When I was a boy, there were a few more subjects I used to hear preached. You see, we become so accustomed to doing certain things in the natural that we never realize these things are hindering us in the spiritualthings like losing our temper! To make faith work in our lives, we must protect ourselves in every area.īible teachers say we must have faith to please God, but they casually pass over the teachings that faith works by love, and God is love. Teaching, people got so much into "confession" that they couldn't even make a statement in fun, and yet the Lord seems to have a good sense of humor! Certainly we need to be careful about our confessions, but we need to be even more careful about our daily lives. Part of the love walk is being able to stand up and preach with a truth what God's Word says, notĦsome doctrine created from isolated Scriptures.For a while, because of this kind of wrong But that doesn't make it right! I can create any doctrine I want by pulling Scriptures out of contextbut I can't prove this so-called doctrine if I take the preceding and following verses in context. I, too, could take several Old Testament Scriptures, add some New Testament Scriptures, and "prove" that it is right to do just about anything. Faith that works by love will measure up to all of the standards set down in the Word of God.
One of the reasons why faith is not working for some of you is because you do not have a full understanding of what the Word of God says. Some people who are teaching his material are saying things he never saidthings they cannot back up with the Word of God. If you study his material carefully, you will discover that concept never came from him. Hagin, who is considered the modern-day father of faith.
They didn't get that idea from my father, Kenneth E. We are not getting some of the other basic teachings thatĥshould go along with having faith.Many people have the mistaken idea that justīecause you are walking the faith walk, you are never going to have any trials. I realize that teachers sometimes overstate certain things to make a point, but we are in danger of becoming overbalanced in the area faith. We have been hearing faith, healing, prosperity, and all of these great truths preached from the Word of God.
"Faith worketh by love."įaith teaching has been strong for many years now. All of these things come to us by faithbut it must be faith that works by love. This includes salvation, healing, the fullness of the Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit, the fruit of the spirit, and victory over the world, the flesh, the devil, and all the powers of darkness.
Everything Jesus purchased for us on Calvary can be obtained by faith. Praying and asking Him questions about faith people who are not getting answers to their prayers.įaith is the hand that takes the things we need from God. Walk in love.The Lord gave me this teaching as I was
They are not missing it in believing the Word.They are missing it by not knowing how to Most people in the faith message today are not missing it in their confessions.ĤThey are not missing it in knowing what the Word of God says. Patent and Trademark Office and therefore may not be duplicated.įor in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision but FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE. The Faith Shield is a trademark of RHEMA Bible Church, AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc., registered with the U. Box 335, Etobicoke (Toronto)Ontario, Canada, M9A 4X3.
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