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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I want to thank my wifeof 40 years for herencouragement

and I also want to thankmy Brother in the LordDr. Terry Cleavelandfor his help in editing

and

proof reading the book.They both made itpossible to put this

together.Pastor Lyle Shaner

10 ASPECTS OF FAITH

FAITH IS TO BE PERSUADED OF.

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FAITH MEANS TO PLACE CONFIDENCE IN.

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FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE (ORCONVICTION) OF THINGS HOPED FOR,THE EVIDENCE, (ASSURANCE) OF THINGSNOT SEEN.

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FAITH IS THE ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCEUPON AN RELIANCE IN THE WORD OFGOD AND OF CHRIST.

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FAITH MEANS WE MUST HAVE FULLSURRENDER, TOTAL YIELDING, ANDABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE TO ALL KNOWN

TRUTH.page 19

FAITH IS TO TRUST WHOLLY ANDUNRESERVEDLY IN THE FAITHFULNESSOF GOD.

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FAITH MEANS THAT WE MUST GIVEOURSELVES OVER TO A NEW WAY OFLIFE.

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FAITH IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF GOD ANDTHAT OF THE NEW MAN WEREBY BOTH

CAN BRING INTO EXISTENCE THINGS


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THAT ARE UNSEEN.

page35FAITH MEANS THE WHOLE BODY OFREVEALED TRUTH.

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JOYFUL FAITH IN AND ACCEPTANCE OF.page 41

A. Jesus as our substitute for sin and ourSaviour whereby we receive salvation.B. Joyful faith in, and acceptance of ouraccess into Grace.C. Joyful faith in, and acceptance of thefulfillment of promise.D. Joyful faith in and acceptance of the HolySpirit.

E. Joyful faith in and acceptance ofrighteousnessF. Joyful faith in and acceptance of son-ship.G. Joyful faith in and acceptance of eternallife.H. Joyful faith in and acceptance of

answers to every prayer.

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FAITH:

This is a study dealing with Faith. Faith is a

part of the Fruit of the Spirit. In Galatians 5, we


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are commanded to Walk in the Spirit. We find

the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22.

Look at Galatians 5:25 and the word WALK.

That word literally means to go on walking,

making progress toward spiritual maturity, by

the Holy Spirit's dwelling presence and power. It

also means to walk in a line, to keep rank and

file, and to march in battle order. So every one

of us must keep in step with the Holy Spirit.

FAITH

Faith is a personal measurement of the level of

confidence in what Christ has done and will do

in, through, and for us.

DOUBTDoubt is an attitude of unbelief, characterized

by rebellion and disobedience toward God.

The word Faith is found 245 times in the

BIBLE. Let us look at Habakkuk 2:4.Behold,

his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him:

but the just shall live by his faith. The wordFaith in the Hebrew is Firmness, Security and

Stability. In the New Testament, there are 4

verses were the word faith deals with a LACK

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OF CONFIDENCE. In each one of these verses,

Jesus says, OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH. Three

verses in Matthew and one in Luke. These go


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along with Deuteronomy 32:20. And he said, I

will hide my face from them, I will see what theirend shall be: for they are a very froward

generation, children in whom is no faith. The

problem, the Truth was not in them.

There are many verses in the New Testament

dealing with Faith. The Greek word is Pistis. All

of these words mean {Wholehearted confidence,

Assurance, Trust, and complete reliance in God

and all that HE says.} Ephesians 2:8; For by

grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of

yourselves: it is the gift of God:

John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him

should not perish, but have eternal life.

The word believeth means to have complete

faith in, to entrust one's spiritual well being toJesus Christ.

The following is from C. H. Spurgeon Morning

and Evening devotionals.

"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the

Spirit."- Galatians 5:25

The two most important things in our holy

religion are the life of faith and the walk of faith.

He who shall rightly understand these is not far

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from being a master in experimental theology,

for they are vital points to a Christian. You will

never find true faith unattended by true


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godliness; on the other hand, you will never

discover a truly holy life which has not for itsroot a living faith upon the righteousness of

Christ. Woe unto those who seek after the one

without the other! There are some who cultivate

faith and forget holiness; these may be very high

in orthodoxy, but they shall be very deep in

condemnation, for they hold the truth in

unrighteousness; and there are others who have

strained after holiness of life, but have denied the

faith, like the Pharisees of old, of whom the

Master said, they were "whitewashed

sepulchres." We must have faith, for this is the

foundation. We must have holiness of life, for

this is the superstructure. Of what service is the

mere foundation of a building to a man in the

day of tempest? Can he hide himself therein? Hewants a house to cover him, as well as a

foundation for that house. Even so we need the

superstructure of spiritual life if we would have

comfort in the day of doubt. But seek not a holy

life without faith, for that would be to erect a

house which can afford no permanent shelter,

because it has no foundation on a rock. Let faithand life be put together, and, like the two

abutments of an arch, they will make our piety

enduring. Like light and heat streaming from the

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same sun, they are alike full of blessing. Like the

two pillars of the temple, they are for glory and

for beauty. They are two streams from the


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fountain of grace; two lamps lit with holy fire;

two olive trees watered by heavenly care. OLord, give us this day life within, and it will

reveal itself without to Thy glory. (C.H.

Spurgeon)

Now, I will be going over ten Aspects

concerning Faith. There are several vs. that we

will be looking at.

FIRST: Aspect of Faith is to be: Persuaded of.

