"HAVE FAITH IN GOD !"

PART 1

By:  GARY R. KANE

 

                            

Mark 11: 22

"HAVE FAITH IN GOD."

 

I WANT TO USE THIS SCRIPTURE AS A STARTING POINT. NOW LET'S LOOK AT AN INSTANCE IN MARK 9: 14-29

ON FAITH AND UNBELIEF ...... OR, HOW TO, AND NOT TO APPROACH FAITH!

 

IN MARK 9: 14- 29.... WE SEE THE BEGINNING OF A REMARKABLE SCENARIO. THIS MAN HAD A SON THAT SINCE HIS BIRTH HAD A EVIL SPIRIT ON HIM, THROWING HIM INTO THE FIRE AND INTO THE WATER TO TRY AND KILL HIM. AND AS WE KNOW IN (JOHN 10: 10), JESUS TELLS US THAT.." THE THIEF, (SATAN), COMES ONLY TO STEAL KILL AND DESTROY….." THIS MAN NEEDED HELP FOR HIS SON... BUT LETS FOCUS FOR A MOMENT ON THE WORDS HE USED TO JESUS.. "I DO BELIEVE, HELP ME OVERCOME MY UNBELIEF!" (MARK 9:24).

 

THIS IS WHAT I WANT US TO SEE FOR NOW.

I BELIEVE THIS MAN HAD EXHAUSTED EVERY RESOURCE HE KNEW HOW, FOR YEARS, TO GET HIS SON DELIVERED, TO GET WHAT HE NEEDED FOR HIM. HOW MAY OF US HAVE DONE THE SAME THING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER? USING UP EVERY OUNCE OF HUMAN ENERGY, ALL OUR INTELLECT, AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO 'FIX' OUR PROBLEMS. AND THERE WAS PROBABLY A TIME WHEN THIS MAN, "DID BELIEVE," AND HIS FAITH WAS SUCH AS TO HELP HIS SON, BUT HE MAY HAVE TRIED IT IN THE ENERGY OF HIS OWN FLESH, OR PERHAPS TAKEN THE BOY TO A PHARISEE WITH NO POWER FROM GOD, OR PERHAPS SOME WELL MEANING FRIENDS WITH NO UNDERSTANDING, OR FAITH, OR KNOWLEDGE. DOUBTLESS HE HAD TAKEN HIM TO MANY DOCTORS AND 'PROCLAIMERS' OF GOD'S WORD.

AFTER ALL, IN (VS. 14), THIS MAN WAS IN THE MIDST OF MUCH CONFUSION, THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW WERE THERE IN THE CROWD, AND ARGUING WITH THEM, THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS, AND I AM SURE THEY, ( THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW), WERE FILLED WITH THEIR USUAL UNBELIEF AND NEGATIVE WORDS, AND ALTHOUGH THEY STOOD IN ALL THEIR RELIGIOUS CLOTHES AND POMP, THEY STILL 'COULD DO NOTHING TO HELP', AND KNEW IT! SO WHY GIVE HOPE TO ANYONE ELSE! JUST CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF! TURN THE HURTING ONES AWAY INTO OUTER DARKNESS AND DESPAIR.   EVEN THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS WERE OBVIOUSLY OVERWHELMED BY THE FLURRY OF UNBELIEF IN THE WORDS OF CERTAIN IN THE CROWD AS WELL, SINCE, AS WE WILL SEE, THEY COULD DO NOTHING TO HELP EITHER..........'NOT AT THIS POINT', THERE WAS IN STORE FOR THEM, AND US AS WELL, A LESSON TO BE LEARNED FROM JESUS.

