teaches, while Amos 9:1-15 reminds us that God judges sin but faithfully restores His people.

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  • Mark 11:24

    Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

  • Mark 11:22

    Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.

  • Romans 15:13

    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • John 20:29

    Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."

  • Acts 16:31

    They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."

  • John 6:29

    Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

  • Mark 9:23

    Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."

  • 1 John 3:23-24

    [23] This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. [24] He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  • Amos 9:1-15

    [1] I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, "Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. [2] Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down. [3] Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them. [4] Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good. [5] For the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt. [6] It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name. [7] Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?" says Yahweh. "Haven't I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? [8] Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says Yahweh. [9] "For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth. [10] All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.' [11] In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old; [12] that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name," says Yahweh who does this. [13] "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "That the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the one treading grapes him who sows seed; And sweet wine will drip from the mountains, And flow from the hills. [14] I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, And eat the fruit of them. [15] I will plant them on their land, And they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them," says Yahweh your God.

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