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Ephesians 2:8 – For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God • • • •
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This means we are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus Let’s first examine the word, “faith” Climbing a mountain is a picture of the life of faith Throughout our lives, we are to continue moving upwards; faith grows stronger as we climb higher – learning about God, growing stronger in our relationship with God You can be bold in your Christian life through knowing you are a faith man / woman Some people are fond of saying, “This is too much for me” What is too much for you when the persecution we suffer at the hands of our detractors causes us to be known all over the world? The more the intimidation, intimidation, the more the persecution, the more the name-calling, name-calling, the more you are strong in the Lord
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light •
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Our language becomes like that of super men. We talk as people of another race; we talk as people of another Kingdom Though we are here, we live in the world but we are not part of them That is why we talk as people of another race, another Kingdom Here is not our home; we are just passing through We have authority. God is supporting our position We are bold to speak our Father’s language as commonly as the unbeliever talks of his fear
2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new • • • •
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This means all things have become new; old things are gone Sickness, disease, frustration frustration and all those foolish things have passed away We have the nature of God – His glory, His power, His majesty. We have it now The name Jesus has power indeed but only among those who are committed to His glory If you are not committed to His glory and you are calling His name, you are wasting your time
Rom 1:17 – For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, the just shall live by faith •
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What a blessing to know for sure that no matter how you feel, God says that faith is something you already have You can be poor and yet be a friend of God You can be sick in body and yet be a favourite, a candidate of Heaven When the rich see a poor man, they will say that it’s as a result of his sin When those who enjoy good health see a sick one, they say that he has committed sin 1
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No matter how I feel, Jesus says that faith is something I already have; it is a gift of God So, you must not concentrate on your situation If you want to serve God in Spirit and truth, you must not concentrate on your poverty; you must not concentrate on your sickness because a man may be poor and yet be a candidate of Heaven
Galatians 3:26 – For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus •
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This means God has dealt to every man the measure of faith – not just a measure of faith but the measure of faith It matters not how small your faith is; the quantity of faith is not what is important to Jesus The Word should be the basis of our faith, because the Bible says
Romans 10:17 – So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God •
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Our looking unto the promise of God is a good reason for looking to God for salvation, deliverance, redemption, mercy – there is no time to stop looking until God withdraws His Word Oh! What a means of blessing is the looking of faith to Christ – there is light, life, good health and understanding
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Let the weak say, “I am strong”. Let the poor say, “I am blessed”. Let the sick say, “I am healed” There is no reason for faith as good as God's Word It is never proper to base faith on our improvement after prayer, because that trouble you have may be to prepare you for the challenges ahead; it may be to stop you awhile in order to preserve you for redemption; it may be to strengthen your desire for God it may be to keep you for a new level in life Who knows what would have happened if your prayer for a better condition had been answered? It honours God to believe Him even while every sense contradicts Him When you pray that God should move a mountain, after much prayer if the mountain remains there or you are not healed, you should be able to say, “Whether God moves the mountain or not, He’s my God Whether He heals me or not, He’s my Healer He’s my Deliverer; He’s my Redeemer” So it honours God to believe Him even when every sense contradicts Him, and God honours those who honour Him If I believe that God is my Healer, I should have confidence in His ability to heal the healing When you are poor and anxiously in need of blessing, you will not mind the source that supplies the blessing To learn how to hear God after prayer is a much greater blessing than When Jesus fasted 40 days and nights, satan came to Him. He said to satan, “Though I am hungry, I am not anxious for food” The prayer of faith can be repeated 10,000 times Take for instance the case of Apostle Paul while praying about the thorn in his flesh The Lord said, “My grace is sufficient for you”. Assuming he did not hear from God, he might have dropped the work of an apostle So, to learn how to hear God after prayer is a much greater blessing than what you are looking for 2
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That is what makes you a man of faith, and not the blessing you receive You need to know God’s opinion about your situation Though such situations are not from God, they are from the adversary, God often uses foolish things to strengthen your desire for Him Faith grows stronger as we climb higher To appropriate faith, look at what the Bible says,
Ephesians 2:8 – For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith… •
And since the Word of God should be the basis of our faith, then our looking unto the promise, unto glory, unto honour, power of God, is a good reason for looking unto God for mercy – then there I sno need to stop looking until God withdraws His Word
1. Simply believe the Word of God – that God will do exactly as He promised 2. Be fully persuaded by the Word of God alone – not what you hear, what you see, what your situation looks like 3. Hold fast to your confidence in God's Word when your faith is tested •
My confidence in God's Word is that Jesus is the Healer, whether He heals me or not. Jesus is the Saviour, whether He saves me or not. Jesus is the Deliverer, whether He delivers me or not
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