WHOSE FAITH FOLLOW
Brother James, OIC
Heb 13:5-9 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
Today it saddens my heart that so much arrogance and esteem for self exists in the Church today. Men who are suppose to be men of faith are held up by finances, social status, careers and compromise and many more are held together by pharmaceuticals. And in all this they call it good and some call it Jesus. Yet the same Jesus that existed before all things as the creative force of the universe as the Word of God, Who was God and is God, has never changed. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. On this planet in the Person of Jesus God healed the sick, raised the dead and fed the multitude. He made the blind to see the lame to walk and the deaf to hear. And he cast the devil out of people. He promises that not only will we be able to do what He has done but greater works still…And these greater works are ALL hinged on a Faith that Follows.
Since Jesus is the same and promises to never leave us nor forsake us then shouldn’t we show our Love for Him by trusting His Word?
Mat 17:18-20 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Either Jesus lied, WHICH HE DIDN’T, or the many trusting the flesh and calling it God are liars, WHICH THEY ARE!
Jesus encouraged us through many stories to Pray and fight the fight of faith without fainting and solving your problems through man.
Luk 18:1-8 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth.
In this Laodicean Church age a lukewarmness exists. It relies on its on strengths and calls it God. Meanwhile it takes people God wants to save and takes them captive to watered down, powerless and even false doctrines. This is a fainted state where faithlessness abounds.
Rev 3:14-20 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Gods Promises are all that’s needed for true believers, His Word of Truth will empower you first to become a son or daughter of God then your faith will overcome the Wicked One. A few scripture references that will help you are: 2Peter 1:1-11, Revelation 12:11, Hebrews 5:12 - 6:3; 11:1, John 8:31-32.
Remember to pray and faint not, Jesus is enough, your faith will follow.
