Featured Is faith a work?

IMHO
The learned obedience of the Son of God, born of woman, unto death, even the death of the cross Heb 5:7,8 Phil 2:8 was/is the faith of God the Father and it is the work of God to draw us unto, the faith. John 6:29 & 44

who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared, though being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered -- the obedience,
and in fashion having been found as a man (ie born of woman), he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,
Jesus answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'
no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

Jesus said, "Have faith of God,"

being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God -- Rom 3:22,23

set forth - g4388 = πρό (G4253) and τίθημι (G5087) before placed/appointed
If one has faith or through the faith of God?

 

Yes, it involves the mind. The act of thinking is something that we perform.

The Bible passage you shared is spot on.

 

Sorry. I was referencing your OP.

 

@kyredneck Another reason why faith is considered a work: how many people, if you asked them how they know they are saved, would point back in time and say, "I made a confession of faith" or something similar. They are looking to a condition that they think they have fulfilled themselves.

If one is truly saved, he does not look back to something that he thought or said or did. If one is truly saved, he looks back at all that God(Father, Son, Holy Spirit) did from even before the world began up to procure his salvation and regenerated life in Christ. He certainly does not look back and say I did this or that or the other thing in order to be regenerated(born again).

 

Romans 12:3 or I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

 

Romans 4:1-8 seems to suggest that faith is not a work.
'But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.'

 

Scripture contrasts faith with works.
What do you think faith is? If faith is the resting in and trusting in what Christ has done for you then by that definition it cannot be a work.

 

Justification comes from the object of faith, or His faithfulness.

Galatians 2:16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

(emphasis mine)

 

If you mean John 6:29 look at the whole section. The people are following Jesus around and he confronts them with the fact that they really noticed that Jesus could make food. Jesus says, this isn't about physical food. They counter with what amounts to "we want to be doing this too" (making food). Jesus, still trying to get them on a spiritual plane tells them that the "work" of God that is important is that they believe. He is trying to move them toward a spiritual level but doesn't have much success.
I don't think the intention is to make a doctrinal teaching that faith is a work.

 

I'm not talking about the thread, just the passage. You are misusing the passage.

I have often wondered about that in the final judgement passages. I have a working understanding of why that is but I would have to cite references which you don't like so you will have to depend on your own wisdom.

I not only doubt it, I know for sure. It is not a good work. Having faith as a work is an unorthodox position.

 

While the Bible does call faith a work, it still distinguishes faith from the works of the law, and declares that we are saved by faith, and not by the the works of the law. See Galations 2.