Word of Faith Preached

Word of Faith Preached

The word from the Pulpits across the World should always be the following:

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. And Love your neighbor as yourself. In doing so, we open ourselves up to allow His Glorious Power to work in us and through us (Eph 1:18-19).

As a result of the above and the exceedingly great and abundant grace He has shown on us by redeeming us from evil and our sins. We preach Ephesians 1:21 where Paul points out that Christ was raised far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named. And then in Ephesians 2:5-6 Paul connects the dots and reveals to us that we were raised with Him and are seated with Him. We are Co-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17) and if that weren’t enough in John 17:23 Jesus is praying that we would realize that God loves us just as must as He does Jesus. Religion would have us believe that we could never reach those levels.

No doubt Christ has all authority and power and glory just as it says in 1 Chronicles 29:11-12. No one disputes that. No one preaches that we deserve anything less than death. But that was before He showed His amazing grace on us and redeemed us by the blood of the Lamb. He picked me up like a beach comber finding a treasure in the sand. He dusted me off and placing me beside Him.

• Did I deserve it? No
• Did I do it on my own? No
• Am I, now a co-heir with Christ? Yes
• Does that entitle me with certain rights and privileges? Yes
• Do I have to wait until I can enjoy them? No

That says it all. Doesn’t it? “If He who did not hold back His only Son how much more will He give all things.” (Romans 8:35)

I could go on. I could explain the “ask and receive, knock and it shall be opened, and seek and you shall find” verses that Jesus preached. Or make emphasize on Jesus’ words “Ask God anything in my name and it will be given to you.” (John 14:14, 16:23-24)

It’s all there in the Word. It doesn’t require a special degree or schooling to learn and grow in it. But we do have to remain vigil to the Religious thoughts and ideas. They spring up in response to tragic stories. Human nature yearns to explain away personal responsibility by pushing it off on God. Religion says “Little Jimmy died, because it was God’s will.” “Frankie has cancer so God can teach something to him.” Even though the Word Says that Scripture is used to teach and instruct, and death belongs to the thief, not to the Light in whom there is no shadow.

So the question is “Shall we place personal experience, and third-party stories over what the Word says? Shall we use them to interpret the Word or shall we use the Word to interpret the stories and experiences?”