Batach, Hasah, &
Amen (cont.)

The "hearing of faith" is the response mode--that faith is the origin of
a hearing posture that doesn’t question, doesn’t doubt; and in the Old
Testament, the opposite of the "amen" is called "apostasy. If you’re not
saying "amen" to God with that state of mind, you’re an "apostate." The
New Testament says, "that without faith, it’s impossible to please God.”
So I traced this word "faith"--having seen it’s meaning in the English dictionary,
I then went on as that English dictionary does—it traces through all of its roots.

The word comes from the Latin—fide (sp?)—(Pronounced fee-day) from which we
get fidelity. And fide is from "pista (sp? —Pronounced pee-stay). Fide is a cognate or a transliteration of pista. It wasn’t a word that comes from another source through the
Latin. It’s a word that the Latin borrowed from the Greek. And the English and all the
other Latin words, the French, Spanish, Portuguese—is but a corruption of "fide" and it
all comes from "pista."

So if you want to know the root meaning of "faith" in the English, originally it was "pista." I already told you—"pista" is more than belief— it’s A-B-C. And "pista" translates all three of these (pointing " batach, hasah, and amen") that ultimately produce the state of "amen ness.” When something happens, no matter how bad the circumstance, God’s with us—that’s His promise. God will see us through—that’s His promise. God calls and enables—that’s His promise. Therefore, you ultimately reach a stage where more often than not, you’ll say
"amen" to God when it happens—instead of whining like David for too long—you’re instantly going to the answer.

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