Victory Life KY

FaithTime IV

Episode Summary

Faith actually starts as a conviction in the human soul, established by the unveiling of the truth in God’s word, to the degree that you have this fixed expectation from what God has told you, you have this divinely inspired trust.

Episode Notes

Hebrews 11,MSG, The fundamental fact of our existence is that this TRUST in God, this FAITH, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see.

Faith actually starts as a conviction in the human soul, established by the unveiling of the truth in God’s word,
to the degree that you have this fixed expectation from what God has told you, you have this divinely inspired trust.

2 Corinthians 5:7,AMP- We walk by faith, not by sight, living our lives in a manner consistent with our CONFIDENT BELIEF IN GOD’S PROMISES.

Living this way starts with our thinking. There’s no way our believing can be right until our thinking is right.
Then James takes things a step further by driving the point home that our tongue is the rudder of our lives.

When David went against Goliath, his sword was in his mouth.

RIGHT THINKING = RIGHT BELIEVING = RIGHT TALKING

For the born again, moving into a life of faith means that at some point we have to stop letting this counterfeit society dictate who we are.

Speaking what God says about you right in the face of not seeing anything yet is exactly what walking by faith, not by sight looks like.

Hebrews 11:3,NLT- By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.

In these last days God is leading us back to the supernatural, to the impossible because He is returning for a glorious church.

Listen to Ephesians 5, “He will sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church.”

Here’s the deal, unfortunately the enemy has had more success than we would like to admit in misleading the church.

1 Timothy 4:1,NIV- The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

2 Timothy 4:3,NLT- “For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear.”

What we have to keep in mind is just hearing what we want to, what we like isn’t a life of faith. Remember, faith is spiritual substance, evidence, the title deed, proof of things not seen.

What God is looking for in these last days is some proof from His heirs.

2 Peter 3:3-9,NIV- Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
4- They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
5- But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
6- By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7- By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
8- But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
9- The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

For everyone of us that are heirs to the Kingdom, part of our responsibility is expressing our God, being able to have conversations about Kingdom realities.

A big part of the life of faith starts with us seeing ourselves the way God sees us, in His class, made in His image, heirs to His Kingdom.

All He has, He has already given. The Zoe life, His nature, His wisdom and provision.

Romans 1:20,NLT- For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

You see, the reason faith is so vital is simply because we are created beings, made a specific way. The reason He says people have no excuse is because He made every human with the ability to believe, and guess what, we do.

We can make all the excuses we want but at the end of the day, it simply comes down to what we believe.

Remember last week we talked about those who argue, man wrote the Bible? Ultimately the written is simply a transfer of the living to a human form of communication.

2 Timothy 3:16-17,NKJV- All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Thank God for His written word, but there were many that didn’t have written word and still believed. This is why God tells us that without a preacher, how can they hear? The actual power is in the gospel, the message of Christ.

This is why Paul takes things a step further in Corinthians by telling us that we are living letters written by the spirit of God.

This is why Jesus made radical statements like, “If you can believe, all things are possible to them who believe.” And in it’s simplest form, faith is exactly that, believing.

In these last days, the church will think more like God, talk more like God, walk more like God.

Here’s one of your take homes for today, CHALLENGE YOUR POTENTIAL

Start believing God for big. Seriously, we’re made for the supernatural, you ready for this, the impossible. God just might lead you into a battle you can’t win, without Him.

A real life of faith isn’t trying to get God to do something, but actually enforcing a reality God has already created.

This is why Ephesians teaches us to pray, Lord, open the eyes of my spirit so I can comprehend what you’ve already done for us.

There has to be transformation in our soul for us to experience faith.

Joshua 6:1-2,NKJV- Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.”

Faith sees from God’s perspective. The more we see Him, the more we’re transformed into His image. And the more this happens, the more impactful we will be for Him.

Colossians 1:15-16,NLT- Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through Him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through Him and for Him.

Here’s the thing, faith places us in Him.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29,NKJV- But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.

Here’s the deal, as long as we allow our senses, emotions, intelligence to determine reality, we leave no room for faith.

And as we’ve repeatedly said, God didn’t give us these new lives in Him just to do our own thing until we go to heaven.

We’re suppose to be bringing Heaven down here. Remember, CHALLENGE YOUR POTENTIAL

Start believing God for big. Seriously, we’re made for the supernatural, the impossible. God just might lead you into a battle you can’t win, without Him.