Victory Life KY

Persistent Faith III

Episode Summary

We have to adopt a completely new way of thinking in order for us to appropriate the things of God, to live a life of faith.

Episode Notes

• Luke 18:4-5,NLT- The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!
• v.8, But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?

• MSG, But how much of that kind of persistent faith will the Son of Man find on the earth when He returns?

• We have to adopt a completely new way of thinking in order for us to appropriate the things of God, to live a life of faith.

• This is why Ephesians teaches us to pray, Lord, open the eyes of our soul so we can comprehend what you’ve already done for us. Help us understand living a life faith.

• Hebrews 11:1,AMP- Now faith is the assurance, title deed, the confirmation of things hoped for (things divinely guaranteed), the evidence of things not seen, the conviction of their reality. Faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses. 

• The degree of success in our faith is in direct proportion to our conviction of what God says. Not just hearing, but doing!

• Now when it comes to faith I believe Jesus gave us the most direct and practical instructions concerning how humans are to exercise faith.

• Mark 11:23,NIV- “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.”

• Jesus's instructions in Mark's gospel was in response to the disciples seeing what happened after Jesus spoke to a tree.

• And when they questioned Him about the tree, He gave this command; "Have faith in God"

• His lesson for them then, and for us today is that we would know how to exercise our God ordained authority as heirs in the spiritual world, impacting our natural world.

• Pay close attention to this, because way too many Christians are unbelievers when it comes to these truths.

• Jesus told us to speak to our mountains, not speak to God about are mountains.

• Make no mistake about it, speaking God inspired words of faith over your situation will absolutely change the course of your life in the here-and-now.

• We have to understand, faith is a spiritual reality and it is absolutely voice activated.

• Jesus is very clear in the fact that speaking faith from our hearts effects change in our world, from His. “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.”

• Psalms 107:2 NKJV- Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, who He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.

• I will accomplish my dreams. God is putting the right people are in my future. The right opportunities are headed my way. Blessings are chasing me down. I am the head and not the tail. I will keep a positive outlook. I will overcome every obstacle. I will outlast every adversity. 
• Things have shifted in my favor. What was meant for my harm, God is using for my advantage. My future is bright. My best days are still out in front of me. 
• I will become everything I was created to be. I will have everything God intended for me to have. I am the redeemed of the Lord, and I say so today!

• Because God designed our born-again lives to function a specific way, He’s actually expecting us to live according to our new nature. To be persistent in living a life of faith.

• Romans 1:17,NIV- ...The Righteous Live By Faith

• Truth is, Christianity was never meant to be a bunch of religious, legalistic traditions, but actually living our lives according to a new covenant, appropriated by what we believe, based solely on God’s promises?

• According to Hebrews, this kind of faith not only understands that God’s promises are spiritual, but accepts them as Him speaking directly yo us.

• Hebrews 11:7,MSG- By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn’t see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world.

• Here’s the thing, against all logic, criticism, fear, ridicule, the unknown, Noah stepped out in faith and built what God asked, based solely on what God said.

• Chances are pretty good that if faith is involved, there will be times we find ourselves in uncomfortable situations.

• Think about this, Noah had never seen rain, the thing God said was coming. This is what makes this such a faith example, Noah acted on things not seen.

• While God was asking Noah to build something for Him, at the same time, God was building something in Noah.

• What about us today, does God expect the same kind of faith out of us today?

• Being a Christian isn't just receiving a new life in Christ, it's actually living it!

• This is why Paul makes statements like, “It’s no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me,” because the life I now live I live by faith in Him.

• I honestly don't think God gave us new lives in Christ just to hang around here doing our own thing until we get to Heaven.

• But discovering, developing, actually living our new lives in Christ. 

• 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.
• NLT- We life by believing, not by seeing.

• All we have to do is come to the place where we follow the example of our father in the faith Abraham.

• Romans 4:20-21,NLT- Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises.

• Would you say you’re living like this?

• For many, the question is how can we?

• According to Romans 10, the more we hear revelation from Jesus the more we experience transformation.

• The more we yield to transformation, embracing a God inspired mindset, the more we put into practice our new life.

• Remember 2 Corinthians tells us we are to live our lives with a confident belief in God’s promises. Live by faith.

• Romans 3:27,NKJV- Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

• Just like God placed laws in place that govern our universe, (gravity, electricity, frequencies) He also has laws in place that govern the Kingdom of Heaven.
• And this is His point in Romans, reminding us that the OT laws have absolutely nothing to do with these laws.

• God Himself cannot override laws He’s already decreed.

• Psalm 89:34,NKJV- My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips.

• God’s words are forever settled.

• We can be as sincere as we want, but if we refuse to operate within God’s already established spiritual laws, there’s nothing He can do.

• This is what Paul was talking about in Romans when he said that the righteousness of God is revealed from faith, then he went on to tell us that we are to Live By Faith.

• If our righteousness is revealed from faith, then the more we grow in our faith, the clearer we see what Jesus actually accomplished for us.

• So we’ve got to stay teachable, accepting the fact that our faith development is our responsibility.

• Understand living a life of faith doesn’t automatically happen anymore than our natural living happens.

• Think about it, they both require education, training, commitment and development.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:3,NIV- We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

• Think about it like this, if faith is this unwavering trust and the seed of faith is planted in every human, then it simply has to be developed.

• This is why you can’t just memorize some scripture and quote it thinking you’re in faith.

• Because God has designed us to live by faith, we’ve got to get to the place where we allow what He says to shape and strengthen what we actually believe. How we actually live.