BUT AGAIN AND AGAIN, TRYING TO HELP HIS SON, TO NO AVAIL... IN TIME THIS MAN, WHO, DO NOT FORGET, SAID, "I DO BELIEVE,"... HE BEGAN TO LOSE ALL HOPE AND FAITH, HE, LIKE PETER ON THE WATER, (VERY IMPORTANT HERE ), ALLOWED HIS FAITH TO BE 'PARTIALLY PARALYZED' BY KEEPING HIS EYES ON THE PROBLEM, ON THE SITUATION, AND AS YEARS WENT BY, FRIENDS FAMILY, CLERGY, BEGAN TELLING HIM HOW HOPELESS EVERYTHING WAS... THERE WAS NOTHING ANYONE COULD DO THEY SAID! AND HE, LIKE SO MANY TODAY, LISTENED TO THE LIES OF THESE WHO WERE THEMSELVES THE VICTIMS OF AN UNBELIEVING HEART!

WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN, THAT THE DEMON IN THIS BOY MUST HAVE GROWN STRONGER AND STRONGER, WITH EACH PASSING MONTH AND YEAR, AND ALSO HELPED TO LIE AND CONVINCE THIS DEAR MAN THAT THERE WAS NO HOPE!

SO, IN HIS DESPERATE ATTEMPTS, 'THAT HAD ALL FAILED', HE GREW WEAK, AND TIRED AND DOUBTFUL, HIS FAITH HAD WANED, AND HIS HOPES WERE DASHED INTO THE DEPTHS OF GREAT DESPAIR, DISCOURAGEMENT, DEPRESSION, AND HOPELESSNESS, EVERYDAY, CONTINUING TO KEEP HIS EYES 'ON THE SITUATION', AND ON THE NEVER ENDING PROBLEM, AND ON ALL THE PAST FAILED ATTEMPTS TO DELIVER HIS SON. I CALL THIS, "THE WAVES OF PETER SYNDROME." (REMEMBERING PETER'S EXPERIENCE ON THE WATER, AS HE LOOKED BY UNBELIEF AT THE STORM, NOT BY FAITH TO THE LORD IN THE MIDST OF IT.

NOW, THIS MAN CAME TO THE POINT OF PERHAPS GIVING UP, 'AND JUST LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM', AFTER ALL, HE HAD TRIED AND TRIED, AND FAILED SO OFTEN... SURELY THERE WAS NO SINCE IN TRYING AGAIN... AFTER ALL, EVEN THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS COULD NOT CAST THE DEVIL OUT OF THE BOY.. !

LOOK BACK AT (VS.16)... JESUS SAID, WHEN HE HAD COME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN AND SAW THE CROWD, WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU ARGUING ABOUT?.... IT SEEMS IT IS STILL THIS WAY, IS IT NOT? ARGUING, AND DEBATING THE WORD OF GOD, RATHER THAN SIMPLY BELIEVING IT. TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT AWAY, AND FIND A THOUSAND REASONS WHY THE WORD, AND PROMISES OF GOD WON'T WORK, SO WE GO TO OUR OWN DEVICES. THE MAN TOLD JESUS THE STORY... THERE WAS SOME HOPE PERHAPS BEGINNING TO RISE IN HIM...YET, HE STILL HELD TO THE FACT THAT "EVEN YOUR DISCIPLES COULD NOT DRIVE OUT THIS DEMON..."    

 NOW SOME DOUBT STILL GRIPPED HIM, EVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS.

JESUS SAID, O' UNBELIEVING GENERATION, HOW LONG MUST I PUT UP WITH YOU... (VS 19). (IN OTHER WORDS…(" HOW LONG WILL THIS UNBELIEF CONTINUE.. WHEN WILL YOU SEE?)"

IN (VS. 20), THEY BROUGHT THE BOY TO JESUS.. PERHAPS THE MAN WAS COMING TO HIS SENSES AFTER ALL, PERHAPS HE HEARD THE ANOINTING AND AUTHORITY IN THE VOICE OF JESUS, THAT HE HAD NOT HEARD ANY WHERE BEFORE.. EVEN IN THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE DAY! (AND THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE MUCH AUTHORITY IN THE LEADERS OF OUR DAY EITHER), PRAYERLESS MEN, BUSY WITH PROJECTS, AND REPUTATION!

