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Jesus Taught Us Faith 1

Among all those who have wielded the power of God and done mighty works by prayer and faith, no one has ever done as many exploits as Jesus. Therefore, it is wisdom for us to take a lesson note from Him. Fortunately, for us, Jesus taught us faith—not just in theory but practically.

In the 11th chapter of the book of John, Jesus had the following conversation with His disciples:

[11]…”Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” [12] Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get well.” [13] However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. [14] Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.”

From the above conversation, we could deduce that Jesus knew very well that Lazarus was dead; yet He said, “He sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”

But why did He make such a misleading claim, as it were?

Early on, when Jesus was informed that Lazarus was sick, He said,

“This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” John 11:4 [NKJV]

That wasn’t His personal declaration; it was God’s very word about the sickness of Lazarus.

How did I know this?

Jesus said of Himself.

“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.” John 8:28 [NKJV]

“Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority, but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” John 14:10 [NKJV]

He spoke just as the Father dropped it in His mind.

“This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” That was all that Jesus needed to hear God say, and He was so sure that Lazarus would never die that even when he died, He still said, “He sleeps!”—That’s the meaning of faith: trusting what God says in His word beyond anything happening around us.

But What do Christians do Today?

If an average child of God today were in Jesus’ shoes, the greatest demonstration of faith they would make is to panic, burst out into tears and say, “Father, you said this sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” I trusted you and said it to everybody around me, and yet he died. Why have you put me to shame, Father?

Did you see the issue there?

Jesus knew that what God said was true and done from the moment God said it. He didn’t need God to do any other thing before he would know His word was done. Therefore, irrespective of what happened after He got God’s word, what God had said was done.

However, on the contrary, the latter—the modern-day believer—receives God’s word concerning any issue of life. Then they start waiting for God to do something so they will know what God has said is true and done. Ergo, if anything happens in favour of God’s word, that proves to them that God has done what He said. However, if circumstances go contrary to the word of God they have known, that becomes a proof that God has failed.

For so long as you continue that way, you won’t get any result by faith!

You see why many believers are frustrated trying to get results by faith? If you ask them, they had all the faith, but God failed them. But in actuality, they never had faith for once.

You must spend time to learn how to demonstrate faith indeed. And fortunately, in as much as there are many false teachers out there, there is still a remnant of genuine, great teachers of faith that you can learn from—I learnt from someone—you just have to be circumspect. However, I recommend that you pick any of my books on faith as a way of support and also because I’m sure of what is written there.

See you on the victor’s side.

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Do You Want Instat Results In Your Prayer Life?

If you have been praying without getting the desired answers, read this.

In the book of Matthew 17:14-20, we see the disciples of Christ doing all they could to cast out a demon but to no avail. In their own understanding, they had all the faith, but the case was just too strong.

“This is an impossible case,” they thought. However, when Christ Himself, who truly had faith, came onto the scene, cast out the demon and healed the sick boy lickety split, they were unsettled and couldn’t hide their embarrassment again.

Therefore, they came to Christ, enquiring why they had faith—as they thought—but couldn’t cast out the demon while Jesus Himself did cast out the demons by the same faith.

“You didn’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I assure you, even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.” (Matthew 17:20).

This reply given to them by Jesus shocked them to the marrow because, in their thinking, they were full of faith.

This is not an isolated case! Even among God’s children today, it is common to hear such things as I have done this; I have done that in order to get rid of this situation, yet it refused to go. In other words, they are trying to say, “I have all the faith, but my situation has proved too strong.”

If you are one of those who think or speak like that, may I announce to you that it isn’t the hardness of your situation that has kept it with you but your lack of true faith in God (Yes, there are cases of appointments where God uses some circumstances in the life of His faithful to achieve His purpose. However generally when unpalatable situation persists in the life of God’s children, its always traceable to lack of true faith)

Now the question I expect you to ask is, if all I have done about my situation isn’t a demonstration of faith, what should I do when I have faith?

That and other questions on faith I have, by the help of the Holy Ghost, answered in my book, “WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH. In this Holy-Ghost-inspired write-up, you will learn how to go beyond merely believing in God to firmly trusting Him in such a manner that will deliver all the results you are expecting of Him

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Men of Distinction Wanted

“Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:” （Acts 6:3, 5)

The world has gone haywire; the he dirty water that should be flowing under the gutter has become our mainstream. the light bulbs that we look up to for illumination now sits well, balanced in it’s position; but radiates darkness. The flag of morality and excellence has been brought to a half-mast like that of a mourning natio; so much that men of God who supposedly should be paradigms for godliness have become the Achans in the church. And in a bid to keep their rotteness from being exposed, they have become defenders against those they should be toiling to bring to Christ.

We are now being sermonised to accept the world we live in to be an ocean, not of water this time around, but of iniquity, ungodliness and moral depravity. And that we all, as fishes living therein, can never be free from this prevalent depravity.

However, I take exception. The endemicity of evil in the world today is rather a glaring gesticulation, a deafning outcry for men of distinction to rise and say,
“I DARE TO BE A STEPHEN.”

When the people of God needed seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, for appointment into a position of service, stephen was the only one who had attached to his name, “a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost.”

Take a look at the list：“and they chose STEPHEN, A MAN FULL OF FAITH AND OF THE HOLYGHOAST and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch.” in other words, he alone was what the ocation demanded. He was distinct amongst the seven. No wonder he went ahead and did exploits. And resisted unto blood.

Can someone rise up today to say,
“I DARE TO BE A STEPHEN；I DARE TO BE WHAT THE OCATION DEMANDS WHEREVER GOD HAS POSITIONED ME.”
Say it to yoursel! Personalise it: I dare to be a stephen；i dare to be what God demands wherever he has positioned me. Go ahead and customise it！say in my business, in my job,as a studen, as a wif, as a husban, as a fiance, as a fiancee, as a child of God, “I dare to be a stephen；I dare to be what God demands of me even if no one else dares. I dare to resist unto blood even if i am alone.”

MAY GRACE ABOUND.