“Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” John 5:24
From the very second that we are chosen by God and empowered by the Holy Spirit to make Jesus our Lord we have eternal life; we have an abundant life, and we have a life that is filled with the fruits of the Spirit and a life that is filled with the very presence of God. We have passed from death unto life, we have passed unto an abundant life in Christ, a life where God is the provider of everything that pertains unto life and unto holiness! Through Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit we now have faith in these Truths, so God is pleased, and we are eternally justified!
Now here is the really awesome Truth of the power of our salvation, we don’t come up with this faith on our own to believe that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Nope, Jesus gives us the faith to believe these things! “Looking unto Jesus the Authorer and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 How great is that? To please God we need to have faith; Jesus knows this, so He Authors and He Finishes our faith, so that we can be pleasing to God! There is nothing that God has not provided with our salvation. Jesus knows the rewards of God. He knows what a life filled with God can be, and we have Him right here with us, insuring that we can know and live these Truths as well. Jesus completely knows the power of God, the will of God, and the desires of God and He has complete and total faith concerning them, and Jesus now Authors and Finishes our faith!
Faith is not a human ability to believe the promises of God, faith is Jesus’ ability working through humans to accept and believe God’s promises. And there is not one believer who lacks faith, not one, that’s why we cannot boast! “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Romans 12:3 “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.” Galatians 2:20
How awesome are those two verses? We don’t have to take any thought about having enough faith, God has given us the measure of faith to believe and we now live with the power of Jesus’ faith to believe. We haven’t just been given the ability to believe, we have been given Jesus’ ability to believe! Man that is good Truth! Jesus Authors and Finishes our faith, and He doesn’t write a different faith book for each of us. Jesus gives us the One that was written by God for Him, and we now live by Jesus’ faith. Jesus isn’t stumbling when God says all, He doesn’t stumble over a spiritual gift like tongues. Jesus completely and totally understands God and He places within us His ability to believe in all of God’s Truths!
From the very second that we are chosen by God and empowered by the Holy Spirit to make Jesus our Lord we have eternal life; we have an abundant life, and we have a life that is filled with the fruits of the Spirit and a life that is filled with the very presence of God. We have passed from death unto life, we have passed unto an abundant life in Christ, a life where God is the provider of everything that pertains unto life and unto holiness! Through Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit we now have faith in these Truths, so God is pleased, and we are eternally justified!
Now here is the really awesome Truth of the power of our salvation, we don’t come up with this faith on our own to believe that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Nope, Jesus gives us the faith to believe these things! “Looking unto Jesus the Authorer and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 How great is that? To please God we need to have faith; Jesus knows this, so He Authors and He Finishes our faith, so that we can be pleasing to God! There is nothing that God has not provided with our salvation. Jesus knows the rewards of God. He knows what a life filled with God can be, and we have Him right here with us, insuring that we can know and live these Truths as well. Jesus completely knows the power of God, the will of God, and the desires of God and He has complete and total faith concerning them, and Jesus now Authors and Finishes our faith!
Faith is not a human ability to believe the promises of God, faith is Jesus’ ability working through humans to accept and believe God’s promises. And there is not one believer who lacks faith, not one, that’s why we cannot boast! “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Romans 12:3 “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.” Galatians 2:20
How awesome are those two verses? We don’t have to take any thought about having enough faith, God has given us the measure of faith to believe and we now live with the power of Jesus’ faith to believe. We haven’t just been given the ability to believe, we have been given Jesus’ ability to believe! Man that is good Truth! Jesus Authors and Finishes our faith, and He doesn’t write a different faith book for each of us. Jesus gives us the One that was written by God for Him, and we now live by Jesus’ faith. Jesus isn’t stumbling when God says all, He doesn’t stumble over a spiritual gift like tongues. Jesus completely and totally understands God and He places within us His ability to believe in all of God’s Truths!
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