Living By Faith Are by Feelings-Believing!

FEELING IS Not BELIEVING In God: Notice what Abraham did about believing God. It is recorded several times that Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Righteousness means "right standing." In other words, Abram did not believe the way Abraham believed, after his name change believe God was in right standing with God. because he decided to believe God's report (Words). I'm sure Abram didn't always feel like believing God. In fact, Scriptures records that Abram did not believe God, but(Genesis 16:1-2-3-4) Sarai's plan to help God fulfill His word: unbelief and impatience) "now Sarai Abram's wife bear him no children: and she had an handmaid, and Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid, it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai Abram's wife Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt 10 years in the land of Canaan, and they heard to her husband Abram to be his wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes "(The results: family trouble) he made a decision to believe Him. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law of Moses, but through the law of the righteousness of faith. I paraphrased it just a little bit so you can gain insight. (Romans 4:13). The promise was not through the Law of Moses, but through the righteousness of faith. The righteousness of faith only came Through the law of faith in Christ Jesus. What was this promise? That Abraham and his seed should be heir of the world. God promise to Abraham was that he would be heir of the world--- the whole world. "And if you be Christ's, then are you Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:29). The promise was to Abraham and his seed, but it was not through the Law, but through the righteousness which is of faith. Notice this promise was to come to pass through the righteousness of faith. Let's look at (Romans 10:6). Look closely at what the Apostle Paul says about the righteousness which is of faith. First, Paul is telling us what the righteousness which is of faith would not say. "But the righteousness, which is of faith speaks on this wise, say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into heaven? [That is, to bring Christ down from above:] Or, who shall descend into the deep? [That is, to bring up Christ again from the dead]. But what saith it?... (Romans 10:6--8). Sometimes it helps to find out what something is not in order to understand what it is. Paul said the righteousness which is of faith would not say, "who is going to reverse the process of death? Who is going to bring Jesus back from heaven so that He may come to us and heal us and do things for us again as He did in the days when He walked the earth in his physical body?" The righteousness which is of faith would not say it that way. I know you are thinking, "well, I wouldn't say that." But if you have said, "Lord, come down and touch me," being that is what you have said. (Hebrews 10:12--13) tells us that Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father until His enemies are made His footstool. Jesus is there in His Glorify Flesh and bone body. And He is not coming back until His enemies are made His footstool. And He has sent His Word to heal you. "He sent his word, and heal them, and delivered them from their destructions." (Psalms 107:20) then the Scripture reveals more insight in the book of John. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word was made flesh [took upon himself flesh], and dwelt among us, [and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father], full of grace and truth." (John 1:1 through 14). The Word of God is the power of God!