Romans 4:17-22 (As it is written, I have made

thee a father of many nations,) before him whom

he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead,

and calleth those things which be not as though

they were. 18 Who against hope believed in

hope, that he might become the father of many

nations, according to that which was spoken, Soshall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in

faith, he considered not his own body now dead,

when he was about an hundred years old, neither

yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: 20 He

staggered not at the promise of God through

unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to

God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, whathe had promised, he was able also to perform.

22 And therefore it was imputed to him for

righteousness.

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We know that these verses are dealing with

Abraham. I have always loved reading the life of

Sarah and Abraham. They are listed in the Hall


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of FAITH of Hebrews 11.

In Genesis 15:6 it says of Abraham, He

believed God, and it was counted unto him for

righteousness.In verses. 21 of Romans 4, The

word PERSUADED is used. That means,

{influenced or drawn to an opinion. It is also a

determination by advice or a reason that is

suggested.} Abraham stepped out by Faith and

went where God showed him to go. There was a

promise given to him and it was not given to him

as a reward for what he had done. This was

done on the grounds of SOVEREIGN GRACE.

His righteousness was like ours if we believe.

This was a BY FAITH RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Look at Romans 8:38,39 For I am persuaded,that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor

principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor

things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor

any other creature, shall be able to separate us

from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our

Lord.Before any one of us were saved, we had

to be persuaded, or convinced that we weresinners in need of a Saviour. The Holy Spirit is

that one that did the persuading. He convinced

me that I was lost and on my way to hell and

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then convinced me that I must repent of my sin

and believe on Jesus Christ as my Saviour. This

was done by complete FAITH.


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Lets all go to 2 Timothy 1:12 --> 12 For thewhich cause I also suffer these things:

nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom

I have believed, [that means to have FAITH in, to

entrust my spiritual well being to Jesus Christ.]

and am persuaded[I am convinced with no

doubt] that he is able [He is powerful and

capable] to keep that which I have committed unto

him against that day. God delights to do

impossibilities!!!! What he promises, He does!!!!

The SECOND aspect concerning FAITH is

that it means to

PLACE CONFIDENCE IN.

Lets all turn to Ephesians. 3:12. In whom wehave boldness [full Assurance] and access with

confidence [trust and reliance] by the faith

[truthfulness] of him. It is in Jesus Christ that

we now have immediate access, with the fullest

confidence, into the presence of GOD. We are

now truly one with JESUS CHRIST. I can now

approach the throne of God without fear ordread knowing that I can ask in Jesus name and

my Father delights to answer.

Lets go to Philippians 1:6. Being confident of

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this very thing, that he which hath begun a good

work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus

Christ: Paul had absolutely no doubt about the


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final outcome for all who believe. He was

absolutely Confident that the one that has begunthe work in him, as well as in us, would never

stop until He had perfected what He had started.

Every one of us will one day be perfect but not

until the day of Jesus Christ. Do you know that

the Lord always looks at HIS children as they

will be when they are home with HIM. Why is it

that we look only at the short comings of others.

A number of years ago, there was an artist that

conceived in his mind a great picture. He knew

that this would be the one great Masterpiece of

his life. He began working on a large canvas,

putting in the dull colors and all the grays that

would make up the background. One of his

friends had come into the studio unnoticed. Thisartist was so into the painting that suddenly he

heard a noise and turned to see his friend. He

was so into the painting and had it so in his

mind. He said to the friend, What do you think

of my new painting? I believe it will be the

greatest work that I have ever done. The friend

began to laugh and said, Well, I don't thinkmuch of it, it seems to dull and dark. Suddenly

the artist realized that his friend could not see

what he could see and said, You can not see

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what is going to be there, but I can!

God sees in every believer what will be fully


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brought out at the judgment seat of Christ and

he is working now toward that end. We see thePresent imperfections. Too often, we forget the

future glory. I am confident that in the day of

Jesus Christ, every believer will be conformed to

his IMAGE. Job 23:10. But he knoweth the

waythat I take: when he hath tried me, I shall

come forth as gold. Hebrews 3:6 and then 12-

14. 6 But Christ as a son over his own house;

whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence

and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

12. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you

an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the

living God. 13. But exhort one another daily,

while it is called To day; lest any of you be

hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14.

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we holdthe beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the

end;

Paul has introduced Jesus Christ to the Jews as

the HIGH PRIEST that all must now go to.

Jesus has superseded both Moses and Aaron.

Moses had been considered the Apostle of theseparated people that were partakers of an

earthly calling. Aaron was their High Priest.

Paul is telling them that Jesus Christ is both that

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Apostle and High Priest now for all saved people.

Jesus is superior to Moses because although he


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was faithful and was a servant in the house of

God, just as we are servants Moses was aservant.. Jesus is the builder of this house, and

everyone of us are a part of that house. That

building is made up of LIVING STONES.

Verses 12-14 shows us the fact that 'FAITH IS

MANIFESTED BY A GODLY WALK' It is

important for all of us to Walk in the Spirit.

Where there is a lack of FAITH, the outward life

may, for a time, seem to be consistent with the

Christian profession, BUT EVENTUALLY the

old carnal nature is going to raise up and the

person will turn back to the world.

In verse 6 and also verse 14 you have the little

word 'IF' That is a test of profession. It does notsay that we can loose our

Salvation. What this is about is the fact that

there are people that can talk the talk. They

have all the right answers but they have never

been born again. I have personally come across

a few over the years. Time told the true story of

them. Hebrews 10:35,36. Cast not awaytherefore your confidence, {ASSURANCE} which

hath great recompence of reward. 36 For ye have

need of patience, {Cheerful Endurance} that, after

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ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the

promise. Look at 1 John 3:21,22 and 1 John


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5:14,15. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us

not, then have we confidence toward God. 22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him,

because we keep his commandments, and do those

things that are pleasing in his sight. 14 And

this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if

we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth

us: 15 And if we know that he hear us,

whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the

petitions that we desired of him.

