All of Grace/The Increase Of Faith
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By Charles H. Spurgeon
About Conversion
Chapter 12 of the book All of Grace
“Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”—Acts 16:31
How to increase faith
How can we obtain and increase our faith? A very earnest question this to many. They say they want to believe, but cannot. A great deal of nonsense is talked upon this subject. Let us be strictly practical in our dealing with it. Common sense is as much needed in religion as anywhere else. “What am I to do in order to believe?” One who was asked the best way to do a certain simple act, replied that the best way to do it was to do it at once. We waste time in discussing methods when the action is simple. The shortest way to believe is to believe. If the Holy Spirit has made you candid, you will believe as soon as truth is set before you. You will believe it because it is true. The gospel command is clear; “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Act 16:31). It is idle to evade this by questions and quibbles. The order is plain; let it be obeyed.
Prayer
But still, if you have difficulty, take it before God in prayer. Tell the great Father exactly what it is that puzzles you, and beg him by his Holy Spirit to solve the question. If I cannot believe a statement in a book, I am glad to inquire of the author what he means by it; and if he is a true man his explanation will satisfy me; much more will the divine explanation of the hard points of Scripture satisfy the heart of the true seeker. The Lord is willing to make himself known; go to him and see if it is not so. Repair at once to your closet, and cry, “O Holy Spirit, lead me into the truth. What I know not teach thou me.”
