Hebrews 6:1

Faith towards God: If I'm not to lay another foundation of Faith towards God, then I guess I should know what that means.

Romans 14:23: Whatever is not from Faith is sin. To me this means that there is a way to do things by faith and some other way of doing things.

Romans 10:17: If I know that I can acquire faith through hearing the words of Christ, then I should be reading!

Romans 9:31-32: Faith is not acquired by doing good works, but rather good works come as a result of faith.

John 15:3: I believe that (and you should check this for yourself [1 john 4:1]) the cleansing, Christ is referring to here is that which makes us righteous (Romans 4:5).

All this to say, that if I start doing something because it sounds good or it comes from a credible source, but I don't look to the God and his teaching; then I am not doing it by faith and I am in sin. I must be taught by God (1 Thessalonians 4:9 & John 14:26) and from his word in order to be subject to God (Romans 10:2-3).

One more encouragement: Hebrews 13:17 "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you." My concept of who my leaders are should come from the word. A study of the word subject, subjection, submit, submission, etc. would be a good start in figuring this out.

I pray these words are sweet to your ears, and that the Lord gives you understanding and perception!