DAVID A. MCMILLEN

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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.

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"FAITH IS REAL IF YOU BELIEVE" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

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By: DAVID A. MCMILLEN
Posted in: INSPIRATIONAL

FAITH IS REAL IF YOU BELIEVE

 

FAITH IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, EVEN CHRISTIANS.  WE KNOW WE HAVE IT BECAUSE PAUL TELLS US IN ROMANS 12:3 THAT WE DO, "God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."  






THE WORD "FAITH" APPEARED 249 TIMES IN THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE AND I WANTED TO READ THEM ALL.  I DECIDED TO START IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, SINCE IT IS FROM WHERE I TAKE MOST OF MY MESSAGES. WHEN I FINISHED THERE WERE ONLY TWO THAT I HADN'T READ AND THOSE WERE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.  I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT THE WORD "FAITH" APPEARED 247 TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND ONLY 2 TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.  ONE OF THESE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS IN HABAKKUK 2:4 WHICH IS VERY POWERFUL AND SAYS "the just shall live by his faith."




PAUL ALSO TELLS US IN HEBREWS 11:1 THAT "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."  NOW THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT FAITH IS REAL, FROM THIS VERSE WE KNOW THAT IT IS SUBSTANCE AND EVIDENCE.  WHAT SOME PEOPLE CAN'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT IT IS SUBSTANCE AND EVIDENCE OF THINGS THAT CAN'T BE SEEN. SOME CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT FAITH IS BELIEVING THAT SOMETHING IS REAL WHEN IT REALLY ISN'T.  THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU BELIEVE IT LONG AND HARD ENOUGH, IT WILL BECOME REAL.  THAT IS WRONG.


THERE IS A SPIRITUAL REALM THAT GOES BEYOND OUR FIVE SENSES.  TO THINK THAT SOMETHING DOESN'T EXIST JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T DETECT IT WITH OUR FIVE SENSES IS AGAIN WRONG.  WE KNOW THAT RADIO SIGNALS EXIST BUT WE CAN'T HEAR THEM UNTIL WE TURN ON A RADIO.  


WHAT JESUS HAS ALREADY PROVIDED FOR US IS REAL.  IT REALLY DOES EXIST BUT IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM.  WE HAVE TO BELIEVE THESE THINGS ARE REAL AND THAT IS WHERE OUR FAITH COMES IN. OUR FAITH IS THE RECEIVER THAT TAKES WHAT IS ALREADY TRUE IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM AND MANIFESTS IT IN THE NATURAL REALM.  FAITH IS THAT BRIDGE.  



SO USE YOUR FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT JESUS HAS ALREADY DONE FOR US IS REAL AND IS OURS.  USE YOUR FAITH TO BRING THOSE THINGS FROM THE SPIRITUAL TO THE NATURAL REALM.  IT IS UP TO US BECAUSE IT IS ALL THERE FOR US JUST WAITING.  DO YOU HAVE FAITH TO BELIEVE?  IF YOU DO, YOU WILL RECEIVE.


GOD BLESS YOU ALL.






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