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The Bible says in Romans 1:16, "For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." And
Romans 10:9 says, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved." And then John 1:16 says,
"But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to
them that believe on his name:" There is one key to
receiving eternal life and that
is believing. If a person does not believe, he will never be
saved; if he does not believe that the Bible is true he will
never be saved. The
simple act of believing that God is and that His Word is
truth will give a person eternal life, a home in Heaven,
forgiveness of sins, freedom
from the guilt of sin, an abundant life, and so much more
that we could talk about for days. However, our faith
should not stop with just salvation. The "just shall live by
faith" - Hebrews 10:38. Notice, in I Thessalonians 2:13
which says, "For this cause also thank we God without
ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye
heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as
it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually
worketh also in you that believe," that the Word of God will
work in us if we believe. Now if you read that verse in
context, the first part of
it is talking about salvation. Because they received the
Bible as the Word of God they were saved, but then the verse
goes on to say that the
same Word of God worketh (present tense) in them that
believe (present tense). The Christian life is walking daily
with the Lord in the light of
His Word and allowing it (the Word of God), which is "quick
and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword" to pierce
us and change us. So why
are so many Christians still living a life of sin and
carnality? Because they do not believe God's Word. There are
countless commandments in the
Bible that the average saved person (so called) does not do.
We won't go into those right now, rather I want to look at a
few things that
believing will bring forth in your life. And I am not going
to quote these verses, I am just going to give you the
references and let you do a
little studying: Mark 9:23 - all things will be possible to
you. Mark 11:23 - mountains can be removed. Mark 11:24 -
prayers can be answered.
John 11:40 - you will be able to see the glory of God. II
Corinthians 4:13 - you will speak of Him. I Timothy 4:10 -
we will labor and suffer
reproach. Hebrews 11:26 - we will please Him and be rewarded
of Him. Now there are several reasons why a person
does not believe and I want to
look at a few of them. 1. He does not know on what to
believe, he has never been told. As the blind man in John
9:36 asked the Lord Jesus
Christ, "Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on Him?" 2.
They are not truly saved as in John 10:26, "But ye believe
not, because ye are not of
my sheep, as I said unto you." 3. They would rather have
honour of men (men pleasers) than obey God and have seek to
glorify Him. John 5:44,
"How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another,
and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?"
I will leave you with two questios from God Himself? "And
the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke
me? and how long will it be
ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed
among them?" Numbers 14:11. "O fools, and slow of heart to
believe all that the
prophets have spoken:" Luke 24:25. Till next time, may the
Lord bless you.
Sis. Tanya
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