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TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (6): KNOW THE REALITY OF OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER

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Wednesday July 20, 2022

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (6): KNOW THE REALITY OF OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
I John 1:3 (KJV)

The very core reason for redemption is fellowship. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 says, ‘God is faithful, by whom ye were called UNTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.’ Notice, you were called unto fellowship with Yahweh’s Son, Yahushua HaMashiach. The Greek word for fellowship in our text is ‘koinonia’. It means joint participation, communion, intercourse, intimacy. This is literally saying that we are in intercourse with the Father, and with His Son Yahushua HaMashiach. This is the highest honour for the human spirit. The highest honour that the Father has ever conferred upon us is to be “joint-fellowshippers” with Himself, with His Son, and with the Holy Spirit in carrying out His dream for the redemption of the human race. But relationship without fellowship is an insipid thing. It is like the marriage relationship without love or fellowship. Fellowship is the very mother of faith. And fellowship is the parent of joy. It is the source of victory. And Yahweh has called us individually into fellowship with His Son. If you have fellowship with Yahweh and you are walking in the light as He is in the light, then prayer becomes one of the sweetest and one of the greatest assets to which we have become a heirs in HaMashiach.

This fellowship comes majorly in four ways:

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (5): KNOW THE REALITY OF THE INDWELLING PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

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Tuesday July 19, 2022

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (5): KNOW THE REALITY OF THE INDWELLING PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
I John 4:4 (KJV)

Of all the mighty truths connected with redemption, this is the apex: Yahweh Himself, after He recreated us and made us new creatures and made us His own, is actually making our bodies His home! When you are born again, it is more than an experience. The Holy Ghost, the Third Person of the Godhead, a divine Personality, comes to live in you. In fact, the Bible even goes so far as to say that Yahweh Himself is living in you. 2 CORINTHIANS 6:16 says, ‘16 … for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell IN them, and walk IN them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.’ Yahweh no longer dwells in the man-made Holy of Holies. Through the new birth, our bodies have become His temple.

1 CORINTHIANS 6:19, 20 says, ‘19 What? know ye not that YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE of the Holy Ghost which is IN you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.’ We need to become “God-inside minded.” In other words, we need to just simply take Yahweh at His Word. We need to believe and act like the Bible is true when it says, “. . . greater is he that is IN you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4)! “He that is in the world” is the god of this world, Satan (2 Corinthians 4:4). But, thank Elohim, He who is in us, the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead, is greater than he who is in the world! Thank Elohim, Yahweh indwells us as believers, through the Person of the Holy Spirit, today too. Because of the indwelling Presence of the Holy Spirit, it should be a common practice in the Church today for believers to say in every crisis of life, “I am more than a conqueror.” However, the truth is, making positive confessions based on our rights and privileges in HaMashiach is almost an unknown practice in the church world today.

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (4): KNOW THE REALITY OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HAMASHIACH

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Monday July 18, 2022

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (4): KNOW THE REALITY OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HAMASHIACH

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
II Corinthians 5:21 (KJV)

This area of righteousness is one of the major arsenals of the devil against the faith of most believer in HaMashiach because they lack the understanding of our righteousness in HaMashiach. Firstly, at new born, you were born righteous because you took after your father. It is same DNA in your father Yahweh that runs in you. Yahweh is righteous and that nature of righteousness is what you were born with (see 1 Peter 1:23; John 1:13). At new born, you are not trying to be righteous, you are born that way. The challenge for most people is that this nature of righteousness is only in your spirit because man is a spirit which has a soul and lives in a body. Your soul/mind was not born again. Your body was not born again. So without educating your mind with the word of Yahweh and disciplining your body, you can never manifest this righteousness practically (see Romans 12:1-2; I Corinthians 9:27). In Yahushua HaMashiach you are perfect, righteous and holy. You are complete in Him (see Colossians 2:10). You must educate your mind and discipline your body to conform to this new nature in your spirit. Sometimes, you may fall short but as soon as that happens, confess your sin and fall back in line with that your nature of righteousness.

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (3): KNOW THE REALITY OF YOUR NEW CREATION STATUS

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Sunday July 17, 2022

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (3): KNOW THE REALITY OF YOUR NEW CREATION STATUS

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away? behold, all things are become new.
II Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

Our redemption has a legal side which is very crucial for you to understand in order to stand in liberty and command of faith. You need to know that in the mind of Justice, we were recreated in Yahushua HaMashiach. This means that the justice for sin demands death. When HaMashiach dead, the new creation died in and with Yahushua HaMashiach. In the death of Yahushua HaMashiach on the cross, the demand of Justice was fully satisfied. Halleluyah! That is not the end of the Story. Yahushua HaMashiach went to hell on our behalf and collected the key that Adam surrendered to Satan back. He was raised up on the third day with Zoe – the Yahweh-kind of life and as many as surrender to Him, He quickens (recreates and gives life) to their spirits.

