We are still in our series, "The Cycle of Faith". Today we are looking at faith in its operation as a series of recurring events that lead you back to your starting point as a new creation.....you began your life in God when you were born again, and as you are obedient to "THE FAITH", you will come back to your starting point: God. Join me today as we look at another definition of the word, 'cycle', as it applies to faith.
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Come away with me, Beloved!
Let's be outward bound....let your heart, your spirit man, magnify himself, take a deep breath of heaven's air.
The Holy Spirit is all around you and He is heaven's air!
Be uplifted, refreshed and carried away into God!
I want to make you ‘timeless’ conscious.
God-conscious.
No-limitations conscious.
A definition of Zoe that applies to our study today:
Jesus is the Author of Zoe (we looked at this last week)
In addition to being the Author of Zoe (it is the present possession of the believer: John 5:24, 1 John 3:14),
the life he gives, he maintains, John 6:35 & 63,
and one day that life will extend its dominion to the sphere of the body changing it from mortal to immortal,
(the resurrection of Christ is the down payment toward your resurrection)
"Many times our theologians have been our enemies, they have made the Word a dogma or creed, when it should have been as though the Master were here speaking to us," E.W. Kenyon
Tradition gives us definition of words that are limited in scope, i.e. 'everlasting life' or 'eternal life'. The normal definition is being in heaven forever at the end of our life when we have been Saved.
The Bible gives a additional definition of these words....Zoe, a 'quality' of life, God's life that becomes the present possession of the believe at Salvation. Look at this verse:
John 5:24King James Bible
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
This verse says that 'everlasting life' is the PRESENT possession of the believer, "hath (has) every lasting life (Zoe)", "IS passed from death into life (Zoe)".
John 5:25 New Living Translation (©2007)
"I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
"I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
The death referred to here is SPIRITUAL DEATH, the nature of the devil. The reason you needed to be born again. When you were born again, you passed from spiritual death into spiritual life (Zoe).
I looked for a 'bowl of sunlight' on the web to illustrate what a 'bowl of Zoe' would look like, of course there is nothing in this world that can illustrate Zoe....but this will hopefully give your mind and eye something to look at....this looks like a light beam with its vibrations...and that is what God's life, Zoe, inside of you is doing the same thing, it is living, vibrating, energized....
"out of your belly shall flow rivers of living (Zoe) waters"....John 7:38.
Picture Zoe flowing from the spring in your inner man....
this is the Life that came into you when you were Saved.
You translated out of the kingdom of Darkness and translated into the Kingdom of God's Dear Son, Colossians 1:13, out of spiritual death into Spiritual Life.
Put your hands on your belly, get real quite and become conscious of What is on the inside of you.
John 4: Jesus said to the woman at the well, "I will put within you a well of water springing up to everlasting Life (Zoe)", (Vs. 14).
The God-kind of Faith is a quality of Zoe Life.
Looking at definition of word, ‘cycle’ in relation to faith.
“A course or series of events or operations that recur regularly and usually
lead back to the starting point.”
Strength lies in returning to the basics over and over….no matter what your stage of spiritual growth.
Child – young man – father
Vince Lombardi: “Gentlemen, this is a football!”
The 'football' in this lesson is 'faith'....that faith will lead you 'toward' God, and Jesus in the circumstances of life.
When you have a problem, call Him, not your counselor or friend, your banker of doctor......call Him up, and tell Him what you need.
Then listen for His Answers to your situations.
Remember, the promise that is attached to the 'well' that is on the inside of you:
"He who comes to ME, and drinks of this water shall never thirst again." John 4:14
Faith's cycle:
New Birththen
Spiritual Growth into Christ's image then
The mortal putting on immortality.
This is faith in its cycle as a series of recurring events that lead you back to your starting point as a new creation.....you began your life in God when you were born again, and as you are obedient to "THE FAITH", you will come back to your starting point.
Faith is in the timeless realm. It is an eternal property.
You will never not need, ‘faith TOWARD God’.
When you get into tough times each day, remember who wins in the end: GOD!
Go back to the basics in tough times...
Who is Jesus?
He is my Savior, my Healer, my Baptizer in the Holy Ghost, my Soon Coming King. He is the Alpha & Omega, He was dead and is resurrected and alive forever.
1John.5:1-5
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world...
How? by faith.
Faith in who?
Jesus....
What about Him?
That He is the Son of God.
What does that mean?
That He wins!
Say: "I am born of God, I overcome the world.
I have the God-kind of Faith.
That faith is in Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God.
Nothing conquered Jesus,
nothing can conquer me, as I have faith in Him.
2 Corinthians 2:14:
"Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ."
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