Faithful

Are you faithful?

What does it mean to be faithful?

The word pistos πιστός means faithful. It is defined "of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties".

Faith is not just consistently thinking something is true. True Faith produces works. If you do not have true faith, you will not have works worthy of repentance. The good works that a man does that are not done out of love of truth mean nothing. It is the same as the man who does not physically commit adultery but lusts in his heart and has committed adultery in his heart. You are not saved by your works, and specifically by works of the law, but by true faith in the character of Christ, his purpose and motivation, His Holy Spirit.

There is a Satanic twist to the word of truth that tells people they do not have to do anything to be saved, but that is sophistry. It is not your works that save you but your faith. This is true but, if there are no works or no works worthy in the expression of your faith, then you have no real faith and what you are calling faith is a strong delusion.

The Greek adjective pistos^[1] or the feminine noun pistis^[2] comes from the verb peitho [πείθω]^[3] which means "to persuade", "be persuaded" or even "to trust, have confidence". As an adjective, it is defining someone who, because he is convinced or convicted of Christ, shows evidence of the faithful in the transaction of business of Christ, faithful to keep the commandments of Christ.

The Remnant

There are numerous different words translated "remnant" in the Bible. The most common is the complex Hebrew word shë’eriyth [sheh-ay-reeth’] ShinAlefReishYodTav^[4] from ShinAlefReish.^[5]

We find the term mostly in Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Micah. Other words translated remnant include cerach^[6] and yathar.^[7]

Often the remnant means the people who have remained faithful to The Way of Christ and God. You will know them by the fruits of their doings.

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↑ 4103 ~πιστός~ pistos \@pis-tos’\@ from 3982; adj AV-faithful 53, believe 6, believing 2, true 2, faithfully 1, believer 1, sure 1; not tr 1; 67
1) trusty, faithful
1a) of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties

1b) one who kept his plighted faith, worthy of trust

1c) that can be relied on

2) easily persuaded
2a) believing, confiding, trusting

2b) in the NT one who trusts in God’s promises
2b1) one who is convinced that Jesus has been raised from the dead

2b2) one who has become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and author of salvation
See infidel
↑ 4102 ~πίστις~ pistis \@pis’-tis\@ from 3982; TDNT-6:174,849; {See TDNT 634} n f AV-faith 239, assurance 1, believe + 1537 1, belief 1, them that believe 1, fidelity 1; 244
1) conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it
1a) relating to God
1a1) the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ

1b) relating to Christ
1b1) a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God

1c) the religious beliefs of Christians

1d) belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same

2) fidelity, faithfulness
2a) the character of one who can be relied on
↑ 3982 ~πείθω~ peitho \@pi’-tho\@ a primary verb;v AV-persuade 22, trust 8, obey 7, have confidence 6, believe 3, be confident 2, misc 7; 55
1) persuade
1a) to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe

1b) to make friends of, to win one’s favour, gain one’s good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one

1c) to tranquillise

1d) to persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something

2) be persuaded
2a) to be persuaded, to suffer one’s self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing
2a1) to believe

2a2) to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person

2b) to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with

3) to trust, have confidence, be confident
↑
07611 שְׁאֵרִית‎ shë’eriyth [sheh-ay-reeth’] ShinAlefReishYodTav from 07604 ShinAlefReish; n f; [BDB-984b] [{See TWOT on 2307 @@ "2307b" }] AV-remnant 44, residue 13, rest 3, remainder 2, escaped 1, misc 3; 66
1) rest, residue, remainder, remnant
1a) rest, what is left

1b) remainder, descendants
- The letters Yod and Tav add the idea of the divine spark and faith respectively.
↑ 07604 שָׁאַר‎ sha’ar [shaw-ar’] ShinAlefReish a primitive root; v; [BDB-983b] [{See TWOT on 2307 }] [{See TWOT on 2308 }] AV-leave 75, remain 46, remnant 4, let 3, rest 2, misc 3; 133
1) to remain, be left over, be left behind
1a) (Qal) to remain

1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be left over, be left alive, survive
1b1a) remainder, remnant (participle)

