The Lifestyle of the Believer Pt.2

This morning. I'm going to be piggybacking on a topic that I shared with us Wednesday night and Wednesday night. I talked about the importance of the lifestyle of the believer the lifestyle of the believe it I talked about the lifestyle of the believer.

at this morning I'm going to talk about the lifestyle of the bleeding, but it's going to be part to praise God. My subtopic is going to be the importance of functioning in fake the importance of functioning in faith. Praise. God Galatians 2 verse 20 I am crucified. With Christ nevertheless, I live yet not I but Christ Living in me and the life which I now live in the flesh. I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. I'm going to read it now in the new international version.

Verse 20 says I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body. I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me the lifestyle of the believer. I thought those words that passage of scripture is a covenant declaration is a covenant decoration notice notice. This is Paul writing to the the church in galatia, and he's writing to them because they have been going through some situation and challenges with trying to mix law and Faith together.

So so so he's he's saying to them he's saying this life that I live the life that the believer lives now, it's a covenant lifestyle. It's a couple lifestyle even though we are in the splash body. We're in this flesh body. We have received Jesus as our personal savior. Here's the here's the kicker. Here's the change his the game changed the game changer is this Christ Living in me and through me that that cause for an individual to utilize their will to utilize that will I have to wheel for Christ to live through me once I exercise my will to receive Jesus as my personal savior. Amen. Amen. I'm now born again. I'm now save I am now a child of God when that happens. Now. I must exercise my wheel to allow watch this The Life of Christ to live in me and through me and that happens by the assistance of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is the one that's now login me in the earth Rim. Yes, Jesus is Lord. But the holy ghost is now lording in me and through me to reach other people. It's all about relationship. It's not all about you getting a new car getting a new house, even though that comes along with it is not all about your promotion is not all about being having influence, but it does have you do have influence. It's all about relationships. It's about relationships. Now, here's the thing that many of us chant ball challenge with and that is living this life of faith in Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit I shared a while ago that when you talk about faith that two things that come up when you're when you're talk about faith one is an old-time cuz I'm going to make them give you some divine define some terms, define some terms. He is the one thing I'm a Define. I'm going to define this word faith. Define this word fate so you and I will be on the same page. You know what I'm talkin about when I talk about faith in this lesson. 2 * 2 ways that you hear this word faith one, you're here at Bob about the law of Faith, which is in Romans the third chapter and verse 27 the law of Faith the other one you were here about and people ask you. What faith are you? Now they're referring to watch this. They're referring to what belief are you Baptist or you Presbyterian? Are you Lutheran? Are you Catholic and it ends in so alone. So now they're asking what what what what Christian faith are you? Okay what I'm going to be talking about this morning and that is the law of Faith the law of Faith. Amen.

Okay, the law of faith. Let's look at look at this. Look at this. Look at

Ephesians go with me to the book of Ephesians

glory to God Ephesians 2 Ephesians 2

Hallelujah

bear Familia Pastor scripture BJ's 2 and verse eight it says for by grace. Are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God The New International Version read it like this, but it is by Grace you have been saved through faith and that and this is not from yourself. It is the gift of God, very important passages of scripture, very important passages of scripture. So by Grace salvation has been made the grace of God has presented salvation to all mankind. No one is left out. But now to apprehend. What Grace has made available? It takes faith. notice what it said for by Grace are you saved? through faith

one of the things I want to share with you and I want to make an impact in your understanding. I want you to grab this everything that you and I receive from God everything that we're going to access from is going to have to be by faith. Faith is the currency of the kingdom of God when you go to the store they want to have they want you to have some money. Weather is plastic. All-weather is the Benjamins. You got to have some money because money is a currency how we do business in the earth rim? Well faith is the currency by Will how we do and manage life in the kingdom of God. Faith Hill's I want to tell you and I want to say to you that everything. Everything that you were going to apprehend, there are 300. I mean 3573 Promises of God that is made available.

