Genesis 1:27-28 (Amp) says, "So God created man in His Own Image; in the Image and Likeness of God He created him; male and female, He created the. And the Lord Blessed them and said to them; Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, using all its vast resources in the service of God and man: And have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth."
We've been taught that this Blessing is only "for when we die and leave this earth." We've been taught that Christians are supposed to be sick, poor, weak and tested, in order to deserve what God has prepared for us. It's true that this Blessing is Spiritual, but the new creation people are Spiritual and these Blessings are already ours in Christ Jesus. Everything we see around us came from the Spirit realm. God created all things, both natural and Super-natural. The Blessings God spoke over us, come from the Spiritual into the natural.
The Father never created His children to be run over for the entire time we spend on earth and then be Blessed after entering Heaven. We didn't deserve His Blessings before Adam's fall and we don't deserve it now. We can expect God to provide for and deliver His children, like He said He would. It all comes by God's Grace and Love for us.
We've never extended our faith and trust in God's intervening in our lives, because we see the Church being persecuted and believe it's God's will for His family. Jesus said that "persecution will come while we're on this earth," but He also said, "I have overcome the world." 1John 5:4 (Amp), "For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world: And this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith." Our faith in what? Our faith in being born of God and in the One Who gave us Life and victory.
We haven't put our faith in God's healing, delivering, and Blessing us here on earth. He isn't only talking about our overcoming the world when we leave this body, but we'll overcome while on this earth too. Receiving Jesus as our Lord and Savior, means that we will overcome the world when we leave this body. Overcoming the world though, doesn't mean by death, but by the new Life which is in us here on earth, because Jesus lives in us and us in Him.
The new creation children of God have the Same Holy Spirit, the Same Father, the same son-ship right and privileges and the same Words that Jesus had during His earthly ministry, to overcome this world. This is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. Do we have faith in Jesus, to overcome the world while we're still in it?
Faith isn't trying to "make" God do something for us. Faith is trusting God for what He has already done for us, in Jesus. Our overcoming the world is based on trusting in the Truth of what God has already done for us, in the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Corinthians 1:18-20 (Amp) says that, "All His Promises are Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus, to the praise and Glory of God." If God Promised it, then it's already a Yes answer to our needs, whatever they might be. This is the faith that overcomes the world. As long as we're in the world and serving God, the devil will make sure we have tribulations, persecution and trials. We must overcome these things by believing God's Promises in Christ Jesus. We cannot overcome the world, without having faith in Him.
Galatians 5:5-6 (Amp) says, "For we, not relying on the Law but through the Holy Spirit's help, by faith anticipate and wait for the Blessing and Good for which our righteousness and right standing with God (our conformity to His will in purpose, thought and action) causes us to hope. For if we are in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through Love."
We are to walk in Love, in order for our prayer life and faith to work like it should. We must understand that this scripture is telling us just how much God Loves us, because our faith works only to the degree of knowing the fullness of His Love for us. When trials, tests and persecution come, we believe God is using them to teach us something, because we don't understand the depths of His Love for us. 1John 4:16-17 (Amp) says, "And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe, adhere to and put faith in and rely on the Love God cherishes for us: GOD IS LOVE, and he who dwells and continues in Love dwells in Him. In this union and communion with Him, Love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment with assurance and boldness to face Him, because as He is, so are we in this world."
Do you have boldness and assurance to face God in the day of judgment? If not, then the understanding of God's Love hasn't reached perfection yet and you won't have the faith that works by Love. If you have faith in God's Love, then you'll see yourself as being holy, pure, without fault and perfect in His eyes. If you see yourself in a way that is different from what God's Word says about you, then your faith will be weak. It shows that you don't know and understand God's Great Love for you. It's difficult to walk in faith and receive what God's Love wants to do in your life, when your heart condemns you, so you still see yourself as being unworthy and imperfect.
The Holy Spirit inspire John to write in 1John 3:20-22 (Amp), "Whenever our hearts in tormenting self-accusation make us feel guilt and condemn us, for we are in God's hands. For He is Above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows, perceives and understands everything, nothing is hidden from Him. And beloved, if our conscience (our hearts), do not accuse us, if they don't make us feel guilty and condemn us, we have confidence, complete assurance and boldness before God. And we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we watchfully obey His orders, observe His suggestions and injunctions, follow His Plan for us and habitually practice what is pleasing to Him."
When we understand the power of God's love, then our hearts can't prevent our faith from working, because "Faith works by Love." Romans 8:1 (Amp) says, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong), for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live and walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit."
Your flesh will dictate guilt and condemnation, but your spirit will dictate God's Word and His Love, which have no condemnation. 1John 4:21 (Amp) tells us that, "If our conscience doesn't make us feel guilt before Him, we receive from Him whatever we ask of Him, because FAITH WORKS BY LOVE."
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