HOW DO WE RECEIVE FAITH FROM GOD? (2)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. How do we receive faith from God?
a) Remember Jesus said what He heard the Father say, and He did what He saw the Father do. Jesus is the best example of walking in the faith of God. Our part is to come into agreement with God’s faith and believe.
Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” (John 6:28-29 NKJV)
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. (Romans 12:2-3 NKJV)
b) It seems that there are three levels of God’s will; “good”, the first level; “acceptable” which means well pleasing; and “perfect” meaning “the goal” and “complete”. The word “prove” above means that we are to discern and approve God’s will. That means that our mind needs to agree with God’s will, making His perfect will our goal. This is the process of renewing our mind that transforms us so that God’s will becomes our will. When we know we are in God’s will we will have the faith that God will make it happen.
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. (1 John 5:14-15 NKJV)
The End ...
a) Remember Jesus said what He heard the Father say, and He did what He saw the Father do. Jesus is the best example of walking in the faith of God. Our part is to come into agreement with God’s faith and believe.
Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” (John 6:28-29 NKJV)
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. (Romans 12:2-3 NKJV)
b) It seems that there are three levels of God’s will; “good”, the first level; “acceptable” which means well pleasing; and “perfect” meaning “the goal” and “complete”. The word “prove” above means that we are to discern and approve God’s will. That means that our mind needs to agree with God’s will, making His perfect will our goal. This is the process of renewing our mind that transforms us so that God’s will becomes our will. When we know we are in God’s will we will have the faith that God will make it happen.
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. (1 John 5:14-15 NKJV)
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