These are all dealing with our CONFIDENCE,

our FAITH in our Father. We have looked at a

Persuaded Faith and then at a Confident Faith

now lets look at the next aspect.

THIRD: aspect concerning Faith.Turn to Hebrews 11:1 with me. This gives a

great definition of Faith. Now faith is the

substance {Or Conviction} of things hoped for,

the evidence {Assurance} of things not seen.

If you look back at Hebrews 10:38, you will see

these words. The just shall live by faith....

These same words are found in Habakkuk 2:4;

Romans. 1:17; Galatians. 3:11.

Again in verse 1, we see the Words FAITH and

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HOPE. These go together. The same things that

we hope for are also the objects of our faith.


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Faith is a firm belief and expectation that our

Father will perform all that HE has promised todo. This is a strong belief that gives our souls a

kind of possession and

present realization of the things to come.

Knowing that the Holy Spirit lives in us is

accepted by Faith. As it says in verse 1, it is the

evidence of things not seen. Faith literally

demonstrates to the minds eye the reality of those

things that cannot be seen by the eye of this

human body. I have not seen Jesus Christ nor

have I ever seen the air that I breath, but I

believe by FAITH that they are there. Faith is

the Firm Acceptance in every part of the

Revelation of Jesus Christ to us. Faith also says,

God Is Real Faith is designed to serve thebeliever instead of sight, and to be to the soul all

that the senses are to the body.

In Verse 6 it says, But without faith it is

impossible to please him: for he that cometh to

God must believe (have Faith) that he is, and that

he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.It takes an active Faith for us to Walk in the

Spirit. We must believe that He is, and that he is

also a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.

We must also believe by faith that He has

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revealed Himself to us through His living word,

the Bible. Also by Faith, believe that He is


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infinite perfection existing in three persons. The

Father, Son and Holy Ghost. An active FAITHshould also be a POWERFUL BRIDLE of

RESTRAINT to keep us from Sin. It is also like

a SPUR of CONSTRAINT to keep us obedient to

the WORD OF GOD. Because of the fall of

mankind, we lost all fellowship and divine light,

life, love, likeness and communion with GOD.

Now, by Faith we can come to God through Jesus

Christ and believe that all the things we lost are

returned because of Faith. This Faith is also

there when we are at a place in our lives where

we just can't seem to find God. We all must

continue to seek for him

diligently, early, earnestly and unfalteringly.

Romans 8:24For we are saved (delivered)by hope:(Faith) but hope that is seen is not hope:

for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Our happiness is not in our present

possession: Our reward is still out of sight.

When we talk to our Father, we must talk to Him

and ask of Him through complete trust that He

will hear and do for us.

Faith respects the Promise, Hope respects the

things Promised. Faith is the Evidence the Hope

and the Expectation of things not seen. Faith

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and Hope can not be separated. They go

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INSEPARABLE.

FOURTH aspect of Faith is theAbsolute Dependence upon and reliance in the

Word of God and of Jesus Christ.

If we were to look at Matthew 8, we would read

about the Centurion that came to Jesus to ask

him to heal his servant that was sick of the palsy.

Jesus was ready to go with him but the

Centurion said, I am not worthy of your coming

to my home. If you would just speak the word

only my servant will be healed. Jesus heard

these words and said, ....I have not found so

great faith, NO NOT IN ISRAEL. That

Centurion had ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCE on

the WORDS OF JESUS and knew that it would

take place.

Also in Matthew 15 is the story of the Gentile

mother that came to Jesus asking him to deliver

her daughter from the wicked demon that lived

in her. That mother cried out but Jesus turned

away from her and ignored her. The disciples

asked him to send her away. This woman had

come Worshiping Jesus and begging him to help.

Jesus spoke and said, ...I came for the lost sheep

of Israel and not to give bread to the dogs. She

then said, but even the dogs eat the crumbs

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from under the table. She had much faith in

the Word of Jesus and knew that He could


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deliver her daughter. Jesus turned to the

daughter and spoke and she was delivered.

We hold His Word in our hands and we see it

and read it but how many of us have an:

ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCE AND RELIANCE

IN HIS WORD?

Turn to Romans 10:17. So then faith cometh

byhearing, and hearing by the word of God.

There are many that hear the WORD but they

don't believe it. Oh come on, that isn't for

today. He can't do that for me. It took an

Absolute and total dependence on the Word of

God when I was saved. I had heard the Word of

God when I was a small child but did not

understand it. I sat under good preaching from

the first of Sept until November. 3, 1964 without

understanding. It wasn't until that night, when I

repented of my sin, accepting Jesus as my

Saviour that I understood and believed His Word

by FAITH. I have learned more and more each

year that I can believe this WORD and by Faith

have seen Him move in a mighty way for us.

We could go to Hebrews 11 and read the Faith

chapter and see how every one of them had

ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCE ON THE WORD

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OF GOD, and how they RELIED ON IT. Lets

look at Hebrews 12 verses 1-3. Wherefore


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seeing we also are compassed about with so great

a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let

us run with patience the race that is set before us,

2. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of

our faith; who for the joy that was set before him

endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set

down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3.

For consider him that endured such contradiction

of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and

faint in your minds.

