The grace of faith is the gift God gives so that we can receive every other gift He has. In this second message of the Kingdom Faith series, Dr. William P. Hohman teaches that real faith is not simply believing facts about Jesus, because even the devil believes and trembles. Faith is looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, and living by the faith of the Son of God that has already been given to every believer.
He calls it “the grace of faith for grace”: the one grace that takes hold of all the others. Below you will find the full video, a structured summary, every Scripture he uses (linked to the New King James Version on Bible Gateway), a table of the pictures he uses for grace, a timestamped outline and practical steps for this week.
Sermon at a Glance
This message was posted on July 15, 2025. Pastor Hohman explains that the previous week he began a new series on kingdom faith with the attributes of faith, and that this week he is teaching on the grace of faith. The whole kingdom of heaven, he says, functions on faith. The message runs about 51 minutes and ends with an altar call for anyone who wants prayer.
He leads the church in a short prayer at the start: “God, teach me about true faith. Show me the faith that I have, and help me to exercise it and cause it to grow, in Jesus’ name.” The rest of the message answers that prayer.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Speaker | Dr. William P. Hohman |
| Series | Kingdom Faith, #2 |
| Main text | Hebrews 12:2 and Galatians 2:20 |
| Key theme | Faith as the grace that receives every other grace |
| Length | About 51 minutes, ending with an altar call |
Looking Unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of Our Faith
Pastor Hohman opens by separating belief from faith. Saying you believe Jesus lived, or celebrating Christmas because He was born, is not really faith. The demons believe and tremble (James 2:19), yet they have no faith. They just know some history.
The church reads together Hebrews 12:2: “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” If we want to know about faith, excel in it and grow in it, we look to Jesus. The religious leaders of His day had the Scriptures but held them to themselves. When they claimed Abraham as their father, Jesus said that if they were Abraham’s children, they would do the works of Abraham (John 8:39). He told them they searched the Scriptures thinking they had life in them, but the Scriptures testify of Him (John 5:39).
So faith is not “I need new car, so God, give me, give me, give me, and so I thank You because I asked.” That kind of faith, he says, is why many people believe for healing and other things and never see it. We need kingdom faith, real, God-given faith.
He gives a simple definition: faith is the ability to turn loose what we have and take hold of what God has. If I claim to believe God for something but keep holding on to what I have, it is not real faith. Looking to Jesus lets us let go of everything we are conscious of: problems, faults, failures, weaknesses and the world’s troubles. He remembers the chorus from the charismatic renewal that told believers to turn their eyes upon Jesus until the things of this world grow dim.
The Grace of Faith for Grace
Grace is a gift, God’s favor. Pastor Hohman teaches that the grace of faith is the grace God gives us so we can take every other grace He has. That is why without faith it is impossible to please God; without it we cannot show people how phenomenal He is. Jesus asked whether, when He returns, He will find faith on the earth (Luke 18:8). He did not ask about joy, peace, dancing or singing. He asked about faith.
Faith is also the one grace you cannot give to someone else. You can pray for someone’s healing, because freely you have received, freely give, but the grace of faith is “the mother of them all,” and each person has to recognize and apply it for themselves.
The fight of faith is about focus: fixing our eyes on what is not seen until what is seen loses its grip. Jesus said not to worry about tomorrow, for each day has enough trouble of its own (Matthew 6:34). Carnality is paying too much attention to the things of this world. We still live in the world and care for the people and things around us, but we keep our focus on Jesus while we do it.
Focusing on Jesus is not the same as withdrawing from people. He tells of an early church priest who sat praying at the foot of the cross, longing for God’s presence, and refused to answer a crying child knocking at his door. Near death he asked why he never experienced God’s presence, and the Lord answered that He had sent someone, and he refused.
Pastor Hohman also says that some who withdrew into monasteries to escape the world found their minds overrun with vile thoughts. A believer who only takes in becomes like the Dead Sea, which is dead because the Jordan flows in and nothing flows out. Every believer is to let God’s presence and blessings flow out to others.
He once had to correct a minister who kept telling people, “You don’t need any faith. I got faith for you.” That may help a brand-new believer receive healing at first, he says, but the just shall live by faith (Habakkuk 2:4). Otherwise the minister becomes a crutch, and people need Jesus, not the minister.
The Spirit applies the redemption Christ purchased and works faith in us. Many people are religiously told they are nothing but sinners, and some churches only seem to know the verse that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. If they read the next verse, they would see that we are justified freely by His grace (Romans 3:23–24). “I’m up, I’m up, I’m up,” he says. No sin and not even the devil can take away that right standing, but doubt and fear can rob you of enjoying it.
