Believe!

Through my studies on the Supernatural of God, "I have asked many questions like; why do we not see divine healing on the scale that we see in the New Testament or in by-gone eras?" "Why are some people healed and others are not?" In searching for answers for these and other questions I uncovered the secret, what I have found is that Jesus spoke to these questions in scripture and as hard as the answers may be to swallow, if we want to see God working in us and through us as He did in the first century Church and as He has with other faithful few since those early days then we must embrace His answers to these questions and begin to do what is necessary to transform us from "little faith" to "GREAT FAITH!" The following is an article, which I have copied in its entirety, that talks about what I believe is the first step in beginning to Walk In The Power and Manifestation of the Holy Spirit. If, like me, you yearn to "have faith to move mountains," desire to see the sick healed, the blinded eyes opened, hearing restored to deaf ears, etc., then I invite you to join me on this journey to Walk In The Power and Manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Please enjoy this first work titled "Believe!" (resources are cited at the end of this article).

Blessing,
Ken



These are written that you may . . .
BELIEVE!

According To Your Faith

You will receive from God according
to your faith.

EPHESIANS 3:20 NKJV
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works in us,

This verse says two things. God can do
more than it is possible for us to even imagine. 
Second, what He will do in our lives, is
dependent on the power at work within us.
What is that power? It is the power of His
Word, activated by the Holy Spirit.

ROMANS 1:16-17 NKJV
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation
for everyone who believes, for the Jew first
and also for the Greek.
17 For in it the righteousness of God is 
revealed from faith to faith; as it is written,
“The just shall live by faith.”

The Gospel is the power of God. It will
bring faith. It will bring freedom.

MARK 9:23 NKJV
23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all
things are possible to him who believes.”
Anything is possible — if you have faith.

Faith comes from receiving the Word of God.
God’s Word is faith food; if you eat it, it will
produce faith in your life.

ROMANS 10:17 NKJV
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

In English New Testaments, the words translated faith and believe are the same word in
the Greek. Faith is the noun form and believe
is the verb form of the same Greek word.
If You Have Faith...

MATTHEW 17:20 NKJV
20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your
unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you
have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to
this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and
it will move; and nothing will be impossible
for you.

...Nothing is impossible — if you have faith.

MARK 11:22-25 NKJV
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have
faith in God.
23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says
to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast
into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart,
but believes that those things he says will
come to pass, he will have whatever he says.
24 “Therefore I say to you, whatever things
you ask when you pray, believe that you
receive them, and you will have them.
25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you
have anything against anyone, forgive him,
that your Father in heaven may also forgive
you your trespasses.MATTHEW 21:21 NKJV
21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, 
I say to you, if you have faith and do
not doubt, you will not only do what was done
to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 
‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.

LUKE 17:6 NKJV
6 So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a
mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree,
‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the
sea,’ and it would obey you.

According To Your Faith

MATTHEW 9:29 NKJV
29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”

Jesus is no respecter of persons. He would not
tell these people they would receive according
to their faith — then let you receive according
to something else.

MATTHEW 8:13 NKJV
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your
way; and as you have believed, so let it be
done for you.” And his servant was healed that
same hour.

What the centurion believed determined what
he received from God. It is still the same today
— for God never changes.

GALATIANS 3:9 NKJV
9 So then those who are of faith are blessed
with believing Abraham.

Only those who are of faith are blessed. God
can do a lot — but only does what we believe.

GALATIANS 6:9 NKJV
9 And let us not grow weary while doing good,
for in due season we shall reap if we do not
lose heart.

We reap only if we do not give up and quit.

ROMANS 5:2 NKJV
2 through whom also we have access by faith
into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in
hope of the glory of God.

All that we receive from God is by His grace.
We do not deserve God’s blessing. However,
we receive it by faith. We have access to God’s
grace only by faith. Without faith we will not
receive any blessing from God.
(You may say that some people receive who
seemingly have no faith. They are receiving
based on someone else’s faith.)

EPHESIANS 2:8 NKJV
8 For by grace you have been saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of
God,

We are saved, or delivered, only through
faith. Everything we receive is a gift from God
— we do not earn it, or deserve it. Without
faith we will not receive it.

ROMANS 4:16 NKJV
16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be
according to grace, so that the promise might
be sure to all the seed, not only to those who
are of the law, but also to those who are of the
faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

By blessing people on the basis of faith, God
can freely give to all people, by His grace. No
matter what anyone has done, God can bless
them if they will believe Him.

ROMANS 10:11 NKJV
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes
on Him will not be put to shame.”

If we do not believe — we will be put to
shame.

These scriptures should make the importance
of faith in receiving from God clear to you.
Because faith comes from the Word of God,
you should realize the great importance of
feeding on God’s Word, the Bible.
If your faith is weak — feed it God’s Word.
You do that by reading, by hearing, and especially by speaking the Word.

Bibliography

Believers Church • Box 33233 • Denver, CO 80233-0233 • USA • Issue 164, http://www.believers.org/believe/bel164.pdf