Thursday, August 25, 2005

Faith Comes By Hearing God's Word

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of the Lord." Romans 10:17

Faith comes from hearing the Word of our Father through Jesus Christ! Hallelujah let’s look at the Word of our Father then and get some faith!

“I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5

A-men, through Christ we will be used by our Father to produce much fruit. Look at how Jesus says it’s an absolute certainty that our Father will use us and that He will produce works of righteousness through us! Our Father is not a man that He should lie and Jesus said that if we abide in Him, and if He abides within us, then we will produce much fruit! And the only way that we are able to abide in Jesus is because He now abides within us; He strengthens us and enables us to abide within Him! There is no boasting here, it is all Jesus; He is the One Who enables us to abide permanently within Him! We cannot help but to abide in Christ once that we are saved. Because the only reason that we are alive now is because it is Christ within Who is alive.

“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:3

How could a branch live apart from the vine? We can’t fool God and get temporally attached to Jesus; once we are a branch of Christ, we are a branch of Christ! A member of His body, flesh of His flesh, and bone of His bone!

“For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bone.” Ephesians 5:30

There are no doubts in Jesus’ Words; there are no maybes, if we are truly saved, then we will produce much fruit! Through Jesus and through His power within our lives, we will be active and full of righteous works. Through Christ we can do all things and through Christ we will do all things!

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13

The power here is Jesus’, it’s Jesus that is the force behind our active Godly lifestyles. We do not trust in ourselves to please God! We trust in Jesus, He Authors and Finishes our faith. We trust in Jesus and in His abilities to work through us and in His abilities to please God! Just as the branch bears the fruit of the vine, so do we! Everything people see being done through us is because it is Christ within us doing it and Christ is a fruitful Vine! Faith comes from hearing this Truth!

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