Watermarks of Our Faith

On the wall in my office I have a $100 dollar bill. It is in a sealed transparent cover. Over the years that it has hung there is has begun to discolor, but when I first received it, it looked fresh and new.  It’s not an old bill, but is dated 1996. I received it from a business that I used to own. It was used to pay for goods and services rendered. My employee accepted it, made change for the purchase and put it in the cash register. When I went to do the books the next day, I counted the cash to ensure it reconciled with the calculations. As I came across this bill, something just didn't ring true. As I examined it, It had all the right markings, or almost all the right markings. It had the watermark of Franklin’s picture, but it was hard to see. It had the metallic strip embedded in the right place, but was hard to read. It even had the reflective ink in the number in the right corner, but the reflectivity wasn't quite as brilliant as it was supposed to be. The paper was the right color and thickness, but just wasn't quite the same grade. Now obviously it was counterfeit, but my employee had accepted it, therefore it was my loss.

I’ve heard it said that faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God.

If that is true, it is important that we identify the watermarks, metallic strips, reflective numbers and paper grade of our beliefs. There are a lot of counterfeits out there and some of them are very good. But just like the counterfeit $100 dollar bill, to accept it would mean our loss.

What are those identifiers of our beliefs? How do we know that our faith is real?

First of all we have to be sure we understand what faith is.
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