We, as people need to break down what we believe and what we don’t believe in regards to the Word of God.
By getting quiet and looking inside ourselves, we can develop a laundry list of what we truly believe and what we don’t yet believe.
As we identify our beliefs we can make notes as to why we believe these truths, and then stay connected to the Word of God in these areas to develop into true faith.
We must get past an acceptance of the facts and move into true Biblical faith!
Mental assent is not enough to develop a lasting trust in God, a trust that will become the first course of action you choose in all situations, including emergencies.
Jesus was thrust into a creation that had a real bad destiny because of not being able to move from knowing and seeing, to believing.
The whole world at the time was in an emergency situation; sound familiar?
But God in His ever-loving compassion sent us an unexpected and immediate remedy, a legal means to recover our rights as sons of God. Amen!
Jesus Christ was sent to remediate the world by His ability to restore us to our rightful position and stop all the contamination that tries to drag us down.
To accept this Biblical fact, we must get past mental assent and receive the truth about God and The Christ, “by faith.”
You see, we can only have faith in what we truly believe and are willing to put our trust in.
By identifying our beliefs and finding our solidification in the Word of God, we become persuaded, and our beliefs are not baseless; we have a solid foundation. Amen!
“Faith is not baseless and requires our trust to remain.”!
I will break this last statement down by identifying our base, which is true faith.
True faith is rooted and grounded in the written Word of God; the Bible is the authoritative witness to our belief system.
By the authority God placed in His written Word, we have a remedy beyond all remedies. God sent His Son Jesus in the flesh as the Word!
John 1:14 says, “The Word became a human being and made His home with us. We have seen His glory. It is the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father. And the Word was full of grace and truth. Amen! NIRV translation.
This makes what we believe a very real and present desire to abide in God’s grace and truth, and this grace and truth are found in the flesh of the Word.
You see, the verb flesh as defined is actually to: initiate a foretaste of what’s to come!
This initiation gives us the living Word to increase our belief in God, and it also gives us a foretaste of our eternal life with Jesus. Amen!
The peace we attain by believing and following the living Word makes our world seem more manageable and not as chaotic.
And with God’s peace, we can truly see our future and believe that we really do have the hope that’s written in Jeremiah 29:11. It says, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”
God has known His plan for us even before the world began! Amen!
What is happening around us does not have to get in us. The more flesh of the Word that we hear and read the more grace we receive, and with enough grace (the love and mercy given to us by God) nothing is impossible, which actually means all things are possible to us who believe.
Now about those things that we don’t yet believe, if they are found in the Bible, we can rest assured that if we stay with them, they will become alive to us just as the Word we do believe.
The unbelief will take on a new life and make its dwelling among us just as the Word of flesh did before.
All created things have come out of the words of God and by the Word becoming flesh. We can sum this all up with Hebrews 1:2-4, “But in these last days He has spoken to us through His Son. He is the One whom God appointed to receive all things. God also made everything through Him. The Son is the shining brightness of God’s glory. He is the exact likeness of God’s being, He uses His powerful Word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then He sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven. So He became higher than the angels. The name He received is more excellent than theirs.” Amen!
The name above all names, I call Him, “Creator”-John 1:3, “Deliverer”-Romans 11:26, “Faithful Witness”-Revelation 1:5, “Holy and True”-Revelation 3:7, “Hope”-1 Timothy 1:1, “I AM”-John 8:58, “Last Adam”-1 Corinthians 15:45, “Life”-John 14:6, Colossians 3:4, “Living One”-Revelation 1:18, “Mighty God”-Isaiah 9:6, “Our Protection”-2 Thessalonians 3:3, “Our Redemption”-1 Corinthians 1:30, “Power of God”-1 Corinthians 1:24, “Rock”-1 Corinthians 10:4, “Savior”-Ephesians 5:23, “Son of Man”-Matthew 8:20, “Source”-Hebrews 5:9, “Truth”-John 1:14, John 14:6, “Word”-John 1:1, “Word of God”-Revelation 19:13.
Do you believe the Word? God is expecting you to!
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