NOW AN INTERESTING THING TAKES PLACE..

 

STILL IN (VS. 20)... THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT "WHEN THE DEMON "SAW JESUS", HE REALLY TOSSED THE YOUNG BOY AROUND AND THREW HIM TO THE GROUND AND HE ROLLED AROUND FOAMING AND HAVING CONVULSIONS! WHY WAS THIS? WHAT WAS THIS?... IT SEEMS THE DEMON WAS THE "ONLY ONE LOOKING AT JESUS"..    HE "SAW HIM." WHAT THE BIBLE IS SAYING TO US HERE IS THIS;  " THAT DEMON SAW BEFORE HIM WHAT THE OTHERS LOST SIGHT OF, AND SO HAVE WE."  "THE WORD OF GOD!" THE LIVING WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD!

WE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THIS!

REMEMBER: ROMANS 10:17.."FAITH COMES BY HEARING, AND THAT BY THE WORD OF GOD!" AND THERE, BEFORE THEM ALL STOOD THE WORD OF GOD IN THE FLESH! AND AT THIS POINT, ONLY THE DEMONS COULD SEE IT! WHAT A SAD COMMENTARY ON THE LACK OF OUR COMMUNION WITH CHRIST, NOT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HIM, BEFORE THE DEVIL CAN!

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN READING? WHO HAS ROBBED YOU OF THIS WONDERFUL FAITH, AND REPLACED IT WITH DOCTRINES OF DEMONS!  LIES!  FEAR!   DOUBT, DREAD, UNBELIEF?

IN OTHER WORDS, THAT SPIRIT FROM HELL RECOGNIZED IMMEDIATELY THE SON OF GOD! THE SPIRIT OF GOD! THE POWER OF AND FROM GOD! HE KNEW HIS TIME WAS UP IN THAT PLACE. THAT HE COULD NO LONGER RULE THERE! HE COULD NO LONGER MAKE THAT BOY HIS HABITATION, NO MORE STRONGHOLDS, NO MORE BONDAGE IN THAT LIFE, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE !

SO, AFTER A FEW MORE WORDS WITH THE FATHER OF THE BOY.. THE MAN ASK JESUS, "BUT IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, TAKE PITY ON US AND HELP" STILL HE SAYS "IF", COMING FROM ALL THE YEARS OF DISAPPOINTMENT, AND FAILURE, AND HIS 'EYES ON THE SITUATION'..

JESUS ANSWERS HIS DOUBTING HEART, BECAUSE I BELIEVE, HE SAW SOMETHING THERE, THAT THIS MAN WAS REGAINING HIS HOPE, JESUS SAID.. IN (VS. 23) "IF YOU CAN? EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR HIM WHO BELIEVES.. "IF "YOU" CAN, JESUS SAYS... IN OTHER WORDS..

"YOU DEAR SIR, MUST TRUST ME, TAKE YOUR EYES OF THE STORM AND THE PROBLEM, AND THE PAST FAILURES AND "LOOK TO ME" IF YOU DO THIS... "EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE." REMEMBER (MARK 11: 22 ff) JESUS SAID, HAVE FAITH IN GOD....., LOOK TO HIM, PLACE YOUR HOPE AND TRUST IN THE GOODNESS AND WORD OF THE LORD GOD.

HE SAID THERE, DO NOT DOUBT IN YOUR HEART, TELL THIS MOUNTAIN TO BE REMOVED AND CAST INTO THE SEA.. BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY WILL COME TO PASS AND YOU WILL HAVE IT!   IT WILL BE DONE BY ME FOR YOU!

SO, IMMEDIATELY THE BOYS FATHER IN (VS. 24), SAID.. "I DO BELIEVE, HELP ME OVERCOME THIS UNBELIEF"

THEN JESUS COMMANDED THE DEAF AND DUMB SPIRIT TO COME OUT OF THE BOY, AND NEVER ENTER HIM AGAIN. AND DELIVERANCE CAME..

