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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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Jesus told Jairus to "believe only," implying that faith and fear can operate in us at the same time. This is also the reason James tells us not to be double-minded, or to waiver (Jas. 1:5-8). Fear will negate faith. We can have both thoughts of faith and thoughts of unbelief at the same time.
Fear and faith are opposing forces. Fear is actually faith in reverse. Fear is believing something or someone other than God. Therefore, fear makes us subject to Satan and his death just as faith makes us recipients of all that God has to offer. This is the reason Jesus told Jairus, "Fear not." Jairus' fear would have sealed his daughter's death.
Instead of trying to build huge amounts of faith to overcome our fears and...
NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE CAST OUT AND TRODDEN UNDER FOOT? SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE IT IS THE SALT (US) BUT I BELIEVE IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE EARTH. IF WE, THE SALT, HAVE LOST OUR SAVOR (OUR PURIFYING INFLUENCE UPON THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD) WHEREWITH SHALL IT, THE EARTH, BE SALTED AND THEREFORE BE GOOD FOR NOTHING AND CAST OUT AND TRODDEN UNDER FOOT.
Is it possible that Jesus, who was God manifest in the flesh, and therefore all-knowing, did not actually know who touched Him? Yes! Although Jesus' spiritual man was divine, He took upon Himself a physical body with its limitations. Jesus drew on His divine ability through the gifts of the Holy Ghost, and so can we (Jn. 14:12; 1 Cor. 12:7). Before His resurrection, He operated as a man (sinless) by receiving from His Father through faith. Luke 8:47 says that the woman "saw that she was not hid." It is evident that Jesus received a word of knowledge from the Holy Spirit and had singled out this woman. However, this was after He felt the power of God flow out of Him and heal her. The woman was healed before He discerned her by the law of faith.
The law of electricity...
The multitudes were thronging Jesus. That is, they were compressing, and crowding in on all sides, so it seems strange that He would ask, "Who touched me?" Many people were physically touching Jesus, but this woman touched His power by faith. Many people in the crowd probably needed healing, but this person is the only one mentioned who received. The difference was the touch of faith.
If it was simply Jesus' willingness to heal that determined whether or not the healing took place, then all of the sick in this multitude would have been healed. This instance illustrates that it's not prayer that saves the sick, but rather the prayer of faith that...
WE, AS CHRISTIANS, HAVE A JOB TO DO AND WE CAN'T DO IT IF WE ARE CAUGHT UP IN WORLDLY THINGS. ALSO, WE CAN'T DO THE JOB IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS. THIS IS WHY I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO GET INTO GOD'S WORD AND LEARN EVERYTHING THEY CAN. THEN, AND ONLY THEN, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT GOD WANT THEM TO DO. THE WORLD HATES US JUST AS IT HATES JESUS. JOHN 15:19 TELLS US THIS, "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." IT ALSO SAYS THAT WE CAN'T SERVE TWO MASTERS. (MATTHEW 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.) GET GOD'S WORD IN YOUR HEART AND LET IT OVERFLOW SO IT CAN BE SEEN.
Jesus could have healed this girl by His spoken word, but He did as He was requested to do. This illustrates how the Lord ministers to us according to our faith. Jesus ministered to him at the level where his faith was and didn't rebuke his little faith (Jas. 1:5).
There is a human faith which is limited to believing only what we can perceive through our five senses. But the supernatural, God kind of faith goes beyond what we can see, taste, hear, smell, and feel. God's kind of faith calls those things which be not as though they already were.
We exercise faith almost daily in such things as sitting on a chair and driving a car. But our faith is no better...
One of the ways God's goodness is revealed is through His mercy. We may describe mercy as "the readiness of God to relieve the misery of fallen creatures." Many times, mercy is called compassion or lovingkindness. It is expressed toward the sinner because of the misery that sin has brought upon him.
God's mercy to the believer is revealed by His taking away the misery of sin's consequences through the New Covenant of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Mercy is not something merited or earned, but as the Apostle Paul states, "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to HIS MERCY He saved us."
Our Heavenly Father is the author, originator, and source of all...
I HAVE LISTED BELOW THE FIRST 11 VERSES OF HEBREWS 11 SHOWING WHAT WAS DONE WHEN THESE MEN USED THEIR FAITH TO BELIEVE GOD. JUST READ THROUGH THEM AND LET IT BUILD YOUR FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT FAITH COMES BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD. GOD IS TALKING TO ALL OF US THROUGH PAUL. NOW FOR THE VERSES ON FAITH.
1-2 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good...