In order to receive anything from God we must first believe that He is. We have the freewill to block Him totally out of our life or to chose to take Him at His word. Faith is the only way to enter into living in the spirit.
We need to have confidence in God and believe in the saving grace He gives in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is the only way to the Father and the mighty works that Holy Spirit can do in our life.
Faith is taking God at His word.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
God cannot tolerate unbelief it is worse than any other sin.
When we do not believe the word of God we turn against the living testimony that He gave man through the inspiration of Holy Spirit. God’s Word, manifested bodily in Christ Jesus, is powerful and able to save anyone who believes in Him. It is also the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. The Holy Spirit will convict us when we miss the mark and fall short. In His great agape love for His creation does He not leave or forsake us.
Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Knowing that God is in perfect control we are totally safe. Jesus, the gift of God to mankind, purchased our redemption allowing us to enter in to His peace. From that moment of belief Holy Spirit resides in us to guide and direct our lives. We just need to listen to His still, small voice.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
The soul makes up our personality-our mind, will and emotions. The Cross of Jesus Christ allows our soul to have right standing and relationship with God. Our spirit is inoperable until Holy Spirit enters in. Jesus lights the flame.
Life is in the blood of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Holy Spirit is alive in us.
There is a difference between believing something to be true and trusting in that truth enough to obey its guidance. “Faith" indicates confidence built on a foundation of trust in God. "Believe" is the verb form of "faith"; in most places in Scripture, it refers to the action of placing our confidence in Christ. For instance, Jesus said, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent" (John 6:29). First5
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable,” Madeleine L'Engle wrote. “But to grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.”
This invitation gratefully has the power to shift our core sense of where we tether our being. And it includes the recognition that it is (even, and especially) in our vulnerability, and humility, that we find the strength and the power to take care of one another. The invitation to be the light that lets love set one another free. This matters, because no one is on this journey alone. Sabbath Moments
Hypocrisy turns people against God, so God has a no-tolerance policy. Let’s take hypocrisy as seriously as God does. Bottom line: don’t make a theater production out of your faith. Slay the desire to be noticed. Stir the desire to serve God. Heed the counsel of Christ: “First wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too” (Matthew 23:26 NLT). Do good things. Just don’t do them to be noticed. You can be too good for your own good, you know. Max Lucado
Mark 6:5-6
5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. The New King James Version
May Divine grace deliver us from that unbelief, which renders Christ a savour of death, rather than of life to the soul. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Matthew 9:35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Matthew 13:57–58 So they were offended at Him.But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Mark 5:23 and begged Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.”
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