THE FAITH OF GOD

BY DOYLE EVANS

DEAR BROTHER OR SISTER, DO YOU KNOW THAT WE BELIEVE WITH THE FAITH OF GOD HIMSELF?  YES, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MEASURE OF FAITH, BUT THE KEY IS THIS....IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU BY GOD HIMSELF.  THE WRITER OF HEBREWS IN CHAPTER 12 TELLS US THAT JESUS IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.  SO IF THE LORD JESUS IS THE AUTHOR, THEN FAITH COMES FORTH FROM HIM.  HE IS THE SOURCE OF FAITH.

LET ME SHARE A SCRIPTURE THAT THE LORD TOLD ME IS MY ANCHOR POINT.
IT IS FOUND IN ISAIAH 11:3.  "AND HE (JESUS) SHALL NOT JUDGE BY THE SIGHT OF HIS EYES, NOR DECIDE BY THE HEARING OF HIS EARS."  

NOW LETS THINK ABOUT THAT...WHEN JESUS DID MIRACLES ALL KINDS OF ISSUES PRESENTED THEMSELVES BEFORE HIS EYES.  ALL KINDS OF STATEMENTS OF UNBELIEF REACHED HIS EARS!  YET, THE LORD DID NOT REACT TO WHAT HE SAW, NOR DECIDE BY WHAT HE HEARD IN THE NATURAL.  HE ALLOWED FATHER THROUGH HOLY SPIRIT TO FLOW THROUGH HIM IGNORING WHAT HIS EYES MIGHT HAVE SEEN, AND IGNORING WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE HEARD FROM MEN.

BELOVED FAMILY OF GOD, THIS IS HOW FAITH WORKS.  YOU CANNOT JUDGE BY THE SIGHT OF YOUR EYES NOR DECIDE BY THE HEARING OF YOUR EARS.  YOU MUST DO TWO THINGS.  SEE AND LISTEN TO HOLY SPIRIT TO FIND OUT WHAT FATHER SEES AND HEARS!  

YOU ARE HIS SON OR DAUGHTER CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BRINGING HEAVEN TO EARTH.  THAT INDEED IS OUR CALL, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.  JESUS SHOWED US HOW.  HE SAID, "I ONLY DO WHAT I SEE MY FATHER DOING." (JOHN 5:19)  

INTIMACY!!!  YOU MUST DEVELOP INTIMACY WITH YOUR FATHER WHO LOVES YOU SO MUCH THAT IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13 THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, LOVE BELIEVES ALL THINGS!  REALLY??  LOVE BELIEVES ALL THINGS?  YES!  1 JOHN 4:8 SAYS THAT GOD IS LOVE.  SO WHEN PAUL SAID LOVE BELIEVES ALL THINGS, THAT IS THE FATHERS FAITH TOWARD YOU!  HE BELIEVES ALL THINGS CONCERNING YOU!

THE APOSTLE PAUL GAVE A VERY DESTINCTIVE VOICE TO THIS TRUTH WHEN HE SAID IN GALATIANS 2:20 "I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST; NEVERTHELESS I LIVE, YET NOT I, BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME; AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."  DON'T MISS WHAT HE SAID, "I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD" , NOT IN THE SON OF GOD....OF!  PAUL IS CLEARLY SAYING I LIVE BY GOD'S FAITH!

JESUS DEPENDED TOTALLY ON HIS HEAVENLY FATHER WHO SPOKE THROUGH HOLY SPIRIT WHILE ON EARTH.  WE MUST FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE.  HE WAS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE FATHER THROUGH THE VISIONARY REALM.  OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING.  YOU MUST DIE!  DEATH TO SELF IS MANDATORY, IN FACT IT IS ALREADY DONE THROUGH THE FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS!  COLOSSIANS 3:3 "FOR YOU HAVE DIED, AND YOUR LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD."  LET GOD'S FAITH FLOW THROUGH YOU!  YOU ARE MADE TO BRING HEAVEN TO EARTH!