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WHAT IS FAITH #7
Faith is Relationship
Foundation Texts: Heb.11, Mark 11:24, Rom.1:17,10:17, 2
Cor.4:18, John 15:7
Jesus declared that He came to give us ABUNDANT LIFE (John 10:10),
a SUPERIOR LIFESTYLE .. LIFE THAT IS ABOVE THE ORDINARY. FAITH IN
GOD is the UPLIFT which causes us to rise above the ordinary.
When challenged by a situation, you see how the Word of God can
change that problem into an opportunity. People sometimes try to
isolate the mind and never use it but there is nothing wrong with
the mind, as long as your spirit dominates it.
FAITH TO ACHIEVE THINGS!
According to Hebrews 11:3 we "understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God" through faith. FAITH CAUSES YOU TO
BELIEVE THAT GOD IS! (Heb. 11:6) FAITH ENABLES YOU TO BELIEVE THAT
GOD IS A REWARDER! FAITH GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH
SUPERNATURAL DEEDS!
FAITH WORKS BY LOVE Galatians 5:6
.,We can have faith and "understand all mysteries and all
knowledge" (1 Cor.13:2) but IF WE DO NOT HAVE LOVE, then WHAT WE
HAVE IS EMPTY. Love gives all the gifts of the Spirit their
substance and their vitality. UNLESS LOVE IS OPERATING IN OUR
LIVES, WE ARE JUST A BIG NOISE.
1 Cor. 13:3 "And now abideth FAITH, HOPE, LOVE ... these 3; but THE
GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE." Since God is love and we have been born
of the spirit of love, then as His disciples, we will operate and
walk in that same kind of love.
ONLY GOD'S LOVE GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO STAND & PERSEVERE. In
Acts chapters 6 and 7, we read how Stephen, full of faith and
power, was able to demonstrate God's love when faced with angry
people wanting to stone him. How did he learn this kind of love?
By being a servant! By waiting on tables and serving people!
A boat has ballast weights in the keel so that the boat will have
steadiness in winds, storms, etc. If the boat is top heavy, it
will turn over; but if the keel is balanced well, it will remain
stable. YOUR DESIRES & PURPOSES IN LIFE MUST BE BALANCED BY THE
GOD-KIND OF LOVE IF YOU WANT TO BE A SUCCESS. The God-kind of love
turns the other cheek; forgives 70 x 70 times per day; never seeks
her own!
To "turn the other cheek" is not being "inactive and unresisting"
but being "active, energetic and vigorous" in retaliating with
love! IT'S RETALIATING IN THE SPIRIT, NOT IN THE FLESH!
LOVE IS OF YOUR WILL. It has nothing to do with your feelings.
You CHOOSE to love someone unlovely .. someone whose personality
conflicts with yours! For the God-kind of faith to work, you must
walk in 1) RIGHTEOUSNESS, 2) FORGIVENESS and 3) LOVE!
You must forgive those that hurt you! OPERATING IN LOVE WILL BE A
PROTECTION AROUND YOU. Eph. 3:17 tells us that we should be ROOTED
& GROUNDED IN LOVE. 1 Peter 4:8 Amp. "ABOVE ALL THINGS, have
intense and unfailing love for one another for love covers a
multitude of sins: forgives and disregards the offences of others."
Hatred stirs up strife but love covers all transgressions." Prov.
10:12
1 Cor. 8:1 "Knowledge puffs up (Knowledge makes arrogant, one
translation says) but LOVE EDIFIES ... LOVE BUILDS UP. LOVE GIVES
DIRECTION TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE. Rom.14:19 "..let us pursue the things
which make for peace and THE BUILDING UP OF ONE ANOTHER."
UNDERSTANDING THE WORD TELLS YOU THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO & HAVE!
Faith (a supernatural substance) comes as we "hear" the Word and
gives us the ability to believe for things hoped for!
YOUR FAITH HAS 3 DIMENSIONS:
DECIDE - your decision must be based on the Word of
God. Mark 11 :24
DECREE - Job 22:28 Put your will in line with the Will
of God.
DECLARE - Prov. 18:20 YOUR MOUTH AFFECTS YOUR FUTURE.
Mark 11 :23 John 15:7 As the Word lives in
you, you will ask & see it come to pass
LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR FAITH TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
GOD WILL CARE FOR YOUR INTERESTS WHEN YOU CARE FOR HIS. (Matt.6:33)
ACTIONS BASED ON THE WORD BRING RESULTS.
As you study, read & meditate in the Word, faith will come to
believe for the things that you read about in the Bible .. healing,
soundness, your needs supplied, the infilling of the Holy Spirit,
salvation, etc. HEARING PRODUCES BELIEVING.
Things hoped for come by hearing about them through the Word!
Hearing the Word, gives you the power to believe,
which produces results!
The more I meditate in His Word, the more I see that FAITH IS
RELATIONSHIP!
The ability to ask & receive (John 15:7), follows "the abiding
in Christ"!
The desires of your heart are given, following "delighting
yourself in Him".
It is easy to find yourself "working" to achieve faith and its
results but so often we are determining to read the Bible more,
deciding to pray more, etc. because we think this is what is
required! Actually God requires that you "love Him with all your
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. " OUR
ATTITUDES & PRIORITIES MUST BE RIGHT ACCORDING
TO SCRIPTURE.
Let me quote six points by Bro. Kenneth E. Hagin concerning faith:
1. Every believer already has a measure of the "God kind of
faith".
2 . The measure every believer has can be increased by
feeding it on God's
3. Faith is of the heart - and not the head. Rom. 10: 10
4. Faith will not work in your heart when there is
unforgiveness about you.
5. Faith must be released in words through your mouth. Mark
11:23,24
6. Faith will work by "saying" it without "praying" .. but
faith also works in prayer. However, when you "pray"
it, you still have to "say" it.
Confess "I believe that I receive...... according to Mark
11:24."
FAITH'S VISION .. SEE YOURSELF AS GOD'S WORD SEES YOU!
You were created to have a vision .. you were created to fulfil
visions!