Faith in God is not suggested, recommended, or optional!

God commands us to exercise and live by faith:

1. Believe in God believe also in Me (Jesus Christ) - John 14:1. 
2. Have faith in God - Mark 11:12.
3. Be not faithless but believing - John 20:27. 
4. Fight the good fight of faith - 1 Timothy 6:12. 
5. Live by faith not by sight - 2 Corinthians 5:7.    
6. The just will live by faith (3 times in NT). The life of faith is the only “Lifestyle!” - Romans 1:17.
7. The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God - Galatians 2:20.
8. Without faith you cannot please God; for whoever comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him - Hebrews 11:6.

25 Commands for Christians

Romans Chapter 12...

1. Exhibit undisguised love (without dissimulation) (v9)
2. Detest (abhor) evil (v9)
3. Love good (v9)
4. Love with family (brotherly) affection (v10)
5. Put others first (preferring one another) (v10)
6. Don't be lazy or careless (v11)
7. Remain zealous (fervent in spirit) (v11)
8. Live to serve the Lord (v11)
9. Rejoice in hope (v12)
10. Be patient during trials & problems (tribulation) (v12)
11. Pray continuously (v12)
12. Contribute to needy saints (v13)
13. Practice hospitality (v13)
14. Bless & don't curse your enemies (v14)
15. Rejoice when others rejoice (v15)
16. Weep when others weep (v15)
17. Live in harmony with others (v16)
18. Associate with humble & Godly people (v16)
19. Don't be vain (v16)
20. Never pay back evil with evil (v17)
21. Live honestly (v17)
22. Live peacefully (v18)
23. Trust God to judge & punish your enemies (v19)
24. Give food & drink to your enemies (v20)
25. Never let evil get the better of you but overcome evil with good (v21)

25 Works of the Devil

1. Sin—rebellion (Genesis 3:2 Cor. 11:3)
2. Works of darkness, including moral sedition and sex perversion (Ephes. 5:11; Ephes. 6:12; Acts 16:18; Romans 1)
3. Works of wickedness (Col. 1:21)
4. Spiritual blindness (2 Cor. 4:4)
5. Stealing the Word of God (Matthew 13:19)
6. Deceptions and false religions (2 Cor. 11:14; 1 Tim. 4; Rev. 12:9)
7. To kill and destroy (John 10:10)
8. Sowing tares, tempting, and sifting saints (Matthew 4:3; Matthew 13:25; Luke 22:31)
9. Promoting counterfeit worship and miracles (2 Thes. 2:8-12; 1 Cor. 10:20)
10. Causing destructive storms (Job 1:18-19; Ephes. 2:2)
11. Ruling nations (Matthew 4:8-9; Daniel 10)
12. Executing death (Hebrews 2:14-15)
13. Accusing the brethren (Rev. 12:10)
14. Hindering prayers (Daniel 10:12-21)
15. Opposing the gospel (Ephes. 6:1-18)
16. Supervising demons (John 12:31), fallen angels (Rev. 12:7-12), and fallen man (Ephes. 2:2; 1 John 3:8; John 8:44)
17. Causing sickness and disease (Matthew 4:23-24; Matthew 9:32-33; Matthew 15:22; Acts 10:38)
18. Causing infirmities (Matthew 8:17; Luke 13:16; John 10:10; Acts 10:38)
19. Causing lunacy and mania (Matthew 4:23-24; Matthew 17:14-21; Mark 5:1-18)
20. Urging suicides (Matthew 17:15; John 10:10)
21. Agitating lusts (John 8:44; Ephes. 2:1-3)
22. Lying and false prophecy (1 Kings 22; Matthew 24:11,24; 2 Cor. 11:13-15)
23. Propagating false doctrines (1 Tim. 4; 2 Tim. 4; 2 Thes. 2; Rev. 13)
24. Oppressing men (Acts 10:38)
25. Persecuting Christians and warring on saints (Ephes. 6:10-18; 1 Peter 5:8-9).

Jesus Christ died to destroy and cancel all these works of the devil for believers in this age, and to give complete mastery over them (Col. 2:14-17; 1 Peter 2:24; Luke 10:19; John 14:12; Mark 16:17-18).