WHEN WILL YOU "SEE JESUS IN YOUR STORM" IN YOUR AFFLICTION," IN YOUR TIME OF TRIAL? THE DEMON SAW HIM AND "KNEW BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT HE WAS DOOMED TO THE ABYSS.!"  WHEN WILL WE SIMPLY SEE JESUS.. HAVE FAITH IN GOD!

DO NOT LET ALL THE PAST FAILURES AND FIRES AND OVERWHELMING DIFFICULTIES CAUSE YOU TO TURN YOUR FAITH, INTO UNBELIEF... YOUR SITUATION WILL NOT, CANNOT, HAS NOT, CHANGED GOD'S WORD TO YOU!

HE IS FAITHFUL TO ALL HIS PROMISES!  TO HIS WORD!  TO WATCH OVER IT AND PERFORM IT!

HELP ME IN MY UNBELIEF! YES, THOSE THINGS WHICH HAVE CROWDED IN ON MY HEART AND CAUSED ME TO 'ONCE AGAIN DESPAIR' AND WALK IN FEAR! LORD REMOVE FROM US THOSE THINGS WE HAVE ALLOWED TO 'CROWD OUT OUR FAITH', AND ERADICATE FROM US EVERYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE US NOT TO ENTER INTO THE KIND OF FAITH YOU WANT US IN, TO EXPERIENCE THE DELIVERING HAND OF GOD IN ALL OUR SITUATIONS OF LIFE...

SO WHAT WAS THE ESSENCE OF THIS MAN'S PORTION OF UNBELIEF? THIS PART HE JUST COULD NOT SEEM TO REACH ANYMORE.. THE SUMMARY HERE IS SIMPLY THIS:

THE LORD SAID WE HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN A PORTION OF FAITH, YOU SAY, 'MINE MUST BE SO VERY SMALL!' DEAR FRIEND PLEASE RECALL WHAT JESUS TOLD YOU, IN (MATTHEW 17: 17-21).." "AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID.. "O UNBELIEVING AND PERVERTED GENERATION, HOW LONG SHALL I BE WITH YOU? HOW LONG SHALL I PUT UP WITH YOU? BRING HIM HERE TO ME." AND JESUS REBUKED HIM (THE DEMON), AND THE DEMON CAME OUT OF HIM, AND THE BOY WAS CURED AT ONCE. THEN THE DISCIPLES CAME TO JESUS PRIVATELY AND SAID, "WHY COULD WE NOT CAST IT OUT?" HE HE SAID TO THEM, "BECAUSE OF THE LITTLENESS OF YOUR FAITH; FOR TRULY I SAY TO YOU, IF YOU HAVE FAITH AS A MUSTARD SEED, YOU SHALL SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN,' MOVE FROM HERE TO THERE,' AND IT SHALL MOVE; AND NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO YOU. (VS 21), BUT THIS KIND DOES NOT GO OUT EXCEPT BY PRAYER AND FASTING."

*** NOW JESUS DID NOT MEAN HERE THAT WE SHOULD RUN RIGHT OUT AND FAST, THEN COME BACK AND LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, OR MINISTER THE WORD, OR CAST OUT DEMONS ETC.****

THE PRINCIPLE HERE IS THIS. 'WE SHOULD LIVE IN A CONTINUAL STATE OF PRAYER, AND COMMUNION WITH THE LORD, NOT JUST A FASTING FROM FOOD, BUT A FASTING FROM FLESH, AND SELFISH AMBITION, AND A FASTING FROM THE CONFORMITY OF THIS PRESENT AGE. BEING ALWAYS PREPARED TO DO THE WORKS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD'. YES THERE ARE TIMES WE NEED TO HAVE A TRUE FAST, AND ENTER INTO PRAYER FOR A GIVEN SITUATION… BUT, WHEN WE ARE WALKING IN A 'CONTINUED STATE OF COMMUNION WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD', BELOVED, WE ARE "ALWAYS PREPARED"!   HE SAYS, IF YOUR FAITH IS LIKE THE SMALLEST OF ALL SEEDS... YOU CAN STILL "ACTIVATE IT," AND SAY UNTO A MOUNTAIN, "THE LARGEST OF ALL THINGS," BE GONE! BE CAST INTO THE SEA! BELOVED, DO YOU SEE? NOTHING IS TO BIG, TO DEEP , TO GREAT, TO HOPELESS, TO DIFFICULT, TO BEYOND RESTORATION, HELP, AND HEALING, THAT THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF "TRUE HOLY GHOST FAITH," CANNOT HANDLE IT!