You should also know the reality of the new birth vitally for yourself. You should know and understand that the moment you accepted Yahushua HaMashiach as your Saviour and confessed Him as your Lord, you were recreated. That is when the legal act of redemption, which was wrought in Yahushua’ death, burial, and resurrection became a reality in your own life. In the new birth, you have in your spirit the very life and the very nature of Yahweh. The new birth is not just an experience. It is not a religion, and it is not joining a church. It is the actual rebirth of our spirits. We are the very sons and daughters of Almighty Yahweh. He is our very own Father; we are His very own children. We know that we have passed out of Satan’s dominion – spiritual death – into the realm of life through Yahushua HaMashiach. We were born into the family. You cannot join the family; you have to be born into it.

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (2): KNOW THE REALITY OF OUR REDEMPTION IN HAMASHIACH

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Saturday July 16, 2022

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (2): KNOW THE REALITY OF OUR REDEMPTION IN HAMASHIACH

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, … 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
I Peter 1:18-19 (KJV)

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (1): KNOW THE INTEGRITY OF YAHWEH’S WORD

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Friday July 15, 2022

TO GET THE YAHWEH-KIND OF FAITH (1): KNOW THE INTEGRITY OF YAHWEH’S WORD

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Psalms 138:2 (KJV)

Faith is a function of the knowledge of Yahweh. You cannot exercise faith beyond the level of revelation of the Lord Yahushua that you have. Psalm 9:2 (KJV) says, ‘And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.’ This follows that if you don’t have faith in Yahweh, it is the proof of your bankruptcy of the knowledge of Yahweh. You cannot Know Yahweh and not trust Him. One aspect of the knowledge of Yahweh that helps you to function in highest kind of faith is the knowledge of the integrity of the Word of Yahweh. When we talk about integrity, we talk about the infallibility, unbreakability and reliability of the Word of Yahweh.

The first step necessary to attain the highest kind of faith is to know the integrity of Yahweh’s Word. You must know that Yahweh’s Word is actually what it declares itself to be. The Word of Yahweh is a revelation from Yahweh to us. We should also realize that the Bible is Yahweh speaking to us now – today. The Bible is not only a Book of the past and a Book of the future, but it is a Book of the now. This Book, the Bible, is a Yahweh-breathed, a Yahweh-indwelt, and a Yahweh-inspired message. HEBREWS 4:12 (KJV) says, ‘12 For the word of God is QUICK, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.“ Moffatt’s translation reads, “For the Logos [Word] of God is a living thing. . . .” You see, “quick” means alive or living. And so the Word of Yahweh is a living thing. But it will only come alive to you and work in your life as you accept it and act upon it. Therefore, the first step to attaining the highest kind of faith is to settle on the absolute integrity of Yahweh’s Word. The Word of Yahweh should be of foremost importance in your life. Sometimes folks feel that Yahweh hasn’t spoken to them unless they have received a message in tongues or a prophecy, but Yahweh’s Word – the Bible – is Yahweh speaking to us! And tongues and interpretations or prophecy are not to be put above the holy written Word of Yahweh.

HOW TO FEED AND EXERCISE YOUR FAITH

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Thursday July 14, 2022

HOW TO FEED AND EXERCISE YOUR FAITH

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17 (KJV)

Many people wonder why they are not growing in faith. Many times, it is because they are not feeding on Yahweh’s Word. Faith will grow by feeding it and exercising it. We feed our faith by reading and meditating on the Word, and by hearing the Word of Yahweh being preached. We exercise faith by being doers of the Word, and not hearers only. James said, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. ..” (James 1:22). Being doers of the Word means that we act on the Word. Simply reading and meditating upon the Word will not build faith. Reading and meditating on the Word will feed your faith and build a capacity for faith, but faith must also be a part of our daily speech. In other words, the Word that you feed on has to be exercised daily. It has to become a part of your daily speech. That word has to become a part of your daily conduct and actions.

