Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Faith is believing in the unseen. Believing that God will. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command. Faith conquers your fear. 24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, Faith sees beyond all our afflictions into the supernatural power of God. Just as many things in the Kingdom works, faith grows by levels. Romans 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” So what is this faith to faith? How many remember the first time that they recited the sinner’s prayer? The 1st time I felt nothing. But after I began to build a relationship with God it began to have a value. Why? Because I didn't have faith the 1st time. As I began to mature in Christ it began to mean more and more to me. Can you see the faith to faith? And no you know in your knowa that the words of salvation really achieved a purpose. But there is a higher purpose for your faith. Faith is your portal to the Glory of God. Why should we be so concerned with the Glory of God? Because it is the Glory of God that leads to the Power of God. Repeat after me: “The supernatural power of God” Say it again. Again. We are meant to walk in the supernatural power of God and our faith takes us to the gates of heaven which God has already opened to pour out His glory. This has always been the plan of God for us to have access to His glory. Someone read Ephesians 1:10 for me. Now let’s simplify that some. I just love how the Message says it: Ephesians 1:10, “He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in Him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.” Until now we the church haven’t been accessing everything that God had set up for us from the time He created the earth and man. You see heaven contains 3 dimensions of the supernatural: The Kingdom The Glory The Power Matt. 6:13, “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” The Kingdom is our faith guys. So many people are talking about the Kingdom of God, but you have to know what the true essence of the Kingdom is. It’s our faith. Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” You cannot seek the Kingdom of God without faith. Mark 4:30, “Then He said, “To what shall we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it?” We talked a little about this last week. We are again talking about a seed. Isn’t it funny how we can get so much from a little seed. But today we are talking about having faith the size of a mustard seed. And that little bit of faith giving us access to the Kingdom of God. So what does this say to us? It says that the Kingdom of God is the manifestation of our faith. God created the heavens on the first day but the Kingdom of God is a connection between our faith and the Spirit of God. From faith to faith to faith to faith the size of a mustard seed, to the Kingdom of God. Matthew 6:10, “Your Kingdom come. Your Will be done On earth as it is in heaven.” Go to: Matthew 12:28, “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.” Did you see that? Hallelujah! Someone better begin to praise the Lord. The Glory The Glory is the Fullness of God. Colossians 2:8-10, “8 See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense), following human tradition (men’s ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah). 9 For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature]. 10 And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power].” Now this is what the glory does: The glory transforms us into God’s image. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 says, “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” There is so much power in the glory that it transforms us. This is the deep calling to the deep. John 17:22, “And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:” This glory unites us with God, with Jesus and with the Holy Spirit. The Power - The power is the anointing of God. It is this anointing that moves us into the supernatural power of God. Jesus had the anointing without measure and He passed this anointing down to us, the church. But in order to access this anointing we have to create an atmosphere conducive to calling forth the miracles. Our atmosphere is spirit so we must change it so that we may be lifted up and touch the glory of God. Touching this glory is what brings about the miracles and the changes in our lives. The thing is that we have been focusing on how Peter fell after walking on the water when we need to be focusing on how he walked on water. Matt. 14:26 Notice how Jesus didn’t lift him out of the boat, but He called him to Him. He waited for Peter to activate his faith, to tap into the glory of Christ by taking a step on his own to walk on water. Now is the time for the Church to step into the fullness of God. The heavens are already open because they were opened when Jesus was baptized and He gave us access to that power through His glory. Until now we have been in bondage to time, allowing time to control us when we are supposed to be controlling time. Look at when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. He never worried because He had already stopped time and He knew that Lazarus wasn’t going anywhere. Stop allowing time to tell you what to do. We are supposed to be telling time what to do. In time things breaks down, decay and become old, but when we step into the glory of God things regenerates and moves back into order. The glory of God is a restorer. It brings heaven down to the earth through you. This is our moment in time to touch the glory and to begin to perform miracles and take dominion over every inch of our lives. So reach up and touch the glory of God and pull down that job you are in need of or the money for that car payment that you don’t have. Reach up and touch the glory. By Evangelist Cheryl Davies
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Some of you will not want to hear this, but if you are truly seeking after the truth, then seek it today and be enlightened. I wanted a relationship with God and a relationship means that I am seeking after the heart and thoughts of God.
