We may believe and we may agree and we may even confess all night and day but until we act, faith will not work. Faith is belief plus action. You have the assurance and then you show that you really have the assurance by acting on the word of God. Faith says, If you believe, you will act. You have to act to make your faith real. What is it that is hindering you? What is it that you fear? You have to act on your faith. Faith sees the invisible and makes it visible. It just does not happen all in the mind. You have to act on your faith. You have to do what you normally would not do. You have to act. You are not becoming an actor but you act on what you believe is true as shown to you in the word of God. If God’s word says that you are a child of the light, it is time to act as one. We have to keep our eyes focussed on the truth and have an attitude of contempt for our circumstances. Our circumstances will change as our faith increases with each step and finally becomes perfect. Faith is based on the facts of the word of God but it is expressed by our actions. We have to step on the water before we can walk on it. Put your full weight over the troubled waters and you will see your faith in action. It is like the Apostle James said, Faith without works is dead. Faith is an act.
Judgment In The House Of God
It is beyond any doubt that we are in the last days. The Bible says that Christ will come for a bride without any blemish and spot. But we see so much dirt and filth in the church. The time is coming for judgment to begin in the house of God. We have preached about love and the kindness and compassion of God. But the Apostle Paul says, Behold the kindness and severity of God. Kindness comes first and then severity. We have seen the kindness and goodness of God. It is time to see His severity. Judgment will begin in the house of God and there shall be no mercy. Ananias and Sapphira received no mercy when the church was born. Deceitful and lukewarm believers will receive no mercy before the church is taken away. But those who submit to the discipline of God will receive a character refined by the power of God. For the church will be refined and it will be with fire. Such testings of faith as has never been witnessed in church history. But so will the grace and power of God be with us who believe. But for those who play with church, it will be a time for destruction for no foe or enemy will be able to withstand this move of God. God is not interested in half hearted believers. Jesus categorically mentioned that he who takes the plough and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God. We have to fight for our King who died for us and there is no looking back.
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Acting As If It Were True…….
There are many definitions of faith. And one definition is “Faith is acting as if it were true.” If we really have faith then our attitude and outlook towards our problems would change. We would start looking at them in a different light now since we have faith. If you had faith you would consider it done. The problem is solved. So you would act different now. It is not about the evidences presented before you but the Word of God that counts. So you now act as if it were true and it becomes true because it was already true. Once you know the will of God, you have to believe it and act as though it were true because it is true. Your acting does not make it real but you act because it is already real. More than two thousand years ago, Christ purchased your salvation and you have to appropriate everything that Christ won for you. You have freedom, peace, joy, health, success and life. Your needs are met and you are abundantly blessed. Do not look at your circumstances. By faith you have to thank God because He has promised to supply all your needs. Giving thanks is one way we can act as if it were already true. If you don’t have peace, thank God that He has given it to you in Christ. Do the same for everything else that you need because God cares for you and He wants to give every good thing to you. But you have to have faith because without faith no one can please God. And everything that is not of faith is sin. Faith does not look at the circumstances but at the Saviour who has changed the circumstances in the invisible world. Your faith will make it real in this world. Faith is not expectancy but assurance that the thing promised has come to be true so you act as if it were already true. You are not expecting it to happen in the near future. It has already happened, so when it really happens, you are not surprised but it is all very natural. The blessings of God come very naturally to you because you already believed them to be true before they were really true in the natural realm. If the bank gave you a check for a thousand dollars, you would consider yourself to be a thousand dollars rich, even though you do not have the money with you. It can be considered as if you already had the green notes because you can encash the check from the bank. It the same with God’s facts. They are what Christ has already won for you. You only need to encash them with your faith. So, once you know what is yours, you act as if it were already yours even though it may take some time to be really yours. This is acting as if it were true.
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