These verses are dealing with us having

Absolute Dependence upon and Reliance in the

Word of God and on Jesus Christ. We see that

we have a duty which consists of two parts. The

first part is PREPARATORY or Preparing theway for us. The second part is PERFECTIVE.

It is Preparatory in the words in verse 1 that say

...Lay aside every weight, and the sin...Every

weight is, all excessive affection and concern for

the flesh, and for this present life and any

fondness for it. This ole flesh that I live in is

DEAD WEIGHT that weighs upon the soul. Thisflesh pulls us down when it should lift us up.

This flesh pulls us back when it should press

forward. This flesh makes the duty and all

difficulties much harder and much heavier

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than they would be if we would lay aside every

weight and put it all upon Jesus Christ who told


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us in Matthew 11:29,30, Take my yoke upon you,

and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly inheart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Verse 1 also says, And the Sin that Doth So

Easily Beset us. This is all sin that has any

advantage over us, by any of the circumstances

that we find ourselves in. What it is dealing with

is our very temperament of mind, our affections

and passions. This is also dealing with the people

that we run with. This is the people that we like

to be around when we are not around saved

people. This deals with our everyday walk. We

must all lay aside every external as well as

internal hindrance. This is all preparatory.

Now for the PERFECTIVE part of our

Absolute Dependence upon and Reliance in the

Word of God and Jesus Christ. Verse 1 again.

Let us run with patience the race that is set

before us. Paul is using an athletic language

here. I participated in football, basketball and

track in high school. If you played on the team

you had to work hard at doing what had to be

done. We as saved people have a race to run.

This is a race of service, and sufferings. This is

an active as well as a passive obedience on our

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part. This race is clearly marked out for us.

Just as in track, you had a track to run in and a


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point to run to. There were limits and there was

a direction to run and there was a prize to bewon. The Word of God gives us that clearly

marked track. We also have the example of

those that have lived before us that we are to

follow. The track that I run in is not for you to

run in. Stay in your track and on track at all

times.

This race must be run with much patience and

much perseverance. There is a great need for

Patience to go through all the difficulties that lie

in our way. There is also a need for perseverance

to resist all the temptations to stop and turn

aside from the race. It takes FAITH AND

GRACE and they are the conquering Graces

that we must continue to cultivate and keep themcontinually in lively exercise. Just as in all of the

sports I was in, we had many exercises to do to

stay in shape for the game or race. It is no

different with us now as saved people. Exercise

that Faith. We have the greatest example; of

living by complete Faith in God's word; given to

us through Jesus Christ. He is the object of ourFaith, as well as the Author, (our) leader, finisher,

fulfiller (of all promises and prophecies),

perfecter (of the Word), finisher (of Grace), the

judge and rewarder of our Faith.

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Look at those words in verse 2 were He says,

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the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at

the right hand of the throne of God. He sufferedfor us so that we could be reconciled back to

GOD. His reward for suffering for us, was that,

He sat down at the right hand of the Throne of

God. He is our Mediator and cries out,

FORGIVEN, FORGIVEN.

Every individual sitting in here that is saved

must have Absolute Dependence upon and in

Jesus Christ. Our duty to HIM is FIRST: to look

unto Him, and to set him continually before us as

our example, and our Great encouragement.

SECOND: we all must look to HIM for direction;

for assistance as well as for acceptance, in all of

our sufferings. Every trial that we go through.

How many of us in here have been in a great

trial and have said, I don't believe that anyone

has ever gone through what I am being put

through right now. This trial is worse than

anyone has ever had to face. You just don't

understand what is happening! Look at verse 3

in Hebrews 12. For consider him that enduredsuch contradiction of sinners against himself, lest

ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Why is it

that we all have a tendency to grow weary and

faint under these trials and any affliction,

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especially when they prove to be heavy and long.

This tendency comes from the imperfection that


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remain from our corrupt ole flesh.

The only way to prevent becoming faint and

giving up is to look unto Jesus, and consider all

that he went through for us. Faith and

Meditation will continually bring fresh supplies

of Strength, Comfort and Courage. Look at verse

11 with me. Now no chastening for the present

seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless

afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of

righteousness unto them which are exercised

thereby.

2 Timothy 2:12 says, If we suffer, we shall also

reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny

us:

Faith. First: it is to be persuaded of, Second: itmeans to place confidence in. Third: it is the

substance or conviction of things hoped for, the

evidence and assurance of things not seen.

Fourth: all of us must have Absolute Dependence

upon and Reliance in the Word of God and on

Jesus Christ.

Fifth: Aspect of Faith

Faith means we must have full surrender, total

yielding, and absolute obedience to all known

truth.

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Again, the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy,

Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness,


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Faith.... Romans 1:5 By whom we have

received grace and apostleship, for obedience tothe faith among all nations, for his name:

Paul greets the Romans in the first 7 verses and

He is calling himself a Servant, or literally, a

Bondsman of Jesus Christ. Now this is not a

service of Bondage but of a WHOLEHEARTED

OBEDIENCE from Paul who knew that he had

been 'Bought With A Great Price, the Precious

Blood of Jesus Christ.'

A few years ago, I read the story of a slave

whose master was about to kill him with a spear.

A young man stepped forward and put his arm

out to block the spear and it pierced his arm. As

blood spurted out, he told that wicked master, Ihave bought this man by my suffering The

owner agreed and turned and walked away.

That slave fell at the feet of that young man that

had delivered him from death and cried out.

The Blood Bought is Now the Slave of the Son

of Pity. I will serve you faithfully. The young

man told him he was free. That slave insistedand accompanying his Deliverer, he took

great delight in waiting upon him in every

possible way he could for the rest of his life.

