Genesis 1:1 (Amplified) says that "In the beginning God..."
It doesn't say where God came from or where He originated from. The very first words in the Bible have to have faith to believe. If we can believe something as "In the beginning God," then why would we stagger at the rest of His Word?
Hebrews 11:1 (Amplified) tells us that, "Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things (we) hope for, being the proof of things (we) do not see and the conviction of their reality, (faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses)."
The Word of God is the title deed of the things we hope for. We, as believers, are expected to take the Word of God as proof being needed. That's what faith really is; believing because He said it. You have never seen your salvation, yet you believe in it because He said so. You have never seen the sin that He bore, but the Word is proof; not the way we feel, but faith in God's Word.
When God said in 2 Corinthians 5:17 (Amplified), "Therefore if any person is (ingrafted) in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old (previous moral and spiritual condition) has passed away, behold, the fresh and new has come."
When you became born again, according to the above scripture, you became a new being. Did you look different in the reflection of the mirror? Were you taller, younger, older or different ? No! By faith in His Word, we believed what God said and by faith received it. In this same chapter of 2 Corinthians 5:21 (Amplified) the Word declared that now you have been made the righteousness of God, in Christ Jesus.
Tell me, did you at this time (or even now for some) feel like you were righteous? Most believers that I know still struggle with being righteous. Although we see it in the Word and even though it's our proof, we still allow our senses (or our feelings) dictate unto us our same sinful nature through condemnation of our carnal mind. We read how Jesus bore our sin, but still walk under guilt of who we were before Jesus.
We read in John 17:21 (Amplified) where Jesus prayed, "'That they may be one, (just) as you, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.'"
Could it be that because we have unbelief in this area (this being one with Them) that the world doesn't see Jesus as He said we should? If we would only believe what the Word says to believe, then would the Jesus we see in the gospels, the One Who gives sight or the One Who walked in God's Own power, be the Church that Jesus said the world would see and be convinced of Jesus?
We have mostly centered in on the scriptures about forgiveness, but we haven't understood what the Father wants to do now that you've been forgiven. We are children of the supernatural because we were made in God's Image and likeness. He is supernatural and so are we.
Mostly, we've put off what the Word says about us until we get to heaven. If we wait until then, then how could John 17:21 (Amplified) be true? We were supposed to walk this now so the world would see and believe. For the most part, the only proof the world see in us is that we go to church on Sunday (at least some do). Apart from that, the world doesn't see much change.
The church still gets divorced, drunk, swears, cheats, lies and do the same things the world does. the world is looking for the supernatural things that the Word said to do and all we give the world is a list of rules they must follow to be like us.
I believe that the Father is raising up a new breed of believer in these last days. He's raising up a Joshua people; those who regardless of what others say, will show forth His power. Can you imagine what it would do for the people who don't know Jesus to see the lame walk, the blind see, the dead raised and demons cast out? Mark 16:17-18 (Amplified) says that "These attesting signs will accompany those who believe; in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues, (languages)." Verse 18 goes on, "they will pick up serpents, and (even) if they drink anything deadly it will not hurt them, they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well."
Is this the same Lord, the same Word, the same Holy Spirit Who said your sins have been forgiven and you are free indeed? Is this not the same Word that declared you to be righteous (whether you feel righteous or not) and declared you saved?
If we learn to trust in all the Word instead of just the parts we like, then we will see the results that the Word has declared they would see. This is revealing the Jesus that the world is longing to see and not a bunch of self-righteous people who are accused of being so judgmental over the sinner. We have failed to show the Jesus that they need. The drunk doesn't need us to tell him he's a drunk. He needs to have someone set him free from alcohol. The sinner doesn't need us to tell him he's a sinner. He already knows that he's a sinner. There doesn't seem to be enough power in what we are doing to set him free.
It's time to learn to trust in the Word, which is supernatural, and to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. If His Word is true for forgiveness, then it's true for everything else too.
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