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Why Religion Got Faith Backwards - Carrie Pickett - Charis Daily - Season 14 Ep. 18

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Main Ideas & Concepts (Faith and Religion “Backwards”)

  • Faith is not mainly about getting outcomes; it’s about who God is and who that faith makes you become. The episode emphasizes: “Faith is who he is” and “Faith is who he is within you.”

  • Religion often misplaces faith by focusing on human effort and behavior rather than God’s indwelling life and promises. Religion is described as teaching faith is about your confidence, dependence, sacrifices, and good works—rather than resting in Christ’s finished work.

  • God’s nature (His character) is the foundation of faith. Believers are encouraged to learn God’s identity-revealing names and promises (e.g., healer, provider, righteousness, peace) so faith declarations are grounded in truth, not confusion.

  • Believers are “complete” in Christ, so faith should “look like God,” flowing from within. Because Christ lives in you, the overflow of God’s promises and life should reflect God’s nature rather than external circumstances.

  • Faith becomes an “identity attitude,” not only a response to crises. Key sentence: “Your faith becomes not just what you believe for, but what you believe you are.” Faith is described as more effective and steady when rooted in who you are in Christ (forgiveness, adoption, purity, love, righteousness).

  • Promises are tied to God’s divine nature, and believers stir faith through the Word. Faith grows by knowing God through Scripture—especially “great and precious promises” that help you participate in divine nature.

  • Natural/visible diagnosis and worldly patterns should not define reality for the believer. The message contrasts “natural facts” (family dysfunction, sickness, depression, DNA-type explanations) with supernatural promises viewed through the eyes of faith.

  • Declarations (spoken beliefs) are part of faith. Instead of only hunting for a single “healing verse,” the video encourages declaring identity scriptures (love, forgiveness, righteousness, sonship/daughtership) because that shapes the heart and expectation needed for faith.

Key Scriptures / Doctrines Referenced and What They Support

  • Galatians 2:20 — living by the faith of the Son of God (Christ living within; faith is connected to Christ’s love and self-giving).

  • Colossians 2:9–10 — fullness of the Godhead living within believers; believers are complete in Christ and under Christ’s authority over powers.

  • 2 Peter 1:3–4 — God’s divine power provides everything for life and godliness; believers receive great and precious promises so they can be partakers of the divine nature.

  • Promises used as examples (not necessarily quoted verbatim) that reflect God’s nature:

    • “Given… shall be given”
    • peace promises
    • “call upon me and I will answer”
    • “by his stripes you were healed”
    • “I will never leave you / forsake you”

  • 1 John 1:9 — if sins are confessed, God forgives and cleanses from all unrighteousness.

  • 1 John 2:5 — the love of God is perfected/completed in the believer as the word is kept.

  • John 8:37–38 — nothing can separate from God’s love.

  • John 1:12–13 — receiving Christ grants the right to become children of God; born of God (not blood/will/flesh).

  • Galatians 3:26 — sons of God through faith in Christ.

  • Galatians 4:5 — redemption so believers receive adoption as sons.

  • 1 John / John references — emphasize that God’s love is constant and not “in pieces.”

Method / “How To” Instructions (Faith Practice as a Believer)

1) Re-center faith from “what I need” to “who God is within me”

  • Understand: faith flows from God’s person and presence, not human performance.
  • Treat the believer’s inner reality as the driver of outward faith:
    • Christ’s fullness → believer’s completeness
    • God’s nature → promises rooted in God’s character
    • God’s life within you → “overflow” should resemble God

2) Learn God’s nature through Scripture, especially promises

Read Scripture to discover:

  • who God is,
  • what His promises reveal about His will and character,
  • how His nature supports your declarations.

Use the “great and precious promises” to build faith into divine-nature participation.

3) Declare identity truths, not only crisis requests

Shift from:

  • “I’m trying to believe God for something,” only when needed

To:

  • “I believe who I am in Christ,” all the time

Suggested identity categories for declarations:

  • sonship/daughtership (adoption)
  • forgiveness and cleansing
  • love and acceptance
  • righteousness/purity
  • peace and belonging

4) Speak declarations that match the Word (not just emotions or circumstances)

  • Use faith declarations as part of walking by the Spirit:
    • declarations are tied to promises and who you are in Christ.
  • Do not separate faith from Scripture’s supernatural promises:
    • without supernatural promises, people can get stuck doubting because they only process natural diagnosis and “world explanations.”

5) Reject “natural-only” explanations for spiritual/physical struggles

Do not accept narratives like:

  • “this is just family dysfunction,” or
  • “it’s part of your DNA,”

Counter with Word-based faith and promise-based thinking.

Example “Declarations” Explicitly Encouraged

  • Child/son of God

    • “You become children of God who believe in His name.”

  • Adoption / being accepted

    • “I have been accepted, not rejected; I have been chosen by God.”

  • Forgiveness / purity

    • “I am cleansed from all unrighteousness.”

  • God’s completed love

    • “God’s love is full, constant, and complete—not partial or conditional.”

  • New identity in Christ

    • “My past is no longer my identity.”
    • “I am a new creation.”

The speaker also stresses that men and women share the same spiritual identity in Christ (not separated by “only for men”).

Overall Lesson / Takeaway

Faith becomes most effective and “freeing” when believers rest in Christ’s indwelling nature, receive identity promises, and declare who they are in Him—rather than trying to manufacture faith through religious effort or only applying faith during emergencies.

Speakers / Sources Featured

  • Carrie Pickett — host/instructor; speaking throughout
  • Andrew Wommack / Andrew Wack — mentioned as a major mentorship source on the faith message
  • The Bible — multiple referenced books/chapters: Galatians, Colossians, 2 Peter, John, 1 John
  • “Other instructors” — mentioned generally, but no names given

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