Throughout the Bible God has placed great emphasis on names. For example: Genesis 29:34-35, “She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi. And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing.” (Levi and Judah were the beginning of two tribes, the Levities and the Tribe of Judah. Levi means “attached” and Judah means “praise”. ) Genesis 32:28, “And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”” (His blessing for his struggle. Israel means “God contended”) 2 Samuel 12:24-25, “Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him; and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah. (His name was changed out of love. Jedidiah means “beloved by God”) Acts 13:9, “Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.” (His name was changed because of his rebirth. Paul means “humble”.) Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” (Immanuel means “God is with you”.) Names are very important in the Kingdom of God. Now with that in mind we have to look at one of the most sacred events that is almost here. The resurrection of Jesus. Years back I request the Father to cut out of me everything that was not of Him and that meant I needed to know the truth in everything. All lies had to be revealed so that I could destroy them and they would no longer have dominion over my life. I pray this for you today as the truth is revealed to you. Many Christians have adopted the habits of the secular world and get excited when it is time to celebrate “Easter”. So what does this word “Easter” mean? It was ultimately named for the Germanic spring goddess Eostre. It was traditionally given to children born on Easter, though it is no longer done today. This goddess was the god of fertility, thus you have the egg and the rabbit. She was a sexual god that the pagans committed many sexual rituals to honor her in the belief that they would bear children with her blessing. It is these rituals that the early Christians attempted to remove the pagans from committing. These sexual rituals were the most important thing to stop. It wasn’t so bad that they had idols, but it was really bad what they did for these idols. If they could just stop them from practicing the rituals and teach them to believe in Jesus, maybe, just maybe, they will be converted. In actuality, they still preformed their rituals but in secret. Why? Because they had not been fully changed. They were taught the name Jesus, but were never taught about having a relationship with Jesus. Never knew of the intimacy relationship brings when you seek to truly know the Lord. But instead, these early Christians made compromises not only with the faith of the pagans, but also with their own faith. It was a case of give and take. I want to give you this, and yes I will accept that from you. But wait! Are we not taught to take nothing from the world? That everything we desire can be found in God? Read : Mark 4 About the Parable of the Sower. Vs 9 Listen! They placed more emphasis on the conversion than on the lifestyle and this resulted in a bad root. They placed more emphasis on the conversion than on relationship. Have you placed more emphasis on Easter than on the holy death that freed us all. Let’s take a look at the root. 1) This was a pagan holiday. 2) It is named after a pagan God. 3) Christ’s death on the cross is an afterthought. It was added to something that was not at all holy. Now this is what the Word says on the root: Hosea 9:16, “Ephraim is stricken, Their root is dried up; They shall bear no fruit. Yes, were they to bear children, I would kill the darlings of their womb.” This celebration of Easter is in fact death to your children. If the root is bad, then there will be no fruit or there will be a bad tasting fruit. This made me see this second scripture in a whole new light. Jude 1:12, “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;” Easter is a love feast that is feasted on without fear. It does not serve God. It only serves man while implying that it is serving God. When we come to God the Bible tells us to leave behind the things of this world, something the early Christians failed to do or teach when they converted the pagans. It has no association with the sacrifice that Jesus made on the Cross so that you could have salvation. In fact, it is an attempt of the enemy to remove you from that salvation. It has become a generational curse to man. A curse that only you can break off of your bloodline. Pull it up now and destroy it. I appeal to your desire for the truth. Here is another question: What should you give to someone that gave up his life for you? An egg? Come on people! Time is short and this, like so many other things we need to get free of it. We need to loose ourselves from Easter. Our desire has to be more for God than for man. I refuse to face the Father and have Him say to me, “I don’t know you.” But this choice is yours alone to make. Study and show yourselves approved by seeking out the truth on your own. Look for the root and when it is rotten, rip it out of the ground. In Jesus’ name RIP IT OUT OF THE GROUND. Someone say no more water the bad seed. Now if you have been celebrating Easter instead of the Holy Resurrection you need to come up here and free yourself from that foul idol. AMEN!!!!!!!!!! |
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