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Every person sitting here that is saved is that

Blood bought slave. We have been set free to


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Serve. We now belong to Jesus Christ. Psalms

116:6, O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thyservant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast

loosed my bonds. It is important for every one

of us to be obedient in every area of our life.

Lets all turn to Romans 6:11-23 Likewise

reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto

sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our

Lord. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in yourmortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts

thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as

instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield

yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from

the dead, and your members as instruments of

righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not

have dominion over you: for ye are not under thelaw, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin,

because we are not under the law, but under

grace? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom

ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye

are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or

of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be

thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye

have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine

which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free

from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

19 I speak after the manner of men because of the

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infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your

members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity


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unto iniquity; even so now yield your members

servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 Forwhen ye were the servants of sin, ye were free

from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in

those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the

end of those things is death. 22 But now being

made free from sin, and become

servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness,

and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of

sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Every one of us that are saved are now free to

walk in newness of life as one with Jesus Christ,

Risen. There in Verse 11 is the word RECKON.

That word means Literally, Count as True. The

word of God says that I died with Christ. I, asan individual, am to count this as absolute truth.

As Faith reckons on this, I find that the claims of

sin are abolished. There is no other way of

deliverance than that which begins with

reckoning. ..Reckon ye also yourselves to be

dead....I am Crucified with Christ... How many

of you in here feel dead? I am very much still

alive. Feelings have nothing to do with this at all.

This is a judicial fact. Christ's death is my death

and therefore I reckon myself to have died unto

sin's dominion. Galatians 2:20 I am crucified

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with Christ nevertheless I live: yest not I, but

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in the flesh I live by the Faith of the son of God,

who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Verse 12 in Romans 6 adds to that, Reckoning,

telling us not to let sin reign in this flesh because

it wants to obey the lust that comes along. When

I feel an impulse rising up in me demanding for

me to yield to any sinful desire, I need to

remember what Galatians 5:17 says, For the

flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit

against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to

the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye

would. If I am truly alert to the things that this

flesh desires, I can say to the things that tempt

me, 'NO, I HAVE DIED TO ALL SIN. IT MUST

NOT DOMINATE MY WILL. I BELONG TO

JESUS CHRIST AND I AM TO LIVE UNTOHIM.' When faith lays hold of this truth, the

power of lust is broken.

This involves watchfulness and constant

recognition of my union with Christ. Before I

was saved, this flesh controlled me. Now that I

am saved, I must unconditionally yield myself toGOD as being one alive from the death that I

went into with Christ. All of my physical

members are HIS and are to be used as

instruments to work out HIS Righteousness.

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In Verse 13, look at the word Instruments. That

word means Weapons or Armor. Every talent


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that I have been given, All of my physical

members, all the power that lives within me areto be used in the conflict with the world as

weapons for GOD. I am His soldier to be

absolutely at His disposal.

Now that I am saved, SIN is no longer to hold

any control over my life. Jesus is the

Commander in Chief of my Salvation whose

words are to control me in all things. Now thisflesh that we live in might reason that since I am

now under Grace and not Law, that I can do

anything that I want and live any way that I

want. As a born again, Saved by the Blood of the

LAMB, individual, I Do Not want Liberty to Sin,

BUT What I want is Power for Holiness in my

life. The problem with so many of us is that wecontinually end up yielding to sin and obey its

bidding; even voluntarily in many areas of our

lives. When I do that, I am still a servant to Sin

and the end result will be death. My greatest

desire should be to obey the one that I belong to,

and the one that I am to serve. Jesus Christ.

Look at verses 17,18 of Romans 6 But God bethanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye

have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine

which was delivered you. 18. Being then made

free from sin, ye became the servants of

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righteousness. Paul is illustrating his theme by

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He is doing this so that our weak human minds

can understand it. In verse 19, he repeats Hisexhortation and then gives it as a command to

us. 19 I speak after the manner of men because

of the infirmity of your flesh: (OLD NATURE)

for as ye have yielded your members servants

(SLAVES) to uncleanness and to iniquity unto

iniquity; (WICKEDNESS) even so now yield your

members (BODY)servants (SLAVES) to

righteousness unto holiness.(PURITY)

Before I was saved, I was a slave to Sin andknew nothing about true Righteousness. Now

that I am saved from sins dominion I have

become a servant to GOD and my life should be

abounding in FRUIT which is unto HOLINESS.

Look at verse 22. But now being made free fromsin, and become servants to God, ye have your

fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. I

have everlasting life and in this verse, it is

showing us our future and the fact that we must

live a sold out life for our LORD now. It is so

important for everyone of us to be fully

surrendered and be in total obedience to theWORD OF GOD. We could go to the Book of

James here and read in chapter 2 verses 17,18

about the importance of all of us being

surrendered and being obedient. We could also

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go to 2 Corinthians 10 and read verses 3-6

dealing with us walking in the flesh. Our


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weapons of warfare which are not carnal and the

fact that we are to cast down all imaginationsand all High Thing that we exalt above God. As

well as the fact that we are to deal with all

disobedience in our lives immediately.

We must bring every thought that we have into

total subjection to the OBEDIENCE OF

CHRIST. All of our human reasoning must come

to an end. When the HOLY SPIRIT speaks tous, there must be absolute subjection to HIS will.

Once again, this aspect of Faith is Action and it

means that we must fully surrender, and be in

total obedience to all known truth. This Bible,

the meditation of it, the teaching, preaching,

praying fervently are all weapons of our warfare

and they are all spiritual weapons, not carnal orof any outward force.

