BELIEVING

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        Believing the word of God is the key to faith.  You must believe that God’s word is the only truth and the final and absolute authority.  He that believes has already possessed, because he that believes in Jesus has everlasting life (John 6:47).  This is the Father’s will that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have everlasting life; and the Son will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:40)  The disciples asked Jesus what must we do to work the works of God.   Jesus answered:  “This is the work of God that you believe in him who was sent (John 6:28-29).”  Believing has to be granted to you by the Father for no one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him (John 6:44).  Jesus said unto Simon Peter that flesh and blood has not revealed this to you (that I am the Christ, the Son of the living God), but my Father who is in heaven (Matt. 16:16-17).  It is the Spirit that gives life (believing) the flesh profits nothing (John 6:63). The words that God speaks are spirit and life (John 6:63).  In order to believe you must have the word of God abiding in you ((John 5:38).  You must believe the written word in order to believe the spoken word (John 5:47).  You are strong, the word of God abides in you and you have overcome the wicked one (1 John 2:14).  For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world:  and this is the victory that has overcome the world, even our Faith (1 John 5:4).  Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God (1 John 5:1).  The born again believer has obtained like precious faith through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:1). His spirit has been renewed to receive the word of God and give birth to it.   Of His own will He begat us with the word of truth being born again…of incorruptible seed:  by the word of God, which lives and abides forever (James 1:18, 1 Peter 1:23).   It is the Word (God’s divine power) that has given unto us promises that we might be partaker of the divine nature (God’s faith), which causes us to operate like God (Romans 1:16 and 2 Peter 1:4). 

        When we study and meditate on the word of God the Holy Spirit causes the faith of the word to reside in our spirit.  When we speak the word, it is God’s word and since it has the faith of God abiding in it, it is as if God himself were speaking.  Our word will not return to us void but it will accomplish that which we please and prosper in the thing to which we send it. (Isaiah 55:11) 

        The spoken word has as its point of reference: the written word.  If I do not let the word of God depart out of my mouth but meditate in the word day and night and observe to do all that is written therein, then I will make my way prosperous and have good success (Joshua 1:8).  I am also liken to a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruits in seasons and whatsoever I do prospers (Psalms 1:3).  The result of my speaking is to build and release faith filled words.  I must believe what I say happens.  My words become my focus point in believing.  I have become conscious of speaking faith filled words until speaking faith filled words has become natural.  My words always produce what I speak.  Then believing is a result of God’s word becoming real in my life.  I speak his word because I believe the word works.