The Faith of the Son of God
The key verse is Galatians 2:20: “the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Pastor Hohman reads it as the faith of the Son of God, a gift given to us. Do you have faith like Jesus had when He walked this earth? Yes, he says. If you questioned that when he said it, that doubt is what is robbing you of every other grace.
Prayer should come from that confidence. It does no good for someone to say, “I don’t know if you’re going to really get this, but let’s give it a shot.” He points to the man who told Jesus that if He was willing, He could heal him, and Jesus answered that He was willing (Mark 1:40–41). That is the grace of faith you have.
The grace of faith is personal. Everyone needs encouragement at times, like a tugboat helping a large ship into harbor, but each of us lives by our own faith. You believe you are saved and going to heaven because God gave you faith. In the same way, faith is what receives every other grace. So he does not focus on the car he needs; he focuses on Jesus and thanks Him that He has provided it.
He tells of arriving early at a church where people were kneeling in prayer before the service. A young woman, perhaps 20, suddenly cried out, “God, you just bring them in here and I’ll take over.” He knew that was faith. About a month later she and the young man God brought her came on the road with him, and he trained them for the first couple of years of their ministry.
Christ is the glory of the gospel, and faith in Christ is the comfort of the gospel. “I’m not trying to get something. I got it.” Faith is the hand that grasps all of God’s grace and favor with God and with man. If God did not spare His own Son, how will He not with Him freely give us all things (Romans 8:32)?
It comes down to relationship: not knowing Jesus only as a baby in Bethlehem or a figure on a cross, but as the risen Lord with whom we are seated in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). He also connects this to the promise of favor with God and man in Proverbs 3:3–4.
Enoch Walked With God
Pastor Hohman turns to Hebrews 11:5–6, which looks back to Genesis 5:21–24. Enoch had a son, Methuselah, at 65, then walked with God 300 more years, and he was not, for God took him. Pastor Hohman says the name Methuselah carried a warning of judgment to come at his death, and notes that Enoch’s 365 years match the days of a year.
He shares a Sunday school story. A girl told her mother that Enoch went for a walk with God and walked so long that the Lord said, “You’re too far from home now. You might as well come to my house.” By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not see death, and before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Without faith it is impossible to please Him. Anyone who comes to God must believe that He is, which even the devil believes, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Pastor Hohman says a later message in this series will focus on God as a rewarder. The key here is that we diligently seek Him, not a car, a job, a mate or more knowledge.
That also frees us from greed. He says greed has nothing to do with how much you have. It only has to do with what you are unwilling to let go of, which is the opposite of the grace of faith.
Prayer is not just asking for things; it is letting God speak. He admits there were times he did not want to obey, so he didn’t, but God kept talking with him, even saying, “Oh, I’m glad you asked that, William,” until he finally obeyed. God’s requests are always so we can know Him better. Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over (Luke 6:38).
Faith, the Conquering Grace
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). Pastor Hohman says the whole kingdom is about gifts. God planted the garden and created everything before He created Adam, then gave it all to him. Some ministries focus only on the negative, but Jesus said the Scriptures testify of Him. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil (Acts 10:38).
He defines grace as God’s willingness to use His power and ability on your behalf even when you do not think you deserve it. “My best day and my worst day are the same day to God.” Faith can move mountains (Matthew 17:20), and doubt creates them.
God has not appointed us to wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9), and it is the Father’s good pleasure to give us the kingdom (Luke 12:32). Jesus disarmed principalities and powers and triumphed over them (Colossians 2:15), so we face a defeated devil and focus on the goodness of God instead.
He addresses the prayer “Lord, if it’s Your will.” In Scripture only Jesus prayed it, in Gethsemane. We pray according to His will and know He hears us (1 John 5:14–15), and His will is revealed: that we prosper and be in health (3 John 2). A dream board that fixes our eyes on things is idolatry, he warns, but God does give dreams and visions to write down (Habakkuk 2:2), and He is not a man that He should lie (Numbers 23:19).
He cites Clement of Alexandria, whom he describes as a philosopher who saw the vanity of human philosophy and found Christianity. Clement concluded, he says, that “faith is the chief among all graces” and that “all other graces are the daughters of faith.” Pastor Hohman adds that love is the crowning grace in the kingdom of heaven, but faith is the conquering grace here on earth, for this is the victory that has overcome the world, our faith (1 John 5:4).