I would ask that you turn to Hebrews 11:6 as

we leave this aspect of FAITH. But without

faith it is impossible to please

him: for he that cometh to God must believe that

he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that

diligently seek(Crave and Worship) him. Areyou seeing the importance of this 5th aspect of

Faith.

The SIXTH aspect of FAITH is to

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TRUST WHOLLY AND UNRESERVEDLY IN

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The word Trust means to have complete

confidence and reliance on, and it is the restingof the mind on the integrity and the sound

principle of another person. The word Wholly

means entirely or totally trust in. The word

Unreservedly means without limitations or

reservation.

PROV. 28:25 He that is of a proud heart

stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust (total

confidence) in the LORD shall be made fat.

Then Proverbs 3:5,6. Trust in the LORD with all

thine heart; and lean not unto thine own

understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge

him, and he shall direct thy paths. Every saved

person sitting here has talents given to them by

God. All of these are given to us by way of trust,that we will use them for the Glory of God.

I would like us to go to Matthew 6 and look at

verses 25-34. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take

no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what

ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall

put on. Is not the life more than meat, and thebody than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the

air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor

gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father

feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

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27 Which of you by taking thought can add one

cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye


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thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the

field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do theyspin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even

Solomon in all his

glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,

which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the

oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of

little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought,

saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we

drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)

for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have

need of all these things. 33But seek ye first the

kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all

these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take

therefore no thought for the morrow: for themorrow shall take thought for the things of itself.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Jesus

is telling his Disciples to TAKE NO THOUGHT.

He was not telling them to be careless or neglect

their duty when foresight would show them what

they should do. The thing that Jesus is telling

them is Don't be Anxious and Don't becomeDistressed or Perplexed about the future. What

he is literally say to every one of us is, The same

one that saved you WILL take care of you and

you can depend on HIM to Undertake and

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Provide for you right to the very end of life.

Jesus reminds us that the birds are fed by our


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Heavenly Father. The Flowers come forth in

their beauty because of God. There is not oneperson sitting here that can increase your height

by sitting and worrying about it. By measuring

my arms from this finger tip to this one, having

them stretched out, I should be over 6 feet tall

but I am not. I am who I am and so why worry

about it.

Why should any of us give place to worry over

how we will meet all the future want? We have a

Heavenly Father that clothes the Grass of the

field and He has promised to take care of His

Children. By Faith, Nancy and I are trusting for

work for her each day. It is there when our

Father wants her to work. We could sit back and

worry, worry, worry and get warts but why. Thisworld is constantly in pursuit of Temporal things

to make them happy. The number one thing

right now is MONEY & Black Gold, OIL. I

don't care what this world is after, We are not to

IMITATE THEM. We are to be concerned with

Pleasing our Father. Having our behavior in line

with the Righteous Principles of His Kingdom.Jesus summed this all up in verse 33 by telling us

to seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his

righteousness When we obey Him and we live

for Him doing the things that we are obligated to

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do, then we have the assurance that all needed

temporal things will be provided. Paul closes


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out this chapter with the exhortation to leave

tomorrow with God. Seek only to please Himtoday. When tomorrow comes, He will provide

all the needed grace for every situation that we

come up against. Today is here to bring Glory to

HIM.

Now, in dealing with this aspect of Faith, I feel

that we should talk about the daily temptations

that we face. Can our Father take us through

these situations? 1 Corinthians 10:13 is a verse

that many people know. There hath no

temptation taken you but such as is common to

man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you

to be tempted above that ye are able; but will

with the temptation also make a way to escape,

that ye may be able to bear it.

The word TO is very important here. He will

make a way TO ESCAPE. I think of Israel and

when the death Angel passed over them. They

had to obey the Word of God. There was a way

TO ESCAPE the death Angle. When they left

Egypt and came to the edge of the Red Sea, therewas a way to escape but Moses had to obey and

do what he was told to do so that they could cross

the Red Sea. It took Faith on his part to obey

God. That Red sea was then opened for them.

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God could have just opened up that sea without

Moses doing one thing and it would have been an


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easy way of escape. He had direction for them

and lead them to the Promised land. There was away to escape the wilderness, as well, when they

got there. When Joshua was told to lead them

across the Jordan River, those Priests had to step

into the water. He wants us to turn to Him and

trust Him to show us the right way. The little

word TO means moving toward a place, or

toward an object. You must make the move.

Your choice.

We are talking about the fact that we MUST

Trust Wholly and Unreservedly in the

Faithfulness of God. He is there for us all the

time. We must have strict adherence to HIM and

to the duties that He has given to us. How many

of us have this type of FAITH? In Matthew 17,the disciples were asked to cast out a devil from a

little child. They couldn't do it. Jesus then tells

them it is because of your UNBELIEF. Your

Lack of FAITH. In verse 20 He goes on to say:

....for verily I say unto you, If ye

have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say

unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonderplace; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be

impossible unto you.

Let me share a couple of true stories with you.

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The first one is dealing with a little church in a

rule area. The summer had been hot and no rain


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had fallen for some time. The pastor suggested

that they all meet at church to pray for rain. Anelderly lady came in carrying her umbrella.

Several looked at her and said, why did you

bring that with you. She said: We came to

pray for rain didn't we? I feel certain that He

will answer and that I will need it on the way

home. Before they had finished praying, rain

did come and she was the only one that had faith

to bring an umbrella.

I could give you examples of men like Hudson

Taylor and George Mueller and many others but

for the sake of time, I will tell you about a time in

Wyoming when we were to have a church picnic.

