32Ⅰ In the New Testament, faith bears two denotations—objective and subjective:
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33A In the objective denotation, faith refers to the entire revelation of the New Testament concerning the person of Christ and His redemptive work—Acts 6:7; 14:22; Rom. 16:26; 1 Cor. 16:13; 1 Tim. 1:19b; Jude 3, 20.
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34B In the subjective denotation, faith refers to the act of believing—Luke 18:8; Mark 11:22.
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35Ⅱ Faith is the unique way for God to carry out His New Testament economy with man—Heb. 11:6:
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36A The economy of God is a matter in faith, that is, in the sphere and element of the faith, in God and through Christ—1 Tim. 1:4.
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37B Faith is the unique requirement for people to contact God in His New Testament economy—v. 4; Heb. 11:1, 6.
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38C God's New Testament economy, which is to dispense Himself into His chosen people, is not in the natural realm nor in the work of the law but in the spiritual sphere of the new creation through regeneration by faith in Christ—Gal. 6:14-15; 3:23-26:
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391 By faith we are born of God to be His sons, partaking of His life and nature to express Him—v. 26; John 1:12-13; 2 Pet. 1:4.
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402 By faith in Christ we are put into Christ to become the members of His Body, sharing all that He is for His expression—John 3:15; Rom. 12:4-5.
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41Ⅲ Faith is the principle by which God deals with His people in the New Testa-ment—Gal. 3:22-24:
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42A This faith characterizes the believers in Christ and distinguishes them from the keepers of law; this is the main emphasis of the book of Galatians.
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43B The law of the Old Testament stresses letters and ordinances, whereas the faith of the New Testament emphasizes Spirit and life.
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44C Faith is the way for God's people to apprehend, comprehend, grasp, enjoy, and participate in all that God is to His people through His having been processed—vv. 2, 5, 14.
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45Ⅳ The faith in Christ by which the believers are justified is related to their appre-ciation of the person of the Son of God as the most precious One—Heb. 12:2:
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46A The experiential definition of faith is that faith is the preciousness of Jesus infused into us.
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47B Genuine faith is Christ Himself infused into us to become our ability to believe in Him; after the Lord Jesus has been infused into us, He spontaneously becomes our faith.
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48Ⅴ The faith of the Son of God refers to the faith of Jesus Christ in us (Gal. 2:16), which becomes the faith by which we believe in Him—3:22; Rom. 3:22, 26:
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49A As we behold the Lord, hear Him, and treasure Him, He causes faith to be generated in us, enabling us to believe in Him—Matt. 17:5; Heb. 12:2.
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50B Christ becomes the faith in us by which we believe in Him; this faith is the faith in Him, and it is also the faith that belongs to Him—Rom. 3:22; Gal. 2:16.