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Today's Lesson:
Lesson 37 ABCs of FAITH
Faith "Says" the Answer
Dad Hagin says; "Real faith in the Word says that if God says it is so, then it's so." If He says that "by whose stripes ye were healed" (I Peter 2:24), then we are healed. If He says that, "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19), then He does it. If the Word says, "The Lord is the strength of my life" (Psalm 27:1), then He is.
FAITH SPEAKS THE WORD ONLY!
In other words, real faith in God simply says about one's self what the Word says. We have what the Word says we have. We are what the Word says we are. If God says we are strong, then we are. If He says we are healed, then we are. If He says He cares for me, then He does.
Hebrews 4:14
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
SAYING THE SAME THING
Because Jesus is our High Priest and sits at the right hand of God in heaven, making intercession for us, we can have the answers to our petitions right now. In looking up the Greek word that is here translated "profession," I learned that it should read, "Let us hold fast to saying the same things." Jesus is in heaven, representing us at the throne of God. He is saying, "I took their place, I died for them as their substitute." Jesus didn't die for Himself. He didn't need to redeem Himself because He wasn't lost. He died for us. He became our substitute, He took our sins, He bare our sicknesses and carried our diseases. He died for us, arose from the dead for us, and ascended on high for us. He is up there now saying, "I did that for them," and we are to hold fast to saying the same things down here.
Mark 11:23
23 Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
FAITH MUST BE RELEASED!
It isn't just a matter of faith going out of your heart toward God, without your saying anything. That won't work. Nowhere in the Bible do we read that. Faith, kept only in your heart, will never bring healing to your body or the distributing of the Holy Spirit, or an answer to prayer. But faith in your heart, released through your lips, will bring results.
Lesson 37 ABCs of FAITH
Faith "Says" the Answer
Dad Hagin says; "Real faith in the Word says that if God says it is so, then it's so." If He says that "by whose stripes ye were healed" (I Peter 2:24), then we are healed. If He says that, "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19), then He does it. If the Word says, "The Lord is the strength of my life" (Psalm 27:1), then He is.
FAITH SPEAKS THE WORD ONLY!
In other words, real faith in God simply says about one's self what the Word says. We have what the Word says we have. We are what the Word says we are. If God says we are strong, then we are. If He says we are healed, then we are. If He says He cares for me, then He does.
Hebrews 4:14
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
SAYING THE SAME THING
Because Jesus is our High Priest and sits at the right hand of God in heaven, making intercession for us, we can have the answers to our petitions right now. In looking up the Greek word that is here translated "profession," I learned that it should read, "Let us hold fast to saying the same things." Jesus is in heaven, representing us at the throne of God. He is saying, "I took their place, I died for them as their substitute." Jesus didn't die for Himself. He didn't need to redeem Himself because He wasn't lost. He died for us. He became our substitute, He took our sins, He bare our sicknesses and carried our diseases. He died for us, arose from the dead for us, and ascended on high for us. He is up there now saying, "I did that for them," and we are to hold fast to saying the same things down here.
Mark 11:23
23 Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
FAITH MUST BE RELEASED!
It isn't just a matter of faith going out of your heart toward God, without your saying anything. That won't work. Nowhere in the Bible do we read that. Faith, kept only in your heart, will never bring healing to your body or the distributing of the Holy Spirit, or an answer to prayer. But faith in your heart, released through your lips, will bring results.
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