Monday, September 18, 2017

INDWELLING SPIRIT: SIDE OF EFFECT OF FAITH (PART 5)


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         SUBSTANCE (GUARANTEE) OF THINGS HOPED FOR: FAITH WORKS “IN” YOU TO DO
 
“…Now FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE (GUARANTEE) OF THINGS HOPED FOR, the evidence of things not seen…” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV).
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  WHICH FAITH is the assurance of things that are hoped for? My human faith? My indwelling faith? Which faith?  Indwelling Faith “… IS THE SUBSTANCE (guarantee) OF THINGS HOPED FOR” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV). “…IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD...” (EPHESIANS 2:8-9 KJV).  “…God hath dealt (GIVEN) to every man (woman) the measure of faith…” (Romans 12:3 NIV). One of “…the fruit of the Spirit…is… FAITH…” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV). NOT of yourselves: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD...” (EPHESIANS 2:8-9 KJV).
 “…Now [indwelling]… FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV).
The first thing to know about the word “substance” is that it means certainty, or guarantee, or promise, or pledge. Substance can also refer to confidence or a reliable assurance of something.
Faith “IS” implies that faith exists or is real.  Faith “IS” the assurance or certainty of things expected. “…Now [divine]…FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, the evidence of things not seen…” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV).
Indwelling faith is an inner POWER that assures the believer that what he or she HOPES for "WILL" come to pass. …it is God which worketh “IN” [you]… both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). “…TO WILL (have faith) and TO DO (live by faith) of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV).
Indwelling faith works “IN” you and thus empowers and inspires action. “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before (like the flood)….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
“….God …warned [Noah]… about things that had never happened before….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).  “…Now [indwelling]…FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE (guarantee) OF THINGS HOPED FOR” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV).
Noah’s indwelling faith assured him of future blessings - to save his family - based on God’s Word to him. Thus “…He obeyed God….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
Indwelling faith worked “IN” Noah and empowered him to do something miraculous. “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT a boat (ark) ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
Noah started building the boat (ARK) before the flood ever came. “…So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people …So make yourself an ark (boat) of cypress wood; …. I am GOING TO bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you….Noah did everything just as God commanded him. (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV).
Noah had never seen a flood, but he knew it was coming because God had warned him. He was assured, by indwelling faith, his family would be saved. “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
“…Now [indwelling]…FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE (gurantee) OF THINGS HOPED FOR” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV). Noah was empowered, by HEARING God’s WORD to HOPE his family would be saved from the flood.
Noah HEARD the WORD of God. Indwelling faith empowered and ASSURED him his family WOULD be saved. The EMPOWERMENT of Noah’s indwelling faith was God’s Word. God said: “…Everything on earth will perish. I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life …But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you….Noah did everything just as God commanded him…” (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV).
“…This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; …Everything on earth will perish. I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you…Noah did everything just as God commanded him. (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV).
 “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
 After many years (120) of being empowered to live by faith in God’s word; the flood finally came. “…And in the PROCESS of time IT CAME TO PASS…” (Genesis 4:3 KJV).
“…The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.” And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.  Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. Then the Lord shut him in… (Genesis 7 NIV).
 “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).  Noah was assured “BY FAITH” his family would be saved and they were.
“…After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark  and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. …When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him. By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry. Then God said to Noah, “COME OUT of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives …” (Genesis 8 NIV).
Noah walked by indwelling faith, not by what he saw. It was done to him and his family according to his indwelling faith. “…WALK BY FAITH...” (2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV). “…IT SHALL BE DONE TO YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH…” (MATTHEW 9:29 NASB).  
 After the flood, “…God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. ….Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything…” (Genesis 9 NIV).
ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH…” (MATTHEW 9:29 NASB). Which faith? Indwelling faith. “…IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD …” (Ephesians 2:8-9 ASV). “…What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?...” (1 Corinthians 4:7 NLT). Thus, if divine faith is a gift then it is “MY” faith. “…It shall be done to you according to your (my gifted, indwelling) faith…" (Matthew 9:29 NASB).
