THE OTHER SIDE OF FAITH
The believer has a vast knowledge of faith as the criteria for his justification. The believer understands that Jesus died for his sins and that the blood on the cross was shed for the cleansing and remission of sins.
While that is true of faith, it is, however, a preliminary level of faith. There is a higher level of faith about which the believer is hardly taught. Ignorance of the other side of faith has placed most believers in a beggarly and handicapped position.
Most believers remain at the preliminary level of faith with the understanding that their justification is only by faith but do not press further to live out the other side of faith.
There is another side of faith which the elders of old operated in and through which they did exploits and obtained a good report.
What then is this other side of faith? I am going to start my exposition with the passage below
The believer has a vast knowledge of faith as the criteria for his justification. The believer understands that Jesus died for his sins and that the blood on the cross was shed for the cleansing and remission of sins.
While that is true of faith, it is, however, a preliminary level of faith. There is a higher level of faith about which the believer is hardly taught. Ignorance of the other side of faith has placed most believers in a beggarly and handicapped position.
Most believers remain at the preliminary level of faith with the understanding that their justification is only by faith but do not press further to live out the other side of faith.
There is another side of faith which the elders of old operated in and through which they did exploits and obtained a good report.
What then is this other side of faith? I am going to start my exposition with the passage below
What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead. 2 Men of God in days of old were famous for their faith.
3 By faith—by believing God—we know that the world and the stars—in fact, all things—were made at God’s command; and that they were all made from things that can’t be seen{Hebrews 11:1-3 TLB}
The greatest force in the universe is faith. Faith existed before the universe were created and without faith there would be no universe. All that exist within the universe were products of faith. There is no force in the whole universe that is stronger than faith. It is in fact impossible for anything in the universe to be greater or stronger than faith. This is because all that exist in the universe were created and faith is the power through which they were all created.
Faith created the world and only faith can overcome the world.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.{1John 5:4}
The Creating Faith
Faith is the only force needed to create anything. Faith created in the beginning and it is still creating. It was through faith that God commanded the universe to come forth. Faith takes nothing and commands it to become substance. Faith doesn’t need substance to create, faith is the substance that brings out something out of nothing. Faith doesn’t need to see something to believe it exists. Faith needs nothing to believe that something exists. The human eyes need to see something to believe it exists but faith needs to see nothing and then creates something out of it. Faith is the opposite of sense. Faith doesn’t need our five senses to create something out of nothing.
Faith is a creator. If faith is a creator that means everyone who has faith is a creator. It is not only God who has the ability to create. His children also can create because God has given to his children the same faith with which he created the universe.
3 As God’s messenger I give each of you God’s warning: Be honest in your estimate of yourselves, measuring your value by how much faith God has given you.{Romans 12:3 TLB}
God has given to every believer a measure of faith and the amount of faith you possess determines your value in the kingdom of God. The amount of faith you possess is an indication of your creative ability. But no matter how small your faith is, you can create whatever you want with it. No wonder Jesus said “If you have faith like a mustard seed you can say to this mountain, be thou removed and it will obey you”
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”{ Matthew 17:20 NIV}
Even faith the size of a mustard seed is more powerful than any force in the earth. There is hardly a force in the whole universe that could relocate a mountain but faith can. Everything that represents a mountain in your life, sicknesses, diseases, poverty, depression etc can all be relocated by faith.
So with faith you can create whatever you want. With faith you can be maximally productive.
20 Next morning, as the disciples passed the fig tree he had cursed, they saw that it was withered from the roots! 21 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed, “Look, Teacher! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
22-23 In reply Jesus said to the disciples, “If you only have faith in God—this is the absolute truth—you can say to this Mount of Olives, ‘Rise up and fall into the Mediterranean,’ and your command will be obeyed. All that’s required is that you really believe and have no doubt! 24 Listen to me! You can pray for anything, and if you believe, you have it; it’s yours! {Mark 11:20-24}
Listen to me! You can have whatsoever you want only if you believe and do not doubt. Doubt is a function of our senses and our sense is opposite to faith.
The sense knowledge man is unstable in all his ways. The sense knowledge man cannot receive anything from God but the man of faith receives whatsoever he wants. The sense knowledge man sees impossibilities in all things but there is no impossibility with the faith man. The faith man whom the believer is has all things available to him at his command. Sense -knowledge people wait to see before they can believe but the man of faith believes and what he believes he later sees.
If you will silence the voice of doubt and activate your faith. You can become a creator and whatever you command and call forth will appear. What will you create with your faith this year? I dare you to begin the creation process for faith has been given to you. Use it!
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.{James 1:6-8}
The sense knowledge man is unstable in all his ways. The sense knowledge man cannot receive anything from God but the man of faith receives whatsoever he wants. The sense knowledge man sees impossibilities in all things but there is no impossibility with the faith man. The faith man whom the believer is has all things available to him at his command. Sense -knowledge people wait to see before they can believe but the man of faith believes and what he believes he later sees.
If you will silence the voice of doubt and activate your faith. You can become a creator and whatever you command and call forth will appear. What will you create with your faith this year? I dare you to begin the creation process for faith has been given to you. Use it!
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