I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART, THAT AS WE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR FORMULAS, AND NEW IDEAS, AND LISTENING TO HUNDREDS OF TAPES, AND READING REAMS OF MATERIAL ON FAITH, (AS GOOD AS SOME OF THAT MAY BE), WE HAVE IN ALL THIS, "MISSED THE SIMPLICITY OF THE TRUE PROBLEM..."

SIMPLY. WE HAVE ALLOWED THE THINGS WE SEE, TO CONTROL THE WAY WE FEEL AND PERCEIVE. WE "TRIED TO BELIEVE GOD AT ONE TIME," OR PERHAPS SEVERAL DOZEN TIMES..  BUT TO KNOW AVAIL, BECAUSE OUR FLESH WAS NOT YET CRUCIFIED, OUR MOTIVES WERE WRONG, OR WE WANTED INSTANT RESULTS, WITHOUT THE DISCIPLINE OF WAITING UPON GOD. WE WANTED TO SIMPLY 'SAY A QUICK PRAYER, AND EVERYTHING BE FIXED, WITHOUT SPENDING OURSELVES IN THE 'LABORS OF PRAYER AND COMMUNION' ON A CONSISTENT ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LORD!

PERHAPS THE WORD WE HAVE BEEN HEARING WAS NOT SUCH AS TO IMPART FAITH IN OUR HEARTS, TO DRAW US CLOSER TO GOD, AND CAUSE OUR FOCUS TO BE UPON HIM. PERHAPS WE WERE "AFRAID OF FAITH," BECAUSE OF ALL THE PERVERSION OF IT, FROM THOSE WHO USE THE SCRIPTURES TO "PROFIT FROM GOD AND OTHERS,' TO THEIR OWN SELFISH AMBITION, AND GAIN, AND RECOGNITION AND FAME! THOSE THAT HAVE MADE A "MOCKERY" OUT OF THE THINGS OF GOD! THOSE MONEY MONGERS! THOSE PROSPERITY PREACHERS OF POWER, PLENTY, AND POSITION, AND OF FORTUNE, THE FABULOUS, THE FAMOUS, AND THE FLAMBOYANT!  BELOVED, "LISTEN NOT TO THIS FALSE GOSPEL OF FAITH." IT IS A GOSPEL OF GREED! ACTUALLY, "IT IS NO GOSPEL AT ALL!" DO NOT LET IT KEEP YOU IN BONDAGE TO FEAR COMING TO THE REAL FAITH IN GOD!

DO NOT ALLOW THIS "PERVERSION OF THE SCRIPTURES BY SOME," WHOM PREACH FOR PROFIT AND GAIN, AND SELF-GLORY, CAUSE YOU TO WALK AND SPEAK IN FEAR OF TRUE BIBLICAL FAITH! DO NOT OVERLOOK THOSE AREAS OF THE WORD OF GOD, BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR TURNED OFF BY THE PERVERSION, AND THREE RING CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE, AND STAR BANGELD FANFARE, OF THOSE WHO DESIRE TO TAKE THE WORD OF GOD, AND USE IT TO PROFIT THEMSELVES, AND CHANGE THE GRACE OF GOD TO A LICENSE TO SIN, WITH HEARTS FILLED WITH GREED AND LUST FOR MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AND WEALTH..

 

OUR WEALTH AND INHERITANCE, 'IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!'

