Understanding the Law of Faith part 3
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:32 pmHello Christianity Oasis, All!
Blessings
Jesus came that He might destroy the works of the devil…We that have matured through and by the help of the Holy Spirit, The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, The Holy Ghost, do understand we have entered into our Lord's labor of destroying the works of the devil. We are not just talking about the forgiveness of all our sins through confession of them, or casting the devil out of someone here, or casting down imaginations and every high thing that elevates itself above the truth of God, we are talking about the direct frontal assault where the devil is determined to kill us. Such may occur when we naively disregard our need to have “Great Faith” to continue doing that which we do not consider to be sin in our life, or when do something for the first time we have always considered sin and have always avoided doing it…whatever it may be…
For example…let us say that we are a committed layman of our church, and have never had a glass of wine in our life. Now we’ve grown some in the Lord, and see that many church people consider it ok to drink a glass of wine during a lavish dinner. However, we’ve considered that something we shouldn’t do…then in a weak moment temptation comes and before we have even thought there might be harsh consequences for drinking that glass of wine it is down the hatch.
Once home the thought enters our mind that we sinned when we drank that glass of wine and feel miserable…then all of a sudden before we can ask forgiveness, wham! What seemed like nothing has now become the fiery trial of the devil. Immediately you feel the sting of death hit the top of your soul and you fall right into the hands of God. The wind is blowing with hurricane strength and the waves are beating your shores…but your house did not fall into oblivion because it was founded on a rock. Guess what??? You just got saved from death even though the next blistering event of torture flows from the top of your head to the bottom of your gut. Your fiery trial has begun! You feel hell fire hit the top of your head and seemingly burn you to a crisp. You are confused. You think you must have committed the unpardonable sin and you lose all hope.
Now remember, God has you in His arms, but that is all. Beyond saving you it is your trial to win or lose. Unless you figure out where you went wrong the trial will continue…your flesh is seemingly being burned up by hell fire. You can’t sit down or sleep. You can’t think! You are confused and feel entirely abandoned by God even though you are really safe in His arms. But…you don’t know that because you cannot feel any peace whatsoever. You do feel fear, though...enough fear to block out the good words of God.
Day after day after day after day you suffer as though you were in the flames of Hell. Thankfully there comes a finally…that is, some hope. You realize you can’t be damned because you love God, your family, and your brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. Those thoughts immediately revive your faith in the Word of God and His faithfulness to perform it, but the onslaught continues…then comes another finally…whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Right then and there in a heartbeat you understand that you must have faith to do all things through Christ Jesus…you repent of repenting that that glass of wine was sin to you and declare to the devil you have faith to do that. Now you have the victory that is ours through faith in Christ Jesus. You gradually return to normal through your faith...back to normal doesn't happen over night...your faith is still a little shaky because you have just endured great tribulation!! Over the course of years you may suffer similar attacks, but God is faithful. He has you in His arms and He isn't going to quit on you no matter what you feel or think. What does matter is that you continue in the faith though you feel nothing. Don't abandon your faith if you feel lonely and depressed. Don't abandon your faith for any reason!!! Your faith will remain on trial until God Himself who has been inside you all through your tribulation decides you have suffered enough and begins the process of restoring, establishing, and strengthening you. It is at that time Christ within you makes you aware that He is alive in your soul and comforts you. Such brings us to tenet number two of the Law of Faith.
2. All Things Are Lawful For Me!
We spend far too much time demanding Satan take his hands off of our property and finances and too little time holding up our shield of faith to defend ourselves. Devils are our problem. They are the ones Jesus came to save us from. Because of that we should hold a little more regard for our souls than increasing our wealth. The salvation of our soul is worth much more than all the riches of the world, yet we do little to protect ourselves.
What comprises our soul? We do! The sum total of our consciousness, thoughts, will to do and deeds originate in us until the Daystar arises in our hearts. It is then that we have the mind of Christ in us showing us how to live in faith by Him. In other words, there is someone inside our soul teaching, helping, and guiding us into all understanding.
Ok, all things are lawful for me…does that mean I can rob a bank, steal a car, or shoot the neighbor that vexes us every chance he gets? Even if you haven’t matured, if you have been born again by the Spirit of God, He will not allow you to do such things. If you feel that you can do any really, very, very bad thing, then you need to repent in earnest and take a trip back to the Cross of our Lord, get on your knees, and ask that God baptize into His death and resurrection. Afterward, or at the same time, get baptized in water.
Well…then what does all things are lawful for me truly mean? It means this. All things that are lawful in the land where you live you are entitled to have faith to do. However, Paul warns us to have some common sense. If you get out there too far in your faith, you can count on the devil trying your faith, and you may find you do not have the faith to withstand an attack as I described above. The devil really can kill you if it convinces you that you have sinned a sin that you can't be forgiven of, and cleansed of…which... of course…is your belief in your unbelief! In other words…if you get out there too far and find yourself unable to believe God will forgive and cleanse you through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant of ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS YOU ARE LOST UNTIL YOU BELIEVE HE CAN AND WILL RESTORE YOU AGAIN!
Now we come to tenet number three.
3. Pursue Faith, Hope, and Love, in all that you do, for in so doing your FAITH will quench all of the fiery darts of the wicked one. Keep your faith!! For it his through your faith in God you overcome.
Need I say more?
Blessings!
Love, In Christ Jesus, Saint.
