THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH PRICIPLE !

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH PRICIPLE ! . . . "The righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise. . . The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart. . ." (Romans 10:6-8). These are the Words of the apostle Paul, revealing the way the Word enters the heart or spirit. The power of God's Word conceived in the human spirit produces a spiritual force called faith. Mary conceived God's Word in her spirit. It manifested itself in her body. I want to share with you God's principle and how you can operate in that same principle or Law. These are divine principles and they are spiritual laws. But we can operate in them. PRACTICE BRINGS UNDERSTANDING And Perfection ! To be effective with the principles of the Bible, you must learn to practice them. You have heard the saying, "practice what you preach." But when you preach what you have already practice, you will be far more effective. Then you will find what makes it work and what will short it out remember to practice God's principles. Set them in motion. Put them to work in your life. Let's notice how God dealt with two situations and the principle involved. In (Luke 1:20) we find that Zacharias lost his speech for more than nine months because he doubted what the angel said. God sent the angel to him, but Zacharias didn't receive God's Word. Then on the other hand when the angel brought news to Mary that she would have a child, we find that she said, . . . "Be it unto me according to thy word. . ." (Luke 1:38). FEELING OR BELIEVING ! Also 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, Abraham was in right-standing with God because he decided to believe God's report. I'm sure Abraham didn't always feel like believing God. But 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, but through the righteousness of faith. The promise was not through the Mosaic Law, but through the righteousness of faith, and the God kind of faith is a Law. (Romans 3:26-27) . What was the promise ? That Abraham and his seed should be heir of the world. God's 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).