HE IS OUR POSSESSION.

 

SO FEAR NOT THE WORD OF GOD ON ACCOUNT OF THIS, NOR, LET FEAR GRIP YOU THAT IF YOU TRULY SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, CONCERNING FAITH IN GOD, AND HUNGER FOR JESUS, AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF FAITH IN HIM, AND THEN BEGIN TO TRULY STEP OUT IN THAT, BELOVED ONE, FEAR NOT THAT YOU MAY LOOK "RADICAL" TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, OR THEY MAY THINK YOU TO BE LIKE THOSE WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, SAYING "YOU HAVE GONE TO FAR, YOU ARE GETTING LIKE THOSE OTHERS, AND TURING AWAY FROM THE WORD OF GOD!"

BELOVED, HOW CAN YOU BE TURNING AWAY FROM THE WORD OF GOD, WHEN YOU ARE SEEKING TO KNOW CHRIST MORE, AND TO COME TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU FINALLY "BELIEVE HIM BY FAITH IN ALL THINGS," AND CAN ENTER INTO THAT PLACE OF LIFE AND SERVICE WITH CHRIST JESUS, TO SEE THE MOUNTAINS REMOVED IN YOUR LIFE, AND THE SICK HEALED IN YOUR FAMILY AND MINISTRY, AND THE DEMONS CAST OUT AND THE DEAD RAISED! THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT JESUS TAUGHT US WOULD BE "NORMAL CHRISTIANITY FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE!" FEAR NOT!  IT IS STILL NOT FAITH TO FEAR!

ALSO, DO NOT HESITATE ANOTHER MOMENT TO GO DEEPER IN THE FAITH OF GOD, BECAUSE OF PAST FAILURES, OR EXPERIENCES IN YOUR SPIRITUAL IGNORANCE OF FAITH. MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT KNOWN HOW TO APPROPRIATE THEIR FAITH PROPERLY, AND THEN WHEN THE RESULTS OF THEIR LABORS HAVE BEEN A WHILE COMING, OR WHEN THE 'OPPOSITE' OF WHAT THEY HAD BELIEVED GOD FOR SEEMS TO HAPPEN, THEY LOST HEART!  THEY WENT BACK TO THERE PRAYERS OF ,"WELL I HOPE GOD WILL DO IT," OR "LORD IF IT IS THY WILL." BELOVED, I SAY TO YOU, THAT THE WORD OF GOD DECLARES TO US IN ( I JOHN 5: 14-15 ), ..."THIS IS THE ASSURANCE WE HAVE IN APPROACHING GOD: THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US. AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEARS US-WHAT EVER WE ASK- WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE ASKED OF HIM."

BELOVED, IS IT THE LORDS WILL FOR YOU TO WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS? IS IT THE LORDS WILL FOR YOU TO HAVE A PURE HEART? IS IT THE LORDS WILL FOR YOU TO OVERCOME THAT BESETTING SIN? IS IT THE LORDS WILL FOR YOU TO BE DOING THE THINGS JESUS HAS CALLED US AS DISCIPLES TO DO? TO PREACH THE GOSPEL, HEAL THE SICK, RAISE THE DEAD, CAST OUT DEMONS? IS THAT WHAT YOUR BIBLE SAYS? YES! IT IS WHAT YOUR BIBLE SAYS! READ MARK 16:13-20. THEN WE KNOW WE CAN DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE HE PROMISED HE WOULD DO ALL FOR US ACCORDING TO HIS WILL! WE JUST READ THAT.

YOU SAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER THINGS I DEAL WITH IN LIFE AND MINISTRY? HOW WILL I KNOW THE WILL OF GOD IN THESE, AND ACT ON THEM BY FAITH? BELOVED, AS YOU DRAW CLOSER TO GOD THE FATHER, AND YOUR COMMUNION WITH HIM IS CONSISTENT AND SWEET, AND YOUR OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD IS THAT WHICH SHOWS YOU TRULY LOVE HIM, AND THE WORD OF GOD HAS GIVEN YOU, BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, AN ETERNAL HUNGER FOR CHRIST, AND HIS WORD, THAT YOU LOVE, FEAR AND TREMBLE AT, YOU WILL "KNOW" IN THE SITUATIONS OF LIFE AND MINISTRY, WHAT THE WILL OF GOD IS.

