As you continue to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others, there will come a time when you will be in position to train them to see, speak and obey the Truth! Today's "Faith Food" by Kenneth E. Hagin is a very good [place to start with that!
New Creation Facts
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believes with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people" (2 Cor. 6:14-16).
In order to have strong faith, you must see yourself as God sees you - and you must say about yourself what God says about you. In the scripture quoted above, believers are called believers, and unbelievers are called unbelievers. So you can call yourself a believer. Believers are called righteousness, and unbelievers are called unrighteousness. Have you ever called yourself righteousness? That's what the Bible calls you, so you are. Believers are called light, and unbelievers are called darkness.
"And what concord hath Christ with Belial?" Here the Church is identified with Christ. Christ is the Head, and we are the Body. Your head doesn't go by one name and your body by another, does it? The Church is identified with Christ - we are the Body of Christ. Think about it. Let it soak in. What a basis for faith!
Confession: Because I am in Christ - I am a believer. I am righteousness. I am light. I am one who believes. I am the temple of God.
Realize that sometimes the simple things that Holy Spirit is leading you to do may not SEEM very glamorous, but obeying HIM is the very best decision you have ever made! Isaiah 55:8-9 tells us this:In order to have strong faith, you must see yourself as God sees you - and you must say about yourself what God says about you. In the scripture quoted above, believers are called believers, and unbelievers are called unbelievers. So you can call yourself a believer. Believers are called righteousness, and unbelievers are called unrighteousness. Have you ever called yourself righteousness? That's what the Bible calls you, so you are. Believers are called light, and unbelievers are called darkness.
"And what concord hath Christ with Belial?" Here the Church is identified with Christ. Christ is the Head, and we are the Body. Your head doesn't go by one name and your body by another, does it? The Church is identified with Christ - we are the Body of Christ. Think about it. Let it soak in. What a basis for faith!
Confession: Because I am in Christ - I am a believer. I am righteousness. I am light. I am one who believes. I am the temple of God.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
YES! His thoughts and His ways are higher than ours, which is a very GOOD thing! What some people see, and what this verses does NOT say, is that these thoughts are NOT past finding out! Hosea 6:3 tells us this:
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Did you notice that rather large "IF"? You were supposed to! Whenever you see the word "if" in the Bible, realize that this represents CHOICE! HE will not force anything on us. He HAS already blessed us, but WE must find out what these blessings are and how to get hold of them! The blessing we are speaking of above is getting to know HIM! We WILL know Him IF we choose to pay whatever price is necessary to get the Word in us in abundance! We WILL know WHEN we decide to pursue! He wants nothing better than to help us know Him more! Are you ready? Let's GO! Here is Hillsong Kids with "My Number One":
Shalom in Him!
