HOPE vs. FAITH !

HOPE vs. FAITH: Hope of course, use properly is most blessed and beautiful. We have a blessed hope in the soon return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the righteous dead, the rapture of the living saints, the hope of heaven, and the hope of seeing our loved ones and friends. We thank God for that hope. But this is all future tense. Jesus is coming, whether we believe it or not. He is coming because the Word says so. The resurrection will take place whether we have the God kind of faith or not. The dead in Christ will rise to meet Him in the air, whether we believe or not. Our faith, or lack of the God kind of faith, will not affect these events. Jesus is coming back again, because the Word says he will. This is the blessed hope all believers and Christians look forward to. But it is the God kind of faith, not hope, that can change the impossible to the possible. It is the God kind of faith, not hope, that brings healing and victory. Hope is a good waiter, but a poor receiver. Too many times I've heard people say, "I'm hoping and praying," or "all we can do now is hope and pray." If that is all you are doing, you're living a defeated life. It takes a positive God kind of faith--- a now faith--- to get positive results. FAITH SEES THE ANSWER: by That continually looking at the Word, of the God kind of faith, faith sees the answer. In our past lessons, we have learned that the God kind of faith is not something we have as much as it is something we do. We have seen that the God kind of faith is not hoping that we will see the answer in the future; the God kind of faith is believing that we have the answer now. The eyes of the God kind of faith sees the answer as having already happened. (Proverbs 4:20-22) "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they [my words] our life until those that find them, and health to all their flesh." Notice that this Scripture says "Let them [my words] not depart from thine eyes. . ." Many people fail because they see themselves as failing. If they are sick, the think of themselves as dying. God's Word says, "Himself [Jesus] took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses "(Matthew 8:17). If That Word does not depart from before your eyes, you are bound to see yourself without sicknesses and without diseases. You will see yourself as well and made whole. If, however, you do not see yourself as without sicknesses, then that Word has departed from before your eyes. Many people, are keeping their eyes on the Kardassians, loving hip-hop, Jerry Springer, and every other TV show that appeals to the natural man. And even though God wants to make health and healing a reality in your life, He cannot, because you are not acting on His Word. Notice also the 22nd verse, "For they [my words] or life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh." The Hebrew word translated "health" here is also the word for medicine. In other words, "my words are medicine to all their flesh."