It started raining early that morning and was

suppose to rain all day. Most of the people calledme and asked me if we were going to call off the

picnic. I said, NO, we are to go and enjoy the

afternoon. We got into our van and headed for

the park. By the time we got there, a large circle

had opened up at the park with no rain. It was

raining every were else. We gilled, ate and

played games together. When we were tired, weall packed up and by the time we were back in

our vehicles, the rain returned over that park.

CAN YOU SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF

Trusting entirely and Unreservedly in the

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Aspect SEVEN of Faith is the fact that 'WE

MUST GIVE OURSELVES OVER TO A NEWWAY OF LIFE.'

When I was saved, I became a new creature in

Christ. The old things had passed away. The

problem is that this old flesh is still alive and it

fights with the New Nature. We must totally

surrender ourselves over to Jesus and let HIM

have HIS complete will in, and through us in all

areas. Don't say, well, you can have this area

and this one but I am going to keep this one for

myself. It won't work! We are to live a SOLD

OUT LIFE and it must be completely by FAITH.

Once again, Romans 6 deals with this. Look

with me at verses 11-13. 11 Likewise reckon ye

also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, butalive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,

that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of

unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves

unto God, as those that are alive from the dead,

and your members as instruments of righteousnessunto God.

In these verses, we have the STRONGEST

words to motivate us; First against living in Sin

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and Second living a sold out life for GOD. Once

again, the problem for all of us is the Flesh is still


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alive. When this ole flesh raises its wicked ugly

head, tell it that I am Crucified with Christ and Iam dead to self. It is the Power of the Word of

God that will put down this wicked flesh every

time. We as individuals might struggle with SIN,

and it can cause a great deal of trouble for us as

well as literally vex us, BUT it will not have

dominion as long as we SEE THE FACT THAT

WE ARE DEAD INDEED TO SIN AND ALIVE

TO GOD.

It is our duty to MORTIFY, or subdue, all of

the members of our body as well as all the things

of this WORLD! Kill those desires as the

WEEDS and Pests that spread and destroy all

the GOOD things around us. It will be a

continual fight that goes on inside of us.

If we let that pet sin remain in us, it will stop us

from RUNNING THE RACE that is Set Before

us. If we let it continue, it will give great

POWER to Every Discouragement, and it will

cause us to become Weary and Faint.

If there is a sin that you just don't want to let

go of, or a sin that you just can't seem to get

victory over, Remind yourself of the GREAT

PRICE that Jesus Christ paid for

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you and then take this flesh and tell it that it is

dead. It is Crucified. Listen to 1 John 2:6: He


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that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so

to walk, even as he walked.Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the

Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS....NO

TURNING BACK......

The EIGHTH aspect of faith is,

THE ATTRIBUTE OF GOD AND THAT OF

THE NEW MAN WEREBY BOTH CAN

BRING INTO EXISTENCE THINGS THAT

ARE UNSEEN.

Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them,

Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto

you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye

shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence toyonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing

shall be

impossible unto you.

Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye

shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

This is all of your needs, not the wants thatcould draw us away from serving our LORD.

How many of you believe what that verse says?

I gave you a couple of examples dealing with the

aspect of faith were we are to trust wholly and

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unreservedly in the Faithfulness of God.

Now let me tell you another true story dealing


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with this aspect of Faith.

A pastor and his family were at a small church

here in the states a number of years ago. The

church could not always pay their Pastor. One

particular time, the Pastor had been asked to

travel a long distance from home to preach at a

special meeting. His family would have to stay

home. It took every penny that they had for him

to make the trip. After a couple of days, she ran

out of most of the food that they had. The

children asked her what they would have for

Breakfast. She told them Children, I will make

bread tomorrow but tonight, you must pray for

some flour for me to make the bread. Those

children all prayed with mom. The next

morning, they all got up hoping to smell freshbread and have a some breakfast. Now all she

had left was a small handful of potatoes. She

told them all to sit down and she fried what

potatoes she had for them and then told them

that they would kneel around the table and

thank the LORD for the flour that was coming.

They prayed and thanked the LORD for theflour. Then one of the boys looked out the

window and saw someone at the gate. The lady

came to the door and knocked. She did not have

a sack of flour. She began to talk to the mother

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and finally said, I was making breakfast for my

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to take a bag of flour to the Preachers wife. Do

you need some flour? The pastors wife took herto the counter were she had some things already

put together for the bread but there was no flour.

This lady then took all the boys out to the buggy.

She gave the oldest boy a big sack of flour. The

next boy she handed a big smoked ham. Another

was given a large jug of milk and the last one was

given a big bucket of butter. Then the lady said,

I figured if the Lord was telling me to bring you

the flour then you probably needed the butter

also. I decided right then to bring extra things

for you.

God had given that family more than they had

asked for. He will do the same for each of you as

well. If you will just TRUST HIM and haveFAITH IN HIM. In the book of Mark and

chapter 11, Jesus told his disciples, ...HAVE

FAITH IN GOD. They had just come past the

fig tree that had withered up and died. With a

lack of faith, we will literally wither away

like that fig tree did.

In dealing with the fig tree, it is like any and all

religion in the world. Religion is worthless

without Jesus Christ. Most places have no Fruit

to show. They will wither away one day because

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they reject Jesus Christ. Now, Jesus is teaching

His disciples to Pray in Faith believing. Faith


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purifies the heart and removes the mountains of

corruption and makes them into usefulproductive fields that will produce fruit. This is

all because of God's great Grace.

