READ YOUR RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. FAITH IN THE WORD - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3RD 2016.
And
Jesus said unto them…If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say
unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and
nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matthew 17:20).
Have
you ever heard someone say, “I have faith in the Bible?” That doesn’t really
make any spiritual sense. You can have faith that the Bible is true, and that
it contains the Word of God, but to have faith that it’ll protect you if you
place it under your pillow at night won’t work.
Don’t
rest your faith on “the Bible,” but in the Word of God contained therein.
Remember, we observed in our last study that the Bible is the testimony of God,
but it contains the words of men, Satan, demons, and even a donkey. So to have
faith in the Bible in that generic sense isn’t what works. Your faith has to be
in God’s Word, and by that, faith requires to be definite and directed. True
faith originates from God’s specific Word; and that’s what produces results.
The
“logos” of God is life (John 6:63), but it won’t do anything for you until you
receive it and act on it. For instance, there may be several electric sockets
with electric power in a building, but to use the power, you have to plug an
appliance into a power socket for it to work. That’s the same thing with the
Word of God. The Bible says, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall
make you free” (John 8:32). The whole body of God’s Word is truth, but the
truth that makes you free is the truth you receive; the truth you know and live
by.
The
written Word doesn’t have power of itself until it comes out of the lips of a
man who has faith; that’s where the power is. So, act your faith in the Word
and you’ll be victorious always.
PRAYER
Dear
Father, I thank you for giving me your engrafted Word, by which I live. I
succeed and make progress by the Word today, and my victorious life is evident,
in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further
Study: || 2 Corinthians 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as
it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and
therefore speak; ||
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John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you. ||
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James 1:22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your
own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like
unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself,
and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But
whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he
being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed
in his deed. ||
Daily
Scripture Reading
1-Year
Bible Reading Plan: Romans 7:7-25,
Psalms 64-67
Psalms 64-67
2-Year
Bible Reading Plan: Ephesians 5:17-24,
Isaiah 54
Isaiah 54
EXTRACT FROM: Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional
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