Faith is The Ability to Conceive God's Word:

FAITH IS THE ABILITY TO CONCEIVE GOD'S WORD: It is spiritual conception. That ability is developed by hearing the Word of God. When you first hear it, you don't necessarily receive it. If you have been raised in certain denominations, you may have been taught that healing went out with the apostles. You may have been taught that the baptism of the Holy Ghost and speaking in tongues are not for you today. Well, if you have been taught that way, then you will believe that way which is an error of the modern church world today. When you heard that it was for you, it took you sometime to decide whether or not you were going to receive it. Faith had to come before you would conceive that Word of God, which is the Incorruptible seed of truth. Once the Word of God is conceived in your spirit, it will eventually manifest itself in your life. Words transmits images! A HEARER OF THE WORD: In (Luke 1), we find a classic example of a man who heard a Word from God, but did not receive it. Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth had been desiring a child. In fact, the Bible says they had been praying that they would have a child. But they had not had a child because his wife Elizabeth was barren in other words, she was passed the childbearing years. Then an angel appeared to him. "And when Zachariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord... And Zacharias said unto the angel, whereby shall I know this ? For I am an old man and my wife well stricken in years." (Luke 1: 12-- through 18). Allow me to paraphrase. Zachariah said to the angel, "How do I know you are telling the truth? Give me a sign." He was not willing at that point to receive the Word of God without a sign. Have you ever done that? CONDITIONAL AND UNCONDITIONAL PROMISES: some things that God says are conditional. Then some things are unconditional; God declares them, and He will bring them to pass. Many of the Promises in the New Covenant are conditional. But there are some promises God made to Israel, and some promises God made to Abraham which were not conditional. God had established them, and God set in motion the exact principles that cause those promises to be fulfilled. When Zechariahs answered as he did, the angel replied: "And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. And behold, thou shall be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believe not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season." (Luke 1:19--20). In other words, God knew if He didn't get Zacharias mouth shut, this wouldn't happen. Evidently this was not a conditional promise. For Gabriel said, ... "My words, which shall be fulfilled in their season." This was to come to pass. No man would stop it. Gabriel came and spoke words of life. And Zachariah proceeded to speak words of death. Just like many of you, you have God's Word, but you want to speak words of death rather than life. God close his mouth, causing him to not be able to speak for a period of time until God's declaration came to pass. God took action that made sure that Zacharias wouldn't continue to speak unbelief. Right on the other hand, there are many things God desires to do, but unless you get in agreement with God, many of them will never come to pass. So many have said, "If it's the will of God, it will just happen. If it's not the will of God, it wouldn't happen anyway." That's not the way God's Method Works. Some things will happen whether you believe them are not. Because God has already set them in motion through his Word. Jesus is coming back. You can believe it are not believe it; But He is still coming. Look at the signs all around you in this world. Your unbelief is not going to change that fact. But there are some things that your unbelief will change. When it comes to the promises of God and entering into the provisions that God has made, then your words spoken in unbelief can change what comes to you! this is elementary sample, it takes religious thoughts and the devil to mess it up. You can actually change it for the better, are you can change it for the worse. You can see God's method here with Zacharias. God declared a thing, and Zacharias failed to conceive that Word. So, God rendered him speechless until it came to pass. There are times when it would be better for us if we couldn't speak. You will notice after the child's birth Zacharias still couldn't talk. Others were trying to name the child Zacharias after his father, but Elizabeth said. "No, his name shall be John." They objected, and asked Zacharias what he wanted to name the child. Notice, he couldn't talk, even after the child was born. "And they made signs to his father, how he would have him named. And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying His name is John. And they all marveled. And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he Spake, and praised God." (Luke 1:62--64). After everything was performed as God said, after they name the child John, he was totally in agreement with God and immediately Zacharias Tongue was loosed, and he could speak it shows here that God simply wants us to agree with Him. It is written how can two walk together except they be in agreement!!! (Amos 3:3)