Three kinds of faith:

(2) General Faith

(3) Resignation Faith

Resignation Faith

Resignation faith is faith which "believes God is.." but falls short in believing that He is a "rewarder" of those that diligently seek Him. We commonly understand a "reward" as being a good thing, a blessing, and not an evil thing, or a curse. Resignation faith accepts the reality of God, but seems to have a misconception about His nature, and therefore His will. Very often this faith will say "I believe in God, and I know that whatever happens is for our own good, and we just have to believe...". This faith will attribute evil things like death, sickness, or other tragedies to God, while also attributing good things like healing, prosperity, and baptism in the Holy Spirit to the devil. This faith has a religious and sanctimonious sound to it, but is void of any real power to save, heal, deliver, or have prayers answered. This sort of faith accepts the testimony of the senses over the Word, and defines God by the things that are seen, rather than those which are not seen. Resignation faith walks by sight, in that it will only believe those things seen and provable to the eye. Resignation faith is weak, in that it will consider and go by the body, feelings, logic, and emotional testimony over the Word of God. It is questionable if resignation faith is faith all, by the Biblical definition. Could resignation faith save? If a man were to come to God and say "Well, I know you are God, and you always know and do what is right, so, I am just going to trust you and rest in the knowledge that all is well and everything is going to be all right...". Would this save anyone? One of the main differences between resignation faith and overcoming faith is reliance on the Word. Overcoming faith is specific, where resignation faith is vague. Resignation faith is based on a superficial knowledge of God and His word. Resignation faith is unaware that God and His word are one, and that to believe God means to believe His word. Resignation faith puts forth an act of humbleness with a religious show of false spirituality; which is in truth a lack of confidence in the righteousness that God has given us by faith in Jesus. Overcoming faith comes boldly before the throne of grace, holding fast to the profession of faith, and boasting in the power of God to save, heal, and deliver. 

General Faith

General faith is faith which "believes that God is, and is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him". This is the faith of the mass of Christianity. It differs from resignation faith in that it accepts that God is a rewarder, thought it may redefine the meaning of "reward". General faith is superior to resignation faith in that while it suffers with doubt, resignation faith suffers with unbelief. Unbelief differs from doubt in that doubt is a trap while unbelief is denial of the Word and nature of God. Doubt will see the goodness and mercy of God, but will fail to appropriate the promises of God due to ignorance, faulty reasoning, or overwhelming circumstances. Unbelief will deny the goodness and mercy of God (even with knowledge of the Word) and go so far as to attribute evil to God and good to the devil. Resignation faith walks by sight to such a degree that it seeks to define God's will and hence determine God's nature by their experiences rather than His revealed Word. The man of Resignation faith creates God and the gospel in the image of their own unbelief. He will pray and determine God's will (and so His nature)by the outcome His prayer, rather than the by His revealed Word. General faith will walk by sight only when physical evidence is contrary to the Word. He knows that God is a God of love and compassion, but is not strong enough in his faith to stand up against physical evidence to the contrary. 

Overcoming Faith

Overcoming faith is the faith the overcomes the flesh, sin, satan, sickness, and poverty. It sees the will of the compassionate Father and will walk by faith and not by sight. It believes that God is, that He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. It knows that God and His Word are one. To believe in God goes beyond just acknowledging His existence. To have faith is God is to have faith in His word. To claim to have faith in God and then to deny His Word is not overcoming faith, it is general faith at best, and resignation faith at worst. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word. When one "diligently seeks Him", he does it in the Word. It is impossible to seek Him and find Him outside of the revealed Word of God. The overcomer will side with God against all things that stand up against the Word. To side with God is to side with His Word. To side with sight against God is to sin, for whatsoever is not faith is sin. Overcoming faith knows that God has given us all things that pertain to live and Godliness. Overcoming faith knows that these things are settled in heaven, and that there is no need to utter a prayer for something that has already been given. Overcoming faith offers praise and thanksgiving to the Father for the things that He has done for us in Christ Jesus by the Gospel.