30 WILL WE LIVE AND CONFESS GOD’S WORD OF FAITH DESPITE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES?

 

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WILL WE LIVE AND CONFESS GOD’S WORD OF FAITH
DESPITE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES?

Or has unbelief taken over in our lives?

God has given us promises in our Bible for both temporal things and for the healing of our bodies. These promises are God’s hand that is extended to help us in all circumstances. All God requires of us is:

ACCEPT IN FAITH WITHOUT DOUBTING.
What are we to receive? THE PROMISES OF GOD’S WORD! JOHN.15-7 “IF YOU REMAIN IN ME, AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WANT, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.” Only unbelief can prevent this scripture from being fulfilled in our lives. Unbelief says that this scripture must be interpreted in a different way. Jesus did not mean it literally, but it should be understood "spiritually." The unbeliever says: You must keep your common sense. Keep both feet on the ground!

YOU CAN'T WALK ON WATER, ONLY JESUS ​​COULD DO THAT.

That's not right, Peter could also IN FAITH! Yes, but he also sank says the unbeliever.
No, that's wrong, he walked on the water IN FAITH together with Jesus into the boat and they both got on board. JOH.14 -12 "VERILY, TRULY I SAY TO YOU, HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, HE WILL ALSO DO THE WORKS THAT I DO, AND GREATER WORKS THAN THAT, BECAUSE I GO TO THE FATHER."

Greater works?? No, you must stop now says the unbeliever. Here really needs interpretation. But faith says: MARK.9-23 “ BUT JESUS ​​SAID TO HIM: IF YOU CAN! ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM WHO BELIEVES.” The word all, covers everything! There is no room for unbelief here. ONLY FAITH CAN ACCEPT THIS.

Unbelief in the word of God must be confessed as sin.
Faith must be received from the Holy Spirit. HE MUST ALSO DO THE WORKS I DO! Jesus said this to the disciples, but they were not to do the works in their own power. I AM GOING TO THE FATHER, SAID JESUS. OH.14 16-17 “ AND I WILL ASK THE FATHER, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, THAT HE MAY BE WITH YOU FOREVER, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHICH THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SEE HIM OR KNOW HIM; BUT YOU KNOW HIM, FOR HE DWELLS WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU.”
MAT. 12-28 “ BUT IF I CAST OUT DEVILS BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS COME UPON YOU.”

Here we see how Jesus ministered in the power of God, namely the power of the Holy Spirit.
MAT.12-15 “ WHEN JESUS ​​KNEW IT, HE DEPARTED THERE, AND MANY FOLLOWED HIM, AND HE HEALED THEM ALL. Jesus healed by the power of the Spirit.
When Jesus says you shall do greater works than I do, he refers to the Holy Spirit, whom he will pour out upon his church. Unbelief is happy at the word: WILL POUR OUT UPON HIS CHURCH. But faith says: HAS POURED OUT UPON HIS CHURCH. It happened on the day of Pentecost. Have you, dear reader, received this power in your life? It is by this POWER that you shall do greater works in faith than Jesus did.

THUS WE MUST RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT = THE POWER OF GOD, SO THAT WE CAN DO THE WORKS OF GOD! This applies to all born-again Christians. Imagine if all born-again Christians were clothed with the power of the Holy Spirit, so that they could do greater works than Jesus. Then the church would look different and not be so filled with "reasonable unbelief"! But that was what Jesus meant by pouring out the Holy Spirit.

Then there would not be so many "faithful Christians" in the church, but far more who by the power of the Spirit TRUST in faith in God's promises. And by the Spirit did the works of God.

Now I hear through some of my readers say: YES, BUT DO YOU DO IT YOURSELF? No, I don't! Because if you look at me, you don't see it. And if you look for the power in others, you don't see it. BUT IF YOU LOOK FOR THE WORKS OF THE SPIRIT, YOU WILL SEE IT. But unfortunately many look for the human and cannot distinguish the human from the spiritual.

JESUS ​​WALKED AMONG THEM, BUT THEY DID NOT SEE HIM.

In the same way, the men of God walk in the midst of the church and are witnessed by the Spirit, but they do not see them. THEY DO NOT SEE THE FINGERS OF GOD. They only see the human. THEY SEE NOT IN THEIR UNBELIEF THE PRE-PREPARED WORKS. They shut down the free movement of God's Spirit. JOH.3-8 ” THE WIND BLOWS WHERE IT WILLS, AND YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF IT, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM AND WHERE IT GOES,
THAT IS WITH EVERYONE WHO IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT.” So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit, unless you yourself are filled with the Spirit, you cannot judge the Spirit in your brother.

YOU CANNOT SEE THE WORKS OF THE SPIRIT IN AND THROUGH HIM.
In your unbelief you can easily become an enemy of the Spirit of God. EPH.5 17-18 ” THEREFORE BE NOT FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS. And do not get drunk with wine, for that leads to debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.” ACTS 2 2-4 “Then there came a sound from heaven like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues like fire, which parted and sat on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

Then Peter spoke and preached:
ACTS 2-22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: JESUS ​​OF NAZARETH, A MAN WHO“A man who was lame from birth was carried in. He was called “the one who was lame from birth.” He was “the one who was lame from birth.” He was called Then Peter looked intently at him, and so did John, and Peter said, “Look at us!” And he looked intently at them, expecting to receive something from them.
But Peter said, “Silver and gold I have none, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up. And immediately his legs and ankles became strong, and he leaped up and stood upright and began to walk around, and he followed them into the temple, walking around and leaping and praising God.”

Peter referred to Jesus' signs and wonders in his sermon, but he also went out after being baptized with the Holy Spirit and did the same works as Jesus.

THIS IS WHAT WE CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO AFTER WE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.

We not only have faith in God's promises for our own situation, when it comes to our temporal things and our own bodies, but also for the situation of others around us.

LET US NOT BE UNBELIEVERS, BUT BELIEVERS!

Amen