1b2) to be left behind

1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to leave over, spare

1c2) to leave or keep over

1c3) to have left

1c4) to leave (as a gift)
↑ 05629 סֶרַח‎ cerach [seh’-rakh] SamechReishChet from 05628; n m; [BDB-710a] [{See TWOT on 1543 @@ "1543a" }] AV-remnant 1; 1
1) excess, overhanging
↑ 03498 יָתַר‎ yathar [yaw-thar’] YodTavReish a primitive root; v; [BDB-451a] [{See TWOT on 936 }] AV-leave 52, remain 23, rest 12, remainder 4, remnant 4, reserved 3, residue 3, plenteous 2, behind 1, excel 1, much 1, preserve 1; 107
1) to be left over, remain, remain over, leave
1a) (Qal) remainder (participle)

1b) (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind

1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to leave over, leave

1c2) to save over, preserve alive

1c3) to excel, show pre-eminence

1c4) to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess

[1] 4103 ~πιστός~ pistos \@pis-tos’\@ from 3982; adj AV-faithful 53, believe 6, believing 2, true 2, faithfully 1, believer 1, sure 1; not tr 1; 67
1) trusty, faithful
1a) of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties

1b) one who kept his plighted faith, worthy of trust

1c) that can be relied on

2) easily persuaded
2a) believing, confiding, trusting

2b) in the NT one who trusts in God’s promises
2b1) one who is convinced that Jesus has been raised from the dead

2b2) one who has become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and author of salvation
See infidel

[2] 4102 ~πίστις~ pistis \@pis’-tis\@ from 3982; TDNT-6:174,849; {See TDNT 634} n f AV-faith 239, assurance 1, believe + 1537 1, belief 1, them that believe 1, fidelity 1; 244
1) conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it
1a) relating to God
1a1) the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ

1b) relating to Christ
1b1) a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God

1c) the religious beliefs of Christians

1d) belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same

2) fidelity, faithfulness
2a) the character of one who can be relied on

[3] 3982 ~πείθω~ peitho \@pi’-tho\@ a primary verb;v AV-persuade 22, trust 8, obey 7, have confidence 6, believe 3, be confident 2, misc 7; 55
1) persuade
1a) to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe

1b) to make friends of, to win one’s favour, gain one’s good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one

1c) to tranquillise

1d) to persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something

2) be persuaded
2a) to be persuaded, to suffer one’s self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing
2a1) to believe

2a2) to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person

2b) to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with

3) to trust, have confidence, be confident

[4] 07611 שְׁאֵרִית‎ shë’eriyth [sheh-ay-reeth’] ShinAlefReishYodTav from 07604 ShinAlefReish; n f; [BDB-984b] [{See TWOT on 2307 @@ "2307b" }] AV-remnant 44, residue 13, rest 3, remainder 2, escaped 1, misc 3; 66
1) rest, residue, remainder, remnant
1a) rest, what is left

1b) remainder, descendants

The letters Yod and Tav add the idea of the divine spark and faith respectively.

[5] The letters Yod and Tav add the idea of the divine spark and faith respectively.

[5] 07604 שָׁאַר‎ sha’ar [shaw-ar’] ShinAlefReish a primitive root; v; [BDB-983b] [{See TWOT on 2307 }] [{See TWOT on 2308 }] AV-leave 75, remain 46, remnant 4, let 3, rest 2, misc 3; 133
1) to remain, be left over, be left behind
1a) (Qal) to remain

1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be left over, be left alive, survive
1b1a) remainder, remnant (participle)

1b2) to be left behind

1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to leave over, spare

1c2) to leave or keep over

1c3) to have left

1c4) to leave (as a gift)

[6] 05629 סֶרַח‎ cerach [seh’-rakh] SamechReishChet from 05628; n m; [BDB-710a] [{See TWOT on 1543 @@ "1543a" }] AV-remnant 1; 1
1) excess, overhanging

[7] 03498 יָתַר‎ yathar [yaw-thar’] YodTavReish a primitive root; v; [BDB-451a] [{See TWOT on 936 }] AV-leave 52, remain 23, rest 12, remainder 4, remnant 4, reserved 3, residue 3, plenteous 2, behind 1, excel 1, much 1, preserve 1; 107
1) to be left over, remain, remain over, leave
1a) (Qal) remainder (participle)

1b) (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind

1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to leave over, leave

1c2) to save over, preserve alive

1c3) to excel, show pre-eminence

1c4) to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess

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