THEN WHEN YOU ACT UPON IT BY FAITH, ALL IN ONE FLUID MOTION, AS JESUS TOLD US... YOU SHALL HAVE THAT WHICH YOU SAID, WHICH YOU HAVE ASK FOR... YES THERE ARE TIMES WE MUST SEEK THE WILL OF GOD, AND WAIT UPON HIM TO REPLY, BUT THIS TOO, HE WILL DO, AND WE CAN HEAR HIM CLEARLY, WHEN OUR HEARTS ARE TRUSTING HIM AND OUR COMMUNION IS SWEET AND WE RELY UPON HIS LOVE, AND TRUST HIS WORD. THEN WE ACT BY FAITH, AND "KNOW" THAT THIS THING WILL COME TO PASS! YOU HAVE GOD'S WORD ON IT!

SO GO NOW TO YOUR SECRET CLOSET OF PRAYER. SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, AND REPENT OF YOUR DOUBT AND UNBELIEF, AND FEAR AND APPROVAL, AND FEAR OF WHAT OTHERS THINK... EVEN THOSE OF YOUR OWN HOUSEHOLD, AND FAMILY, OR MINISTER FRIENDS. ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SHOW YOU, THAT YOU CAN DO WHAT JESUS DID, AND MORE. THAT YOU CAN HAVE AND USE THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD.. IT IS NOT JUST REGULATED TO THE SO CALLED "CLERGY."

YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS YOU.. DO NOT LET THE DOUBTERS, AND THE DEMONS AND THE FLESH, AND THE UNBELIEVING PREACHERS WHO HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAYS OF GOD TALK YOU OUT OF "FAITH IN GOD," OR LIMIT IT TO JUST CERTAIN AREAS, AND DENY IT IN OTHERS BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN BONDAGE TO FEAR AND UNBELIEF, OR THEIR OWN "CAMP TEACHINGS."

BREAK OUT OF ANY "CAMPS," AND COME FULL TO THE LORD, AND TELL HIM IN AN ACT OF HUMILITY.. "LORD I BELIEVE, HELP ME OVERCOME MY UNBELIEF!" HELP ME O' LORD TO OVERCOME ANYTHING, AND EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE, THAT WOULD HINDER ME FROM COMING INTO THE FULLNESS OF FAITH IN GOD, TO TRULY WALK IN, AND EXPERIENCE THE REAL JOY, AND PEACE, AND ANSWERED PRAYER THAT GOD PROMISES YOU IN HIS WORD BY HIS COVENANT!

REMEMBER BELOVED. FAITH IS NOT A TOY! FAITH IS NOT A GAME! FAITH IS NOT FOR PERSONAL PROFIT AND GAIN, OR SELFISH AMBITION. FAITH IS NOT JUST TO ACQUIRE WEALTH AND PROSPERITY, OR TO MAKE YOU LOOK HOLY OR POWERFUL, OR GREAT IN THE EYES OF OTHERS, FAITH IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF MAGIC WORDS, OR FORMULAS, FAITH IS NOT A DIRTY WORD. FAITH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD CAUSE YOU FEAR IN ANY WAY SHAPE, OR FORM!

FAITH IS, TO KNOW GOD BETTER, TO UNDERSTAND HIS HEART, TO KNOW HIS WILL, TO LOVE HIS WORD, TO WALK IN HIS WAYS, TO OVERCOME THE EVIL ONE, TO QUENCH ALL THE FLAMING MISSILES OF THE DEVIL, TO BE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR IN CHRIST JESUS, TO REMOVE ALL THE ROOTS IN THE HEART THAT SEPARATE YOU FROM SEEING EVEN MORE CLEARLY THE WILL OF GOD, AND OVERTURN THROUGH REPENTANCE, AND OBEDIENCE THE WICKEDNESS OF THE HEART, AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD REVEALS IT, AND TO BELIEVE THAT HE WILL "PLUCK IT OUT," AND TRULY DELIVER YOU!