Imma, say it again 3573 promises that's made available to the believer. With a challenge is you have to apprehend any of those promises by faith, not your emotion not you're crying. You're crying will not. Warrant you watch this. Apprehend embrace the promises that God has made available to us because of the finished work of the cross with Jesus has already done. What Jesus did he brought us into the back into the position with a relationship with the Father? The father has already made the promises these a covenant promises that he's already made available to us for us before we were born again before we came into the Earth Rim God's intent original intent was that for us and him? the Beat It Covenant to be in Fellowship To be in communion to have an intimate relationship one with the other we can see it in the in the Garden of Eden wear that the Bible said in the cool of the day. Adam heard God walking in the garden. It was not a surprise. It seems like that. This was something that Adam had experienced numerous of times because he recognized the presence of God moving toward him. So they had Fellowship one with the other. What when Adam did what he did is that is high treason when he ate of the Forbidden truth fruit. This what he did he broke and severed the fellowship.

So now we are recipients of What atom has done because Adam represented all mankind. He was a representative of all time Lord to God glory to God and watch this listen to this and now Jesus is now the representative. He represented all mankind on the cross.

He gave his life for all mankind.

That watch this.

This relationship that was severed and the Garden of Eden could be reconciled and restored. Hallelujah Hallelujah so far by grace, are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves? Joe takes Grace to apprehend everything the first thing that you need to understand the first thing that you need to be school. Then once you receive once once you receive Jesus as your personal savior, you need to begin to be school with this principle of Faith the law of faith. Why because everything that you going to receive from God must be apprehended by faith?

Sometimes people say what well, well well, well love is the greatest you remember you understand that in 1st Corinthians the 13 chapter in the third verse.

It says for the greatest of these is love now abideth Faith now about its hope and now about a child charity, but the greatest of these is Charity all of well, that's really referring to motivation. I was just going to one of my mentors and that was dr. Frederick k c price he gave a very good illustration and bring Clarity to their where is chapter 13 is between chapter 11 and chapter 12. What is the central thought concerning 1st Corinthians that deals with even in the first chapter of Corinthians, it deals with that all of those church the church in Corinth. They had a working watch this a working emphasis of all the gifts. They were flowing in the gifts. But one thing that that lack that that they lack and that was order. That was Auto. Paul Davis letter and he said to them that we must do all things decent and in order.

Soaps watch this watch this any stores open in First 1st Corinthians, 13 chapter very first verse, you know, it starts out there with talkin about why if I may speak in tongues of angels and of men and and give myself and so on watches and have not love watch this. I'm just I'm just noise. It don't profit me anyting. And then it goes on the side with the greatest of these is love. What was he referring to he referring to motivation motivation? The greatest motivator is love let love be the greatest motivator. Why you doing what you doing? Let love be the motivator. butt face Is the greatest is a activator? Watch this. You can't love someone in the natural. Are you know you tried it? We've tried to love someone in the natural you will not work.

You have to watch this use the law of Faith even to love someone because you and I have run to come across so many people watch this that did not respond, right? They abuse you they misuse you they lied on you and it became difficult for you to love them. And you can't you had a challenge major challenge trying to love them because you was trying to love them watch this with the strength of the flesh from your intellect with your emotions. You can't love a person with your emotion not agape.

You have to watch this walk in the law or exercise the law of faith. What is that law it is it is it is the Loft Lake face me. I accept the word of God as true without any sense real evidence. I apply the word of God in every instance in my life. I don't go by my emotions. And even when I look at the circumstances, the circumstances don't dictate me not flowing in faith. All right. All right. So since I got that to you this go to let's look at Matthew the 6th chapter.

Glory to God where you know what? Yeah, let's go to Matthew 6 chapter.

Matthew 6 chapter, I want to look at burst burst vs. 3030 it says Matthew 6 chapter verse 30 it says well for god, so clothe the grass of the field which is which wish today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven shall not he much more clothe thee. Oh ye of little faith. Now when you read that you would think that is talking about a measuring stick. Because the word little there. Well, it's really not talk about a measuring stick. Praise God praise God. This is this is a passion that I didn't I didn't put it in my presentation, but I want you to go to Romans the 12 chapter.

I want you to go tomorrow with the 12 chapter.

