Faith 2: WHAT FAITH IS
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The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see.
[07:34, 6/9/2018] My Love. My Life: Chapter II
WHAT FAITH IS
FAITH is giving substance to things hoped.
or." Faith is grasping the unrealities of hope and bringing them into the realm of reality
Faith is grasping the unrealities of
hope and bringing them into the realm of reality
Faith is Confidence of what we hope for, conviction of what we do not see.
Faith grows out of the Word of God. It is the warranty deed that the thing for which you have fondly hoped is at last yours. It is the "evidence of things not seen."
It is the warranty deed that the thing for which
you have fondly hoped is at last yours.
It is the "evidence of things not seen."
You hope for finances to meet that obligation; faith gives assurance that you will have the money when you need it.
gives assurance that you will have the money when
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
you need it.
You hope for physical strength to do the work that you know you must do.
you know you must do.
Faith says, "God is the strength of my life, of whom
shall I be afraid?"
My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73
You hope to get married .. Faith said .
Seek and read from the book of the Lord:
Not one of these shall be missing;
none shall be without its mate.
For the mouth of the Lord has commanded,
and his spirit has gathered them.
Isa
you hope to have a child .. faith said
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
psalm 128:
Prosper in business .
“Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine near a spring,
whose branches climb over a wall.
Sense Knowledge has given to the church Mental Assent, which looks so much like faith that many
Assent, which looks so much like faith that many
people cannot see the difference.
Mental Assent is seeing it, admiring it, saying "it is true, but not in my case."
is true, but not in my case."
Mental Assent agrees that the Bible is a Revelation, that it came from God, and that every Word is true, and yet when the crisis comes it does not work.
that it came from God, and that every Word is true,
It simply recognizes the truthfulness of that wonderful Book, but it does not act upon it.
and yet when the crisis comes it does not work. It
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
simply recognizes the truthfulness of that wonderful
Book, but it does not act upon it.
Hope says, "I will get it sometime
Faith says, "I have it now." should have it. For some reason I don't get it. I cannot understand it."
should have it. For some reason I don't get it. I cannot
may be me..
understand it."
Sense Knowledge faith says, "When I see it, when I feel it, I will know I have it."
I feel it, I will know I have it."
Real faith in the Word says, "If God says it is true it is.
it is. If He says that 'By His stripes I am heale', I am.
If He says that 'By His stripes I am heale', I am.
who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
1Peter 2:24
If He says that God shall supply every need of mine He will do it.
He will do it. If God says He is the strength of my life,
If God says He is the strength of my life, He is. So I go about doing my work because
He is. So I go about doing my work because He is what
He is what He says He is, and I am what He says I am."
He says He is, and I am what He says I am."
"If He says that I am strong, I am.
"If He says that I am healed, I am.
"If He says that He cares for me, I know that He
does.
"So quietly I rest on His Word, irrespective of evidences that would satisfy the Senses."
I have heard a message from the Lord,
And an ambassador has been sent to the nations:
“Gather together, come against her,
And rise up to battle!
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evidences that would satisfy the Senses."
Whose report who you believe .. SONG
Real Faith is built on the Word. It is untarnished by Sense Knowledge.
It is untarnished by Sense Knowledge.
It is as unconscious of itself as is the faith of a little child in its mother.
child in its mother.
The child never says, "Now Mother, I believe your word. I know that if I ask you for a piece of bread you will give it to me." If it said such things it would Frighten the mother. She would wonder what had happened to her child.
word. I know that if I ask you for a piece of bread you
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
will give it to me." If it said such things it would
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Frighten the mother. She would wonder what had
happened to her child.
Faith is the result of the Word dwelling in us. I don't mean the Word committed to memory
that is like a barb-wire entanglement
tHelp thou mine unbord,. I believe
You hear them pray for faith.
You hear men tell God that they know that what
He says is true, that every Word
He has spoken is true.
All that indicates the dominion of Sense
[07:40, 6/9/2018] My Love. My Life: Knowledge over their spirits, that the Word has not
yet gained the supremacy in their lives.
Faith is the result of the Word dwelling in us.
I don't mean the Word committed to memory
I mean the Word lived, practiced, until it has become a part of ourselves.
become a part of ourselves.
We meditate in it. We think deeply in it. We feed upon it. The Word becomes a very part of ourselves;
upon it. The Word becomes a very part of ourselves;
this word of Faith builds into us confidence and assurance.
And don’t for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you’ll get where you’re going; then you’ll succeed.
assurance.
Sense Knowledge will fight every step of the way to hold us in the realm of things seen, felt and heard but we persistently drive ourselves into the Word until the Word is a part of our being, the Word is real.
SONG ...
to hold us in the realm of things seen, felt and heard
KINDS OF FAITH.
but we persistently drive ourselves into the Word until
the Word is a part of our being, the Word is real.