Matt 5:14

Faith...

Faith is not a product the senses.

It is not a product of the intellectual faculties.

Faith is born of the human spirit.

His word is the only source of strength for the recreated human spirit; the only source of true faith. Faith cannot be built by abstract reasoning. It is only built by my acting on the word of god, letting the word live in me as it lived in jesus.

By my doing the word, i fellowship with the word, and hence build faith in my spirit. I become a doer of the word, a practioner of the word. The word becomes a part of me, and it builds into me the very faith of God.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the certainty of things unseen" - Heb 11:1.
Hope is not faith. Faith is always now. Hope is in the future. Heb 11:3. "By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear." God said "let there be", and the sun, moon and stars came into being. He said "let there be light" and there was light.

Faith is the mightiest force in the universe. It the creative ability of God. And the creative ability of man. Man was created in the image and likeness of God - in the image of faith. Many fail to realise that man's entire life, from the time he becomes conscious as a baby, to the time he breathes his last, is faith life; the only question is to where his faith lie. One has faith is his sense, the other has faith in God.

When man loses faith, life loses its purpose for him.
Faith is the thing that brings success.
Doubt only brings failure.
Ford had faith in an automobile.
Edison had faith in electricity.
Great men live by faith.

The bolder the faith, the greater the success. When faith dies, success fades with it.
Matt 19:26, "But with God all things are possible"
Mark 9:23, "All things are possible to him that believes"
1John 4:4, "Greater is He that is in you, than is he that is in the world."
It is God that is in you. And since God is in you, all things are possible. If you give God within you the liberty, nothing shall by any means be impossible for you.

Believing is acting on the Word. Faith is the result of acting. Jesus acted on the Word of His Father. John 14:10, "The words that i speak to you are not mine but my Father's." All His works were a result of His words. Matt 8:5-13, gives us the account of the centurion. Matt8:8, "But only say the word and my servant shall be healed" Jesus spoke the word. The healer of the leper, the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, and the healing of the man mentioned in Mark 2:3-12 are miracles of His word. Matt 14:23-33, is the story of Peter walking on the waves. Jesus simply said on word, "come." When he did, the waters sustained the weight of Peter. As you can see, Jesus faith was in His word.

Faith then, is acting and speaking the word of God. Faith is standing up to believe that what the Word says about you is the Truth, even when the facts obvious don't agree. You see, The Truth, and The Fact, are not the same things. Romans 4:19 , on Abraham, the Father of Faith, explains this. "And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of sarah's womb; yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform." It was a fact that Abraham and Sarah were no longer able to have a son. But it wasnt the Truth. The Truth was that God had promised the couple that they would have a son. And Abraham saw that. And He chose to believe the truth. Abraham counted that Sarah was able to give birth to a child when she was 90 years of age, and she became the mother of Isaac. Abraham believed that his body would be rejuvenated, and it was. All because God promised. It was good enough for them. The truth was good enough for them even though they could not have any physical signs or evidence to back it up. Sense knowledge can never understand that.

Faith comes by daring to act upon the word. Your fear to act upon the word is unbelief gaining the ascendency. John 14:12-13, "He that believeth on me, the works that i do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because i go unto the Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will i do, that the Father may be glorified in the son". The word "Ask" here in the Greek means "to demand." You are not demanding it of jesus, but you are demanding it of the situation at hand. You are demanding as Peter demanded the man at the beautiful gate to rise and walk. You are demanding sickness and pain to leave in the Name Of Jesus. When you say "In the name of jesus, diseases depart from this body", you have confidence in Jesus' words in your lips as Jesus had confidence in the Father's words in His lips. And the healing is complete.

John 15:7, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you." If you are sick, you simply insist that the thing is not for you. You will not stand for defeat any longer. Let that word abide in your lips and contend with your sickness and you become the master again. It is a fact that you are sick, but remember, in Jesus name, it isn't the truth. You can look the adversary in the face and say with quiet assurance, "In jesus name, i demand my rights, Devil you have been defeated on the cross on Calvary 2000 years ago, and today you still remain defeated!"

John 16:24, "Up till now, you have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, and your joy shall be made full." What then are you waiting for people? Go and take what belongs to you in that Beautiful Name!


(With Reference to E.W.Kenyon - In His presence)