And I want you to look at verse 3 Romans the 12th chapter and verse 3. ECS what I say through the grace given unto me to every man that is among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think why she is but to think soberly according as God has dealt to every man The Measure of Faith. He's referring to and talkin to Believers. He said every believer has now receive fee not a butt V measure faith. If you say you're talkin about portion when you say V you talkin about the whole thing The Measure of Faith when you go to the grocery store and you going and looking for you some fruit. As some of you like watermelon song you like Pete of pears. You don't go and get.

a portion of a pair

you go and get the whole pear. The whole watermelon then you take it home and cut it up and take it in and get a piece. Are with me are you with me? Alright. Alright, praise God praise God. Let's go to let's go back to now. Let's go back to look at Galatians the second chapter. The 16 verse I think we got that when inflation the second second chapter XVI V.

glory to God

Well, I tell you what, let's go to another Pastor script. Let's go to James the 5th chapter. James V chapter James V chapter

James V. Chapter says are you there? ECA submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God

submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God verse 22 says wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord verse 23 for the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church and he is the saver of the body verse 24. Therefore as the church is subject. Look what it says subject unto Christ. So let the wives be to their own husband and everything be what subject unto their husband break verse 25 husband. Love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it. What's my point that you can't husband? You can't love your wife. If you are not in faith.

If you're not exercising the law of Faith, you can't love your wife as Christ. See here it is here. It is. God put God put the the the measuring stick that he says husband love your wife as Christ loved the church. a bit bent watch this he went on to say the Christ gave himself for the church

Brothers if you ain't Pride, you're not love your wife as Christ loved the church. What you notice in verse 22, it says submitting yourselves one to another. I know more people they just hate to hear that word.

Because here's the one thing I we play with it. The husband always say submit submit submit. Don't you remember them boss say Summitt wife submit to your husband. But you can't just jump right there all willy-nilly. 22 West s submit yourself one to another what does it mean? What does it mean? I want to help you out. It's it's saying for each person watch this to do what? to Jil

to one another you got to do that by exercising watch this your wheel.

to consent to abide by the opinion or authority of another Now, you know you can't do that in the natural. Cuz everything in you say I ain't finna submit to him. I ain't going to submit to her. It takes first the renewing of the mind it takes nut. And the other is to have the understanding with some it to me. Then the other is by faith.

You got the wheel? To do with the word says not based upon how you feel about it. In Matthew Jesus is Love your enemies. It didn't say get back at your enemy. You can't love your enemies in the natural. You don't have enough strip. We don't have enough strength to love our enemy in the next row strip can't do it. It takes the might of God, which is only watches only going to be exercised by the Holy Spirit using the love that has been shed abroad in our hearts. So we are yielding to the Holy Spirit Will yearling to the word of God to do those things that we cannot do in the strength of the flesh.

So so when it says, oh ye of little faith is not the talkin about the measure. british talking about how your functioning

in Matthew the 8th chapter in the 10th verse it talks about the Centurion having great faith. Let's go to have before before I close out on you.

Matthew the 8th chapter and verse 10 I say when Jesus heard it. What did he hear? What do here? This Soldier sent a message that he had one of his generals send a message that one of his soldiers was sick. He say now if you just speak. I believe that he will be healed that you got to go through the other gospel to get the real Jester did the the general himself didn't come he sent some of his subordinates to go and go and tell Jesus they went just as though that the general is got coming and said go. Tell Jesus. I got a soldier. He think he heard something. about this Jesus Jesus said Look what Jesus said in verse 10 when Jesus heard it he Marvel. Can you imagine Jesus marveling at your Act of Faith Jesus and in and said to them that follow verily I say unto you I have not found so great faith. No not in Israel. So what was Jesus talking about was he talking about the measure of the faith know he was talking about the watch this the functionality of this man believing that if Jesus speak the word you don't have to come. If Jesus just speak the word his servant will be made whole.

He's talking about the functionality of Faith are in faith. Watch this you and I must become proficient proficient in faith without me by that we must be well advanced in. and in the art of functioning in faith

That's what that's that's what you got to do. How do you do that? You do that by meditating in the world? Meditating in the word because what does the word it is the word of faith. What is your Bible? It is the word of faith. This is how we talk to God because this is how God talks to us. He talks to us not bored, but inclusive of his word. How do we talk to God? We don't talk to God even though you you crying and come help me. Jesus know what I'm going to do. Nothing. Can we move like that Angels don't move out that Angels Hawking until the boys of God's word when you declare the word why you crying and you in pain and all this that and the other Angels go to work the Holy Spirit go to work. Watch this. Watch this the most powerful thing. They weren't is the word of God.