FEAR IS FAITH IN REVERSE

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Wednesday July 13, 2022

FEAR IS FAITH IN REVERSE

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job 3:25 (KJV)

In a way, everybody has faith. When you believe and confess things not consistent with scriptures, you have faith in the devil. Faith in the devil is called fear. So fear is simply faith in reverse gear. There is power in faith, in believing. Yahushua told the centurion,” …Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee.” (see Matthew 8:13). Believing is not something you always like to do, or always feel like doing. It’s a decision you make. Just as faith is a powerful force, there is also a force opposed to faith called fear. Fear is the reverse gear of faith. It is actually faith in the devil. Fear is faith that the wickedness of Satan is superior than the goodness of Yahweh. Fear is faith that Yahweh is helpless in the face of the cruelty of the wicked and that evil is more powerful than good and must occur.

If faith is the substance of things desired, then fear is the substance of things not desired but believed that will happen and Yahweh cannot do anything about it. The reason you fear a thing is because you believe in its manifestation. That’s why you worry. You believe in the manifestation of the thing you worry about; otherwise, you wouldn’t worry. If you don’t control fear or stop it, it will bring the very thing that you don’t desire to manifestation.

Job in our text is a classic example of this. ‘For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.’ (Job 3:25-26). Job practised his fear and greatly feared. Though he was in safety, he didn’t know it. Fear is Satan’s inroad into your life. Yahweh said, “He is in your hands.” Yahweh didn’t put Job there; he was already in the power of the devil because of fear. Fear will also tear your hedge down.

FAITH AND WORK: ANY CONFLICT?

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Tuesday July 12, 2022

FAITH AND WORK: ANY CONFLICT?

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:20 (KJV)

Romans 3:27-28 (BBE) says, ‘What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith. For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.’ Apostle Paul is saying that you don’t need the works of the law to emerge the righteousness of Yahweh in HaMashiach. That the works of the law cannot get you saved, only faith in Yahushua HaMashiach can. James 2:26 (NET) says, ‘For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.’ Apostle James is saying that if your faith in Yahushua HaMashiach does not produce good works, that your faith is dead. Now, the question is: Is there a conflict between the view of Apostle Paul and Apostle James? The answer is emphatically NO. There is no conflict whatsoever between the views of these Apostles. They are saying two different things and it is important you understand it.

Apostle Paul was addressing a false teaching that faith in Yahushua HaMashiach alone was not enough for salvation, that you must have to observe the law otherwise you couldn’t be saved. The teachers of these falsehood were insisting that new believers be circumcised and observe the law otherwise they are not saved. But the works of the law cannot save anybody. If it could, then there wouldn’t have been need for Yahushua HaMashiach to come and die. No person can be saved by observing the law. Observing the law is good because the law is the commandment of Yahweh but it is grossly impotent in securing salvation for humanity. If you want to be saved, the only way is to believe in the sacrifice of Yahushua HaMashiach and receive Him into your spirit/heart by confessing Him as Lord and Saviour. As simple as this is, it is the only way to be saved.

HOW TO ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH (2): ACT ON THE WORD

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Monday July 11, 2022

HOW TO ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH (2): ACT ON THE WORD

And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
Luke 17:14 (KJV)

Faith is not a mystery. Faith is responding in obedience to the Word of the Lord – the Bible. Stop struggling to believe; just behave the Word and you commit the one that spoke it to perform. Do you know Yahweh has exalted his Word above all His name? Psalm 138:2 says, “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”. One of the things that cannot fail in life is the Word of Yahweh – the Bible. If you can find what is written and act on it, you can rewrite your story. As a believer, you are not helpless and powerless. Faith is the force that makes the almightiness of Yahweh available at your instance. The process of producing proofs is get what is written, activate it by speaking to yourself, devil and Yahweh, receive it by acting out your side of the deal. Every word of Yahweh gives you opportunity of a response.

Ten leprous men came to Yahushua and from a distance shouted to Him, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.’(Luke 17:13 KJV). In His compassion, The Lord Jesus responded, ‘Go show yourselves to the priests’. What they do with that instruction was going to determine the outcome they would have from their encounter with the Lord Yahushua. Are you sick? What is that request you have been making to the Lord? The link to your manifestation is your response to the Word. The Bible says, ‘and it came to pass, that as they went, they were cleansed.’ This is something to shout about! As they went, they were cleansed. Acting on the Word, always produces what the Word talks about. When we act on Yahweh’s Word, that’s faith. And when we’re in faith, we will receive answers to prayer. If we fail to act on Yahweh’s Word, just waiting for something to come to us first before we’ll believe, we will not receive what we need from Yahweh.