Again, Hebrews 11, the faith chapter shows us

what true faith is. We can read about each

person in this chapter and see how they turned

themselves completely over to God and they

believed by Faith that He would do as He hadpromised to do.

HE NEVER FAILS!!!!!

The NINTH aspect of faith is

THE WHOLE BODY OF REVEALED TRUTH.

In the book of Luke, chapter 18 we read the

parable that Jesus spoke to the people that trust

in themselves. They believed that they were all

righteous before God and they all despised those

that were around them. In the parable, Jesus

tells them about a Judge that refused to listen to

a widow that came to him asking for help dealing

with her adversary. That judge had no fear of

GOD or man. He refused to listen to her. She

came day after day until he became weary of her

constant pestering. He finally agreed to help her

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deal with the adversary. At the end of this first

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when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith

on the earth?

This world needs JESUS CHRIST. It is a must

to stand up and teach and preach this WHOLE

KING JAMES BIBLE. The book of JUDE, is

addressed to all believers. The reason for

this little book is to put the saved on guard

against the False Teachers that creep into the

church. They come in to do one thing and that is

to scatter about dangerous teaching by

attempting to lower all teaching to a merely

minimal belief and an outward profession of the

Gospel only.

Have you ever heard someone say, You don't

have to be that serious about living what youread. Do the things that you want to do and then

go to church on Sunday morning for an hour.

Thats good enough. Here is what Jude 3 says,

3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write

unto you of the common salvation, it was needful

for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye

should earnestly contend for the faith which wasonce delivered unto the saints.

Every saved person has been called out of this

world!!!! We all have a higher calling and it is

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dealing with Heavenly Things. These things are

unseen to us right now. Our lives are no longer


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our own. We were bought with a Great Price.

The Blood of Jesus Christ. It is our duty to standstrong against all False Teaching.

The only way for any of us to come to Jesus is

by hearing the True Word of God. Rom. 10:17

tells us, So then faith cometh by hearing, and

hearing by the word of God. It is hearing the

Word as the True Word of God that strengthens

our Faith. In 1 Tim. 4:1, we read this. Now the

Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times

some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to

seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

We are seeing this take place today in churches.

There is a turning away from the whole revealed

TRUTH and the Pure Worship of God. I amseeing men put other things up as more

important than serving. We all know 2 Tim.

3:16,17. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration

of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,

for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect,

thoroughly furnished unto all good works. Notone of us will know this Bible unless we get into it

and read it and meditate on it and study it. The

best time to learn the Bible is as a Child. Teach

your children now. All adults, the best time to

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learn this Bible is 'START TODAY'


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This bible should not set on a shelf when you

are not in Church. Let me ask you, HOWMUCH DO YOU LOVE THIS BESSED OLE

BOOK? How can we oppose error if we are not

in this Bible. Once again, This aspect of Faith is:

THE WHOLE BODY OF REVEALED TRUTH.

Now for The TENTH aspect of Faith which has 8

points attached to it. This aspect of Faith is

dealing with:

JOYFUL FAITH IN AND ACCEPTANCE OF:

FIRST: Jesus Christ as our Substitute for Sin

and our Saviour whereby we receive Salvation.

Acts 4:12. Neither is there salvation in any other:

for there is none other name under heaven given

among men, whereby we must be saved.

SECOND: This is a JOYFUL FAITH IN, AND

ACCEPTANCE OF OUR ACCESS INTO

GRACE. Rom. 5:2 By whom also we have

access by faith into this grace wherein we stand,

and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

THIRD: This is a JOYFUL FAITH IN AND

ACCEPTANCE OF THE FULFILLMENT OF

PROMISE. Heb. 6:12 That ye be not slothful,

but followers of them who through faith and

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Every Promise that God has made to us is

settled forever. There are actually 2 things thatcan never change. The Counsel and the Oath of

God. He cannot LIE. To the unbeliever,

Destruction is a Certainty. To the Saved, all that

have repented and accepted the Free Gift of God,

Eternal life is

also a Certainty.

FOURTH: This is a JOYFUL FAITH IN AND

ACCEPTANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham

might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ;

that we might receive the promise of the Spirit

through faith.

I am so glad that my Father sent a comforter,the HOLY SPIRIT, to live in ME.

FIFTH: This is a JOYFUL FAITH IN AND

ACCEPTANCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. There

are several verses that I could read dealing with

this aspect. All of Rom. 4; Rom 9:30, 32; Rom.

10:6. I will read Phi. 3:9. And be found in him,not having mine own righteousness, which is of

the law, but that which is through the faith of

Christ, the righteousness which is of God by

faith:

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ACCEPTANCE OF SON SHIP.

I choose Gal. 3:26 for this verse. For ye are all

the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

SEVENTH: This is a JOYFUL FAITH IN AND

ACCEPTANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE: John 3

gives us everything that we need for this. That

whosoever believeth in HIM should not perish,

but have eternal life.

EIGHTH: This is a JOYFUL FAITH IN AND

ACCEPTANCE OF ANSWERS TO EVERY

PRAYER. There are many verses that Jesus

gave us concerning Answers to EVERY Prayer.

We have read some of them already. I have

complete Faith in the Fact that you askaccording to HIS PERFECT WILL and the

answer will always come to you. Listen to John

15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in

you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done

unto you.

That is a Promise from our Father for us. Everyaspect of Faith that we have looked at are

important to us. Faith is very much a part of our

WALK IN THE SPIRIT.


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FaithHAVE FAITH IN GOD!!!!!by Lyle Shaner

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