You will see that the word FAITH is used only twice in the scriptures. FEAR was the fruit of the fall of man.

Genesis 3:9-11 "And YHWH Elohim called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I WAS AFRAID, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"

Fear makes its appearance as the FRUIT of the TREE of the knowledge of good and evil.

From that time men were motivated by what made them afraid and could not conceive of nor receive the notion of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

The promise of the deliverer made in the Garden was fulfilled in Messiah Yahusha, when HE sent the COMFORTER and we were changed.

Now consider that Moses is speaking concerning the children of Israel who are the ONLY people on Earth chosen to receive the WORD of YHWH via Moses.

Of all the people on the Earth where FAITH should be, listen to the report of the Most High.

Deuteronomy 32:20 "And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith."

Not a little, not a grain ... no faith. That is his word.

Later we see a tucked away promise in Habakkuk ...

Habakkuk 2:4 "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by HIS faith."

... by HIS faith ... consider.

Who's faith was in operation for your salvation? HIS. You didn't have any.

FACT: FAITH is the FRUIT of the SPIRIT.

IF you do not have the Holy Spirit ... how can you have FRUIT of a spirit you do not have?

Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

FACT: Before Messiah, men could NOT have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit for the blood of bulls and goats could not accomplish what the blood of Messiah only could do.

So then if you could not have the Holy Spirit before coming to the cross ... how did you get there?

Who's faith saved you?

Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Messiah: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Messiah liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by THE FAITH OF THE SON OF YHWH, who loved me, and gave himself for me."

Who's faith? The Faith of the SON.

Romans 5:8 "But Elohim commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us."

So we see the initiation is not by man but by YHWH ... man had no faith as MOSES accurately declared.

The best men could do was "FEAR" YHWH until the regeneration of the born again man.

This is were unregenerate man continues to be. Whoever scares him the most gets attention.

As Baal is treacherous, wicked beyond words, and deceitful ... men became more "afraid" of the wicked spirits ... and for good reason.

It is only those who KEEP the commandments and FEAR YHWH above those wicked spirits that could overcome them.

How rare indeed was this Remnant. Most ran after the error of Balaam.

Messiah changed everything.

HE intervened and while we had NO FAITH ... HE USED HIS OWN.

HE saved us by HIS FAITH which HE speaks with certainty ...

John 10:17-18 "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father."

He had absolute and pure FAITH ... the River of LIFE running through him. No fear. Not twisted faith ... PURE FAITH.

This faith is not like any other.

It is beyond a certainty. It is passed being convinced.

So Messiah went through HELL knowing full well HE would RISE AGAIN and exactly HOW LONG it would take.

No one on Earth had that. No one ever since either.

So then ... did Solomon have the KING'S faith in his spirit ... or FEAR?

What was his fate? How did he finish?

The LEAST in the Kingdom are greater because WITHIN us is the Kingdom.

We are joined with HIM by spirit in a way that NEVER EXISTED before Messiah ...

2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Messiah, he is a NEW CREATURE: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Including how we relate to the supernatural world ... No more would we operate by FEAR ... but instead the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT would blossom as described.

Luke 10:19 "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you."

WE would no longer be afraid of the terrors of the wicked and the evil intimidation of the grossly perverse which in their gruesome horror seek to SHOCK the fearful and unbelieving into submission with their brutality ....

But INSTEAD we look even death itself in the face and will not be afraid for HIS NAME is upon us ... we ... like HIM ... know that our lives will HE recover from the grave ...

HOW did we come to this great faith?

Was it something "WE" did?

John 6:44 "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day."

Many are called ... few are chosen.