The Same Spirit Of Faith

It’s not a different version of faith that the early saints had, its exactly the same. Thank God for the advancement of our faith today.

In 2 Corinthians 4: 13, Paul says: We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak.

By Faith

Hebrews 11:8-10

  1. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Through Faith

 

Hebrews 11:11,12

  1. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Faith Must Come Forth From the Heart To Produce

Faith in the heart can override the doubt that tries to set up in your mind. 

But, Faith In the mind will not produce if doubt is in the heart.

The forces that change things in this life flow from the heart. 

When you change the production of the heart, the mind doesn’t have to throw you off unless you let it. Once Faith drops down into your heart, through diligent efforts, then you must remain the gatekeeper of your mind. Don’t let your mind spin off out of control, bring it into subject to what your heart knows.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the outflowings of life

Faith’s Mystery

 

To truly pick up the message of faith and run with it, your conscience can’t condemn you. In other words you must live in all integrity before God. If there are dark areas in your life that you don’t want to let go of, then faith remains a mystery. Yet get rid of and cast off all the hidden sins that are stumbling blocks, then the eyes of your understanding will be enlightened.

The mystery of Faith is in a pure Conscience.

1 Timothy 1:5 The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. 

1 Timothy 1:19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith

Faith Is Evident

Faith is evident when you hope against hope.

Faith is evident when you consider not the circumstances 

Faith is evident when you stagger not at the promise of God Through unbelief

Faith is evident when you give glory to God when it appears that failure is inevitable 

Faith is evident when you continually brag on how faithful God is to you.

Faith is evident when what you see on the inside, (those things that you had need of ), turns to sight. Oh now wait,

That’s how you move from Faith to sight.

A Champion Of Faith

 

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death. He could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. Hebrews 11:5

What an outstanding very rare example of an individual that we know little about. An individual that lived before the flood in times of the darkest hours of mankind. If someone could have that type of testimony, before the Lord in the thick darkness, then in the days in which we live, what will be possible ?

In the day in which Paul exhorted the Christians, we read this admonition:

“Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.” Acts 11:23

Faith’s Friend

 

If something was sown and there was an immediate harvest, whew! That would be marvelous! But when you begin to walk and talk your faith, you see very little to know manifestations immediately. Why is that? Is it because God wants to teach you a lesson. No. It’s because faith is like a seed. And depending upon your patience and staying with the growth process, you reap a harvest through your faith. 

Don’t become discouraged. If you realize that faith is like a seed that you actively take part in its growth and harvest, then you would be glad. 

Hebrews 6: 12b Through faith and patience we inherit the promises

When He Saw There Faith

Luke 5:26

  1. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them 18. And , behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. 20. And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. 21. And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 22. But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? 23. What is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 24. But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. 25. And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. 26. And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

 

Faith Elevates

 

Looking up and redirecting your focus, that’s the law of change. Rise in your hearts and minds to his thought and ways. They are lofty, they are grand. They are thoughts to make one great. They are thoughts that rise above the storms. They are thoughts that alleviate tensions and there power. You know he’s so affectionately considerate of your plight. Lift up your countenance unto him, and by faith strengthen your life.

Colossians 3:2 

2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.