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Friday September 3, 2021

FAITH DEFINED (2)

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.
Hebrews 11:1 [BBE]

Continuing from yesterday in trying to define what faith is, we shall look at faith to the believer now. So, what is faith? Secondly, faith is believing the Bible as the Word of Yahweh and responding in obedience thereby. Faith is being convinced about the provisions of scripture and acting out of that conviction thereby provoking divine manifestation. Faith is coming to the point that your reality is the Word and behaving it out, thereby committing the integrity of Yahweh to perform His Word. In Luke 17:12-19 we saw the story of ten lepers who came to Yahushua and pleaded that He should have mercy on them. In response, the Lord Yahushua said to them, “Go shew yourselves unto the priests” (see Luke 17:14). They were still leprous as He spoke to them. No change in their situation at all. Faith is believing the Bible and acting on it. That was exactly what these men did. They believed that for whatever reason that Yahushua told them to go and show themselves to the priests means that they were healed. They started off without any sign of being healed yet. Beloved, faith is you believing the Word and acting on it. Until you act on the Word, you can never see the power of Yahweh displayed on your behalf. The Bible says that as they went in obedience to show themselves to the priests, they were cleansed. Halleluyah! That is faith. Obeying the Word because you believe it. It is coming to that place that your reasoning dies at the instance of the Word. It is not a mystery at all. Just simply believing and acting to show that you believe, then the heavens open over you to show that the Word is infallible. Some of us would like to be healed first before going to show ourselves to the priest. Isn’t it the logical thing to do? But that is not faith way. Faith says, obey the Word first, before you can see the hand of Yahweh stretched out in your direction. If you are waiting to see that power move before you act, you would remain in that situation forever because without faith, it is impossible to move the hand of Yahweh.

Thirdly, faith is a living force, drawn from the living Word to produce living proofs – Bishop David Oyedepo. That definition says that faith is drawn from the living Word. Your faith must be Word based. In Luke 5:5 we read, “And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.” Faith is saying “there is no sense professionally in this, but at the Word, I will take this step”. Faith is making moves based on the Word. When your moves are based on the Word, spiritual forces are invoked to produce living proofs for you. I John 5:4 says, ”For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” When your faith comes, your victory over Satan and the world becomes automatic. Selah!

REMEMBER: Faith is the response of the human spirit to the word of God.

CONFESSION: My spirit is configured to respond to the Word in total reliance and obedience and that makes me a living proof on earth. Thank You Lord!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: I see you rising up to faith levels of command over your present situation this month in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
I John 5:3-5

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Jonah 1:1-4:11; 1 Corinthians 10:1-11:1

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