The grace of faith sets every other grace to work for you. To show how, he gives a set of everyday pictures.
| Picture of grace | What it supplies, as taught |
|---|---|
| The store | Everyday needs, including clothes so you are not naked |
| The school | Teaching how to do a job and how to get it done |
| The cobbler | The shoes on your feet |
| The farmer | Produce to eat and grow strong |
| The employer | A job, which is itself a grace |
These things come through people, but it is God who provides. Paul learned to be content in every situation (Philippians 4:11–12), and God’s divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him (2 Peter 1:3).
Do not put your trust in princes (Psalm 146:3), and do not make an image of anything other than God, whether a problem, a health issue, a lack or loneliness. Even if father and mother forsake you, the Lord will take care of you (Psalm 27:10). The grace of faith is the open door through which God comes in with all His gifts.
Living It Out This Week
Pastor Hohman ends with an altar call, explaining that the altar is called that because it alters lives. Responding to God about a need is itself faith. Practical steps from the message:
- Pray his opening prayer. Ask God to teach you about the grace of faith, show you the faith you have and help you exercise it.
- Turn loose and take hold. Name one thing you are clinging to and release it in exchange for what God has promised.
- Look to Jesus first. When a need comes up, thank Jesus for His provision before you rehearse the problem.
- Let it flow out. Do not become a Dead Sea; bless someone this week with what God has given you.
- Drop “if it’s Your will” where His will is clear. Pray from the promises of Scripture with confidence that He hears you.
- Seek Him, not things. Spend prayer time letting God speak, the way Enoch walked with Him.
Timestamped Outline
- 0:00 Belief versus faith
- 1:17 Hebrews 12:2: looking unto Jesus
- 2:26 John 5: the Scriptures testify of Him
- 3:33 Prayer for true faith; the grace of faith for grace
- 4:50 Turn loose what you have, take hold of what God has
- 6:09 The one grace you cannot give away
- 8:49 The priest who refused the knock at the door
- 11:16 Do not become a Dead Sea
- 12:30 The minister who said “I got faith for you”
- 14:51 Galatians 2:20: the faith of the Son of God
- 17:37 The tugboat and living by your own faith
- 18:45 The young woman’s prayer
- 22:06 Faith is the hand that grasps all grace
- 26:03 Hebrews 11:5–6: Enoch walked with God
- 29:21 Greed and diligently seeking Him
- 31:47 Ephesians 2:8: the gift of God
- 35:42 Doubt creates mountains
- 39:06 “If it’s Your will” and praying His will
- 42:31 Clement of Alexandria on faith
- 44:44 1 John 5:4: the conquering grace
- 47:08 2 Peter 1:3: all things given
- 49:24 Psalm 146 and the altar call
Kingdom Faith Series
This message is part of the Kingdom Faith series at NTC Ministries:
- You are here: Kingdom Faith #2: The Grace of Faith That Receives Every Other Grace
- Next: Kingdom Faith #3: Faith Justifies — Faith in Jesus, Not Faith for Things
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I have someone else believe for me?
Pastor Hohman says others can pray for you and encourage you, the way a tugboat helps bring a large ship into harbor. But faith is the one grace that cannot be given from one person to another. A minister who keeps believing on everyone’s behalf becomes a crutch. The just live by their own faith, and every believer has already been given the faith of the Son of God.
Is it wrong to want things from God?
No. He openly says he has needs and desires, and that God gives dreams and visions worth writing down. The problem is focus. If a car, a job or a dream board becomes what you look at, it turns into an image ahead of God. He thanks Jesus for providing what is needed, keeps his eyes on Him, and lets God bring it to pass.
Why is the grace of faith called the conquering grace?
Pastor Hohman explains that love is the crowning grace in the kingdom of heaven, but on earth faith is the grace that overcomes. 1 John 5:4 says the victory that overcomes the world is our faith. Faith influences every other grace and sets it to work, which is why the first thing God gives a new believer is His own faith.
Scripture References
All passages open in the New King James Version on Bible Gateway:
- Hebrews 12:2 — the author and finisher of our faith
- Galatians 2:20 — living by the faith of the Son of God
- Ephesians 2:8 — saved by grace through faith
- Hebrews 11:5–6 — Enoch and the rewarder
- Romans 3:23–24 — justified freely by His grace
- 1 John 5:4 — the victory that overcomes the world
- 2 Peter 1:3 — all things for life and godliness
- Luke 18:8 — will He find faith on the earth
How this summary was made: written with AI assistance from the sermon’s own transcript and checked against the Scriptures listed above.
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