SEVEN STEPS TO THE HIGHEST GOD KIND OF FAITH (PART 2) !
- Evangelist/Bobby Lewis
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min read
SEVEN STEPS TO THE HIGHEST GOD KIND OF FAITH: (PART 2). FELLOWSHIP IS THE VERY MOTHER OF THE GOD KIND OF FAITH. IT IS THE PARENT OF JOY. IT IS THE SOURCE OF VICTORY ! As we press on in our study of God's word towards a deeper understanding of the meaning of the God kind of faith, let us examine three more steps to the highest kind of the God kind of faith. These steps will impress on you the reality of: (1). The new creation, (2) our fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus, and (3) the authority of Jesus Name, and the Power of the Word. STEP 3 -- THE REALITY OF THE NEW CREATION: (2 Corinthians 5:17). "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." To achieve the highest God kind of faith, it is necessary for us to know the reality of the new creation. We need to know that in the mind of God, we were created in Christ Jesus after He had been made sin as our substitute. We should know that the moment we accepted Jesus Christ's ass Savior and confessed Him as Lord, we were re-created. This is when the legal aspect became a reality in our life. Today we have in our spirits the very life and nature of God, that's right the D N A. This is not an experience, is not a religion, nor is it joining a building. It is an actual birth of our spirit. We are the very sons and daughters of God. He is our very own Father. We know we have passed from Satan's dominion and spiritual death into the realm of life through Jesus Christ. "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren . . ." (1 John 3:14). We know we are in the family of God. We are children of God. One cannot join this family; he or she must be born into it. How does this affect us in everyday life ? If God is our very own Father and we are His very own children, we have as much freedom and fellowship with the Father as Jesus had in His earthly walk, because The Father loves us even as He loved Jesus ! (John 17:23) said is, " . . . That the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hath loved them, AS THOU HAST LOVED ME." (Colossians 1:18) says, "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." Jesus is the firstborn, but we, too, are born again from the dead. Peter said, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abided for ever" (1 Peter 1:23). We are begotten of God. We are born of God. We are God's children, heirs of God and joint (equal) heirs with Christ. When we say this, we are not magnifying ourselves; we are magnifying God and what He has done for us through the Lord Jesus. We did not make ourselves new creature; He made us new creatures. He Is the Author And Finisher of our faith: "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works . . ." (Ephesians 2:10). We didn't make ourselves who and what we are in the sight of God the Father; He did. When a person belittles himself, he is actually being given from God's workmanship. He is criticizing something God has made. We should quit looking at ourselves from the natural standpoint, and instead see ourselves as God sees us, as created in Christ Jesus. The Father doesn't see us as anybody else sees us. He sees us in Christ. Many believers are defeated because they look at themselves from the natural standpoint. They could be victorious by looking at themselves as God the Father does. A believer who was having severe problems in his life once said to me, "I guess I'm just paying for the life I lived before I got saved. I was so sinful." However, when we are born again, we are redeemed not only from sin, but from the penalty of sin. We do not have to pay for our sins; Christ Jesus already has done this for us.
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