FAITH IS FOR YOU TO DO THE THINGS JESUS DID, AND BE OBEDIENT SERVANTS OF GOD RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.  TO PREACH THE GOSPEL, HEAL THE SICK, RAISE THE DEAD, TO WALK AS JESUS WALKED!  JESUS WANTS TO SAVE , HEAL , AND DELIVER!   WHEN DID GOD CHANGE?

 

"MOST OF YOU HAVE PLACED MORE FAITH IN SATAN TO KEEP YOU IN BONDAGE, THAN YOU HAVE FAITH IN A HOLY GOD TO DELIVER YOU!"

 

WHAT I MEAN IS THIS. YOU DO THIS EACH TIME YOU MEDITATE ON ALL THAT IS GOING WRONG, ALL THAT IS AGAINST YOU, ALL YOUR PAIN, AND SICKNESS, AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, AND MARRIAGE PROBLEMS.. ANYTHING YOU SPEND TIME FRETTING ABOUT, AND WORRYING ABOUT, AND DREADING, IS NOT FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AND HIS WORD, AND IS SIN, BECAUSE, IT IS FAITH IN SATAN AND HIS LIES, AND 'HIS WORDS' ARE LIES. THEY KEEP YOU IN BONDAGE TO THE GLORIOUS FREEDOM IN CHRIST JESUS!

WHO IS YOUR FAITH IN? YOURSELF, AND YOUR ABILITIES, AND STRENGTHS, AND INTELLECT? IS IT IN THE LIES OF THE DEVIL AND THE FLESH TO YOUR MIND, SO YOU LISTEN, AND FRET, AND WORRY, AND ARE FILLED WITH ANXIETY'S. THEN YOU CARRY THESE THOUGHTS OUT WITH YOUR ACTIONS AND WORDS.. PILING CURSES ON YOURSELF, YOUR SITUATION, AND THOSE AROUND YOU.

IS YOUR FAITH IN THE "FAITH GOSPEL," AS IT IS CALLED.? AFTER HEALTH, WEALTH, AND MATERIAL GAIN, NEVER A PROBLEM OR CARE IN LIFE.. THE GOSPEL THAT CAUSES YOU TO THINK GOD SHOULD JUMP WHEN YOU SAY THE MAGIC WORDS!  PERHAPS YOUR FAITH IS IN FAITH ITSELF.. ANOTHER POPULAR, BUT 'FALSE TEACHING'.. MAKING A god, AND IDOL, OUT OF FAITH. PERHAPS YOUR FAITH IS IN THE FAITH PREACHER HIMSELF, SO CALLED. ARE YOU LOOKING TO HIM, OR FOLLOWING HIM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR A "TOUCH FROM GOD, AND DELIVERANCE AND A MIRACLE?'' HOPPING FROM SEMINAR TO SEMINAR? HERE TO, YOU WILL MISS THE 'REAL JESUS,' AND THE TRUE FAITH OF GOD!

 

THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS YOU CAN PLACE YOUR FAITH IN...

 

BUT WHY NOT DO AS JESUS SAID? "HAVE FAITH IN GOD!" IF WE COME AFTER JESUS, FOR HIM AND HIM ALONE, NOT PLACING OUR FOCUS EVEN ON FAITH, OR ANY OTHER THING... BUT ON THE RISEN CHRIST AND HIS HOLINESS, WE SHALL INDEED LEARN OF THE "WAY OF FAITH IN GOD"!

 

WON'T YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF TODAY, AND CRY OUT, "LORD I BELIEVE, BUT HELP ME OVERCOME MY UNBELIEF!"

                                                   

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