Blessings
1John.3
[8] He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Heb.2
[14] Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Jesus came that He might destroy the works of the devil…We that have matured through and by the help of the Holy Spirit, The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, The Holy Ghost, do understand we have entered into our Lord's labor of destroying the works of the devil. We are not just talking about the forgiveness of all our sins through confession of them, or casting the devil out of someone here, or casting down imaginations and every high thing that elevates itself above the truth of God, we are talking about the direct frontal assault where the devil is determined to kill us. Such may occur when we naively disregard our need to have “Great Faith” to continue doing that which we do not consider to be sin in our life, or when do something for the first time we have always considered sin and have always avoided doing it…whatever it may be…
For example…let us say that we are a committed layman of our church, and have never had a glass of wine in our life. Now we’ve grown some in the Lord, and see that many church people consider it ok to drink a glass of wine during a lavish dinner. However, we’ve considered that something we shouldn’t do…then in a weak moment temptation comes and before we have even thought there might be harsh consequences for drinking that glass of wine it is down the hatch.
Once home the thought enters our mind that we sinned when we drank that glass of wine and feel miserable…then all of a sudden before we can ask forgiveness, wham! What seemed like nothing has now become the fiery trial of the devil. Immediately you feel the sting of death hit the top of your soul and you fall right into the hands of God. The wind is blowing with hurricane strength and the waves are beating your shores…but your house did not fall into oblivion because it was founded on a rock. Guess what??? You just got saved from death even though the next blistering event of torture flows from the top of your head to the bottom of your gut. Your fiery trial has begun! You feel hell fire hit the top of your head and seemingly burn you to a crisp. You are confused. You think you must have committed the unpardonable sin and you lose all hope.
Now remember, God has you in His arms, but that is all. Beyond saving you it is your trial to win or lose. Unless you figure out where you went wrong the trial will continue…your flesh is seemingly being burned up by hell fire. You can’t sit down or sleep. You can’t think! You are confused and feel entirely abandoned by God even though you are really safe in His arms. But…you don’t know that because you cannot feel any peace whatsoever. You do feel fear, though...enough fear to block out the good words of God.
Day after day after day after day you suffer as though you were in the flames of Hell. Thankfully there comes a finally…that is, some hope. You realize you can’t be damned because you love God, your family, and your brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. Those thoughts immediately revive your faith in the Word of God and His faithfulness to perform it, but the onslaught continues…then comes another finally…whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Right then and there in a heartbeat you understand that you must have faith to do all things through Christ Jesus…you repent of repenting that that glass of wine was sin to you and declare to the devil you have faith to do that. Now you have the victory that is ours through faith in Christ Jesus. You gradually return to normal through your faith...back to normal doesn't happen over night...your faith is still a little shaky because you have just endured great tribulation!! Over the course of years you may suffer similar attacks, but God is faithful. He has you in His arms and He isn't going to quit on you no matter what you feel or think. What does matter is that you continue in the faith though you feel nothing. Don't abandon your faith if you feel lonely and depressed. Don't abandon your faith for any reason!!! Your faith will remain on trial until God Himself who has been inside you all through your tribulation decides you have suffered enough and begins the process of restoring, establishing, and strengthening you. It is at that time Christ within you makes you aware that He is alive in your soul and comforts you. Such brings us to tenet number two of the Law of Faith.
2. All Things Are Lawful For Me!
We spend far too much time demanding Satan take his hands off of our property and finances and too little time holding up our shield of faith to defend ourselves. Devils are our problem. They are the ones Jesus came to save us from. Because of that we should hold a little more regard for our souls than increasing our wealth. The salvation of our soul is worth much more than all the riches of the world, yet we do little to protect ourselves.
What comprises our soul? We do! The sum total of our consciousness, thoughts, will to do and deeds originate in us until the Daystar arises in our hearts. It is then that we have the mind of Christ in us showing us how to live in faith by Him. In other words, there is someone inside our soul teaching, helping, and guiding us into all understanding.
Ok, all things are lawful for me…does that mean I can rob a bank, steal a car, or shoot the neighbor that vexes us every chance he gets? Even if you haven’t matured, if you have been born again by the Spirit of God, He will not allow you to do such things. If you feel that you can do any really, very, very bad thing, then you need to repent in earnest and take a trip back to the Cross of our Lord, get on your knees, and ask that God baptize into His death and resurrection. Afterward, or at the same time, get baptized in water.
Well…then what does all things are lawful for me truly mean? It means this. All things that are lawful in the land where you live you are entitled to have faith to do. However, Paul warns us to have some common sense. If you get out there too far in your faith, you can count on the devil trying your faith, and you may find you do not have the faith to withstand an attack as I described above. The devil really can kill you if it convinces you that you have sinned a sin that you can't be forgiven of, and cleansed of…which... of course…is your belief in your unbelief! In other words…if you get out there too far and find yourself unable to believe God will forgive and cleanse you through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant of ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS YOU ARE LOST UNTIL YOU BELIEVE HE CAN AND WILL RESTORE YOU AGAIN!
Now we come to tenet number three.
3. Pursue Faith, Hope, and Love, in all that you do, for in so doing your FAITH will quench all of the fiery darts of the wicked one. Keep your faith!! For it his through your faith in God you overcome.
John.11
[25] Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
[26] And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Need I say more?
Merry Christmas to you all!!!
Blessings!
Love, In Christ Jesus, Saint.
Lani