You with me so far.

Let's go to I want you to go with me. Go to Matthews the 9th chapter. Matthew the 9th chapter should be hard for you to get there. You already in Matthews go to Matthew the 9th chapter that's looking verse 22. Where's 22?

You know, you know this this issue this situation this is talking about the young lady that was a had been with this issue of blood for 12 years. She said if she said if I just Touch the Hem of His Garment, she said she said she said if I just Touch the Hem of His Garment, I will be made whole she said if I just Touch the Hem of His Garment, I will be made whole looking verse 22 says but Jesus turned him turn him about and when he saw her he said daughter. Be of good comfort. Die faith has made the whole.

Did you get that?

functioning in this law of faith by her moving watch this on what she heard about Jesus. She believe that is she touched Jesus just even is Gorman. She will be made whole. Let's go. Let me see. I'm telling you. I'm telling you how important it is that important it is for you and I to get to become proficient proficient in faith. We've got to get that we've got to get their turn with me go to Axton 5th chapter. I mean the 15 chapter.

Hurry hurry, ask the 15 chapter.

Nobody says verse 9 x 15 chapter verse 9 says and put no difference between us and Them. Look at this. Look at this profiling their hearts how by faith So you purify your heart keep your heart pure by faith. You may try to do this that and the other doing this that the other and not submitting of yourself to the law of faith that is believing the word of God and active on what you believe.

Okay. Okay got one more one more for you Romans the third chapter.

Come on quickly quickly.

Romans the third chapter verse 28 it says therefore we conclude that a man is Justified how By faith without the Deeds of the law.

Got one more for you one more for you got plenty of them, but I'm going to give go to one Mo Hebrews 11 chapter. Hebrews 11 chapter

Is sometimes sometimes sometimes people become a hit a go with that face thing? Okay. Okay. What are you looking to see what Hebrews 11 chapter says?

Are you with me?

Okay, Hebrews 11 verse 6. I'm closing Hebrews 11 chapter verse 6.

But without faith it is impossible stop right there. So anything after this word impossible is impossible. What does impossible mean can't do? But without faith it is impossible or without faith it I can't not do can I do what please him? Who is it him referring to God. I can. You cannot we cannot please God without functioning in faith.

Beloved I want to encourage you. I want to encourage you. Learn how to function in faith is not that difficult. It's not that difficult is very simple. All you do is watch this. You get the word that's pertaining to your situation.

You begin to meditate on that word talkin that word over and over to yourself. Just talkin it over to you talkin it through talkin it through Talkin at the roof. God has not given me the spirit of fear, but of love for the in the power and of a sound mind, I don't have a confused my I'm not confused cuz God gave me a sound mind. I'm not in fear because God has given me Authority. I'm not timid because God has given me Authority. I have a starting I got a sound mind and in in God has not given me that fear. So when fear comes I know it's not from God see this is how you talk yourself through with this is meditation in the world. And as you continue to do that it begins to build up in you not to watch this watch this you be getting a function real quick. So when Phil comes using you are on the map is not for me that didn't come from what I know where it came from. They came from the enemy. So what do I do? I submit to God. See you at your first thing. You submit to God, how do I submit to God? I submit to God by the word. I submit to the word of God and then the Bible say the devil will flee from me submit to God and the devil will flee from you submit to God and the devil 3 floor. That's how powerful it is when you function in faith. You legalize the law of faith. Default with SafeLink grateful for this word that you are released into our hearing. I thank you Father God for they have heard your words and it did not fall on deaf ears, but it failed up on follow Brown. They were ready for this. This is what you had sent up to us so that we can not walk in watch this. Not walk in anger and hatefulness towards one another.

But use this law Faith to love one another for the wheel grateful and thankful. You just minister to us. You just gave us the solution of how to live in these mortal bodies as Believers and living just like Jesus with grateful and thankful you there. You have not received Jesus as your personal savior. You remember if he just too in a sentence for by grace. Are you saved through faith. This is what you going to do you going to the word of God has went you understand now that Jesus is savior. Pray this prayer with me. When you as you pray. This prayer with me you going to you going to watch this you going to release faith God is giving you the faith to release to apprehend salvation.

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