  “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood. ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
“…Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Roman 10:17 KJV). What did Noah HEAR God warn him about? “…I am surely going to destroy …the earth. So make yourself an ark of cypress wood;Everything on earth will perish. I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth….Noah did everything just as God comanded him. (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV).
What did Noah HEAR God's WORD SAY? “…I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens … Everything on earth will perish. ….BUT I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you...” (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV).
Was Noah’s family saved from the flood? “…After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark  and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. … Then God said to Noah, “COME OUT of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives …” (Genesis 8 NIV).
Indwelling faith worked “IN” Noah. …it is God which worketh “IN” [you]… both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). “…TO WILL and TO DO of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). Indwelling faith empowered Noah to build a boat. “…Noah did everything just as God comanded him. (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV).
 His actions were empowered and inspired by FAITH which came from HEARING the WORD of God; even though the flood had NOT yet happened. “…I am GOING TO BRING floodwaters on the earth…(Genesis 6:9-22 NIV).
God’s WORD empowered Noah, by FAITH, to be absolutely certain of what he hoped for: the salvation of him and his family. “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood. ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
Noah building a boat, based on God’s word ALONE, was a genuine example of how divine faith works through willing vessels. “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT …He obeyed God ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT). …it is God which worketh “IN” [you]… both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). “…And in the PROCESS of time IT CAME TO PASS…” (Genesis 4:3 KJV).
Indwelling faith empowers God’s people to do something based on the full assurance of God’s Word and then receive what is expected from God. “…And in the PROCESS of time IT CAME TO PASS…” (Genesis 4:3 KJV). “…Noah CAME OUT, TOGETHER with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. …” (Genesis 8 NIV). “…Then God blessed Noah and his sons …” (Genesis 9 NIV).
Noah’s actions demonstrate how faith empowers you to "DO" what God’s Word commands. . “…Noah “DID” everything just as God comanded him…” (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV).…it is God which worketh “IN” [you]… both to will and TO DO of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV).
Through indwelling faith, which comes from HEARING God’s Word, Noah was fully assured and convinced that what he “hoped” for would undoubtedly come to pass. . “…Noah did “EVERYTHING” just as God comanded him. (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV). “…And in the PROCESS of time IT CAME TO PASS…” (Genesis 4:3 KJV).
Noah’s story shows that “…[indwelling]…FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE (certainty) OF THINGS HOPE FOR” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV). “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood. ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT). “…Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. …” (Genesis 8 NIV).
Indwelling faith empowered Noah to do what God commanded him to do. Walking by indwelling faith resulted in Noah receiving EXACTLY what he HOPED for. “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to SAVE HIS FAMILY from the flood. ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT). .“…Noah CAME OUT TOGETHER with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. …” (Genesis 8 NIV).
INDWELLING faith worked “IN” Noah and was the main enabler of his obedience.…it is God which worketh “IN” [you]… both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). “…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood. He OBEYED God….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
The Word of God FUELS indwelling faith. Indwelling faith is the assurance of the things hoped for. God said: “…I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth...” (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV). Did God flood the earth?
“…For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits. Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark. The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days…” (Genesis 7:17-24 NIV).
Did God keep his WORD to Noah? “…Everything on earth will perish.BUT I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you...” (Genesis 6:9-22 NIV). “…Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark. …” (Genesis 7:17-24 NIV).
How is INDWELLING faith described? “…FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE (certainty) OF THINGS HOPE FOR” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV).
Why was the account of Noah’s faith recorded? “…Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition (warning)…” (1 Corinthians 10:11 KJV). “…Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope…” (Romans 15:4 KJV).
“…It was BY FAITH that Noah BUILT A LARGE BOAT to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).
“….God …warned [Noah]… about things that had never happened before (the flood)….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).   
“…He obeyed (by indwelling faith) God ….” (Hebrews 11 NLT).  Noah obeyed (by empowered faith) without ever SEEING a flood.
“…For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark…” (Genesis 7:17-24 NIV).
 “…FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE (absolute assurance, certainty) OF THINGS HOPED FOR” (Hebrews 11:1 KJV).

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