Faith Work causes us to Receive God’s Blessings
Work is required of us by God to receive the blessings that He has in store for His children. It is a specific kind of work, called Faith. Faith thinking is called believing. St. John 6:29 declares, “Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” We must believe to see God’s glory; we do not have an option. Believing is Faith at work within us. Without works, Faith is dead and we receive nothing from God. (James 2:17))
We were created by God as spirit beings; as such, we are all thinkers and talkers. Daily, we do the mental work of thinking and the work of talking. We think inside our heart and from the abundance of our thoughts in it, we speak with our mouth. (St. Matthew 12:34) Two types of knowledge exist from which we think and speak: spiritual and natural. We were born into the natural world with a natural spirit tied to it. As such, we knew only natural knowledge. We learned to think and talk naturally. We talked according to what we physically saw, or according to our senses. This gave Satan dominion over us. He is called the god of this world. He blinded us and kept us ignorant of spiritual Knowledge. (II Corinthians 4:3-4)
Satan was destroyed by Jesus through His death on Calvary’s cross and His resurrection from the dead. (Hebrews 2:14-15) However, Satan is allowed to remain on the earth. He works and manifests evil things in the natural realm designed to oppress people. He is effective only because of the absence of spiritual knowledge. People think on his manifestations naturally since they physically see, feel, and touch them. Satan has no legal right to manifest sicknesses and diseases in our bodies. He has no legal right to bring turmoil in our families or lack in our finances. However, he does so. With his manifestations, he sends fearful thoughts and doubting imaginations designed to defeat people. If we think that we are to have sickness, we give him room to dominate us. The pressure of his manifestations are designed to force us to agree with him by using natural language: “I am sick,” “I have cancer,” “I don’t have enough money,” etc. With such words, we cannot overcome him.
The blessing is that when we are “Born Again” by the Spirit of God, our spirit is made new in Christ. (II Corinthians 5:7) We receive a spirit that is not of the world, but one directly from Heaven. It is above Satan and the world. It is a spirit to know the things that are in God’s glory to be freely given to us. (I Corinthians 2:12) With our new spirit, our mind must be renewed with the Knowledge of God so that our focus is upon Him and His words, not on the negative manifestations that Satan presents. We are to walk by Faith, not by sight. (II Corinthians 5:7) God’s spiritual blessings come upon spiritually minded individuals. The Holy Spirit trains us to think and speak spiritually to see the Glory of God. (II Corinthians 4:6) When we work accordingly, blessings will flow to us. God Bless.
From Pastor Leroy Rankin
Work is required of us by God to receive the blessings that He has in store for His children. It is a specific kind of work, called Faith. Faith thinking is called believing. St. John 6:29 declares, “Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” We must believe to see God’s glory; we do not have an option. Believing is Faith at work within us. Without works, Faith is dead and we receive nothing from God. (James 2:17))
We were created by God as spirit beings; as such, we are all thinkers and talkers. Daily, we do the mental work of thinking and the work of talking. We think inside our heart and from the abundance of our thoughts in it, we speak with our mouth. (St. Matthew 12:34) Two types of knowledge exist from which we think and speak: spiritual and natural. We were born into the natural world with a natural spirit tied to it. As such, we knew only natural knowledge. We learned to think and talk naturally. We talked according to what we physically saw, or according to our senses. This gave Satan dominion over us. He is called the god of this world. He blinded us and kept us ignorant of spiritual Knowledge. (II Corinthians 4:3-4)
Satan was destroyed by Jesus through His death on Calvary’s cross and His resurrection from the dead. (Hebrews 2:14-15) However, Satan is allowed to remain on the earth. He works and manifests evil things in the natural realm designed to oppress people. He is effective only because of the absence of spiritual knowledge. People think on his manifestations naturally since they physically see, feel, and touch them. Satan has no legal right to manifest sicknesses and diseases in our bodies. He has no legal right to bring turmoil in our families or lack in our finances. However, he does so. With his manifestations, he sends fearful thoughts and doubting imaginations designed to defeat people. If we think that we are to have sickness, we give him room to dominate us. The pressure of his manifestations are designed to force us to agree with him by using natural language: “I am sick,” “I have cancer,” “I don’t have enough money,” etc. With such words, we cannot overcome him.
The blessing is that when we are “Born Again” by the Spirit of God, our spirit is made new in Christ. (II Corinthians 5:7) We receive a spirit that is not of the world, but one directly from Heaven. It is above Satan and the world. It is a spirit to know the things that are in God’s glory to be freely given to us. (I Corinthians 2:12) With our new spirit, our mind must be renewed with the Knowledge of God so that our focus is upon Him and His words, not on the negative manifestations that Satan presents. We are to walk by Faith, not by sight. (II Corinthians 5:7) God’s spiritual blessings come upon spiritually minded individuals. The Holy Spirit trains us to think and speak spiritually to see the Glory of God. (II Corinthians 4:6) When we work accordingly, blessings will flow to us. God Bless.
From Pastor Leroy Rankin
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