YOUR MANUFACTURER'S HANDBOOK: THE FINAL AUTHORITY !

YOUR MANUFACTURER'S HANDBOOK: THE FINAL AUTHORITY ! I have such respect and reverence for THE WORD of God, and such absolute faith in, that some people accuse me of putting too much emphasis on it. "Now, Brother Lewis," they said, "what we need is to have faith in God Himself. The Bible takes second place to His sovereignty. That may sound like it's very spiritual perspective, but it's totally unscriptural. The Bible says that God has manifested or exalted His WORD above His Name. That means He has chosen, in His sovereignty, to put Himself under the authority of His own WORD. What's more, it's impossible to have faith in anyone (God included) without knowing what they've said. That's just common sense. If someone decided, for example, they would put faith in me to pay their rent, it wouldn't matter how many times they confessed, "I have faith that Bobby is going to pay my rent." If I never promised it, that person has no right to believe I will do it. He has no basis for true faith. If, on the other hand, I'd drawn up a contract with that person, I signed that contract and then, in blood--covenant fashion, cut my arm and let my blood dripped down on that piece of paper, he'd have absolute assurance that his rent was as good as paid. He'd have every reason to have faith in me and the promise I had made to him. That's exactly what God has done for us. He has given us His WORD that He will BLESS us. He has given us His blood sworn oath that through our union with Jesus, everything He promised to Abraham is ours in full. He has entered into covenant with us and guaranteed that every promise in the Bible (all of which were directed toward Jesus) belongs to us because Jesus is our Blood Brother And High Priest. I don't know if that means as much to you as it does to me, but it absolutely thrills me because I am part of native American. When I found out the Bible is a blood covenant book, and the New Testament is actually the New Covenant in Jesus blood, my faith in God skyrocketed. The more I found out what He has said to me in the book of His blood sworn oath, the more my ability to believe in Him and what He would do for me soared. That's when I began to experience the truth of (Romans 10:17): "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by THE WORD of God." "I don't understand that," you might say. "I've read the Bible my whole life and it hasn't inspired that much faith in me." I had the same experience until I found out just being religious doesn't work ! Until I made a quality decision (a decision from which there is no retreat and about which there is no argument) to make THE WORD of God final authority in my life. That's the first step to unlocking its power. You made settle in your heart once and for all that you will believe and act on what ever it says. You may decide that from this point forward, instead of adjusting THE WORD to fit your lifestyle, you will adjust your lifestyle to fit THE WORD. If you think a certain way, and then find THE WORD says something different, you're on preferences and opinions doesn't matter.