Faith Testimonies
...chapter Two.....
DIMENSIONS OF FAITH
"Verily I say unto you, if you have
faith as a grain of mustard seed you
shall say unto this mountain : remove
hence to yonder place, it shall remove
and nothing shall be impossible unto
you" (Mat.17:20-21). Behold the
believer must understand the concept of
faith as having two dimensions of
results. There is the faith that
produces the desired blessful results
and there is the faith that does not.
Both dimensions of faith still require
the same "damn the consequence"
stedfastness. When I say faith that
brings blessful results, I mean wherein
God comes down to answer back,
glorifying His name. Such is the faith
of Shedrach, Meshach and Abednigo before
the furnace of fire whom God delivered
from the fiery fire; "upon whose body
the fire had no power, nor was an hair
of their head singed, neither were their
coats changed nor the smell of fire had
passed on them" (Dan.3:27). Yea,
consider the faith of these Hebrew men;
one notable thing is that they had known
the ways of God in contrast to the
wilderness fathers that had not known
His ways and "they do always err in
their hearts"(Heb.3:10). This is seen
in their declaration before
Nebuchadrezzar showing that they had
decided to follow God and are even ready
to die for it. See their desperation
(Dan.3:16-18) as they answered and said
to the King, "O Nebuchadrezzar, we are
not careful to answer thee in this
matter. IF IT BE SO, our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, and He will
deliver us out of thine hand O King. BUT
IF NOT, be it known unto thee, O King,
that we will not serve thy gods nor
worship the golden image which thou hast
set up".
Yea, anyone who must walk with God
and please God must have faith and must
know the ways of God that "WHAT PLEASETH
HIM, THAT DOETH HE IN THE HEAVENS AND
THE EARTH, IN THE SEA AND IN ALL DEEP
PLACES" (Psa. 135:6). To please the
Lord you must confess and believe His
almightiness to deliver and fear not to
pass through the trial when He tarries
to deliver. "..AND THEY LOVED NOT THEIR
LIVES UNTO THE DEATH" (Rev.12:11).
Job said,"shall we receive good at
the hand of God and shall we not receive
evil?" (Job 2:10). Knowing that God
created both good and evil, yet He loves
us and wishes us no evil.
He saith "Fear not .....when thou
passeth through the waters I will be
with thee; and through the rivers, they
shall not overflow thee; when thou
walkest through the fire thou shalt not
be burned: neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy
God ... thy saviour" (Isa. 43:13).
God requires everyone that walk with
Him to exercise faith "without which it
is impossible to please Him" (Heb.
11:6). God will come down to deliver
according to his will and preordination
(Psa.115:3).
The second dimensional result to
faith is of those that glorified God by
their death: "...others were tortured
not accepting deliverance; that they
might obtain a better ressurrection. And
others had trial of cruel mockings and
scourgings, yea moreover, of bonds and
imprisonment. They were stoned, they
were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with sword: they wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins, being
destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom
the world was not worthy) they wandered
in deserts, and in mountains, and in
dens and caves of the earth"
(Heb.11:35-38).
Yea, the Lord Jesus Christ also was
nailed to the cross -- He laid down His
life to take it again by Himself.
Stephen, one of the seven deacons was
stoned to death in Jerusalem! James
also, and many of the apostles; Paul
was martyed in Rome (Babylon the great-
Rev.17:5-6); they all glorified God by
their death. They laid down their lives
for their faith.
Behold it is prophezied to reappear
at the end of the age(Rev.12:17, 13:7),
great persecution of saints! God shall
come down to deliver any of His saints
from the mouth of the sword or lion as
He wills or foreordains! But if it be
not so, brethren, IN YOUR PATIENCE
POSSESS YE YOUR SOUL! Let us be like
the former saints, desperate to follow
Jesus "damning the consequence". AMEN.
These two dimensional results to
faith still demand fearlessness, "damn-
the-consequence" stedfastness to please
the Lord and for these it was written:
"THEY OVERCAME HIM (THE DRAGON) BY THE
BLOOD OF THE LAMB, AND BY THE WORD OF
THEIR TESTIMONY; AND THEY LOVED NOT
THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH" (Rev.12:11).
Someone may say "how often does God
come down to glorify His name by
stopping death?" Behold He glorifies His
name much more regularly by saving alive
than with the death of the saints, for
it is written "PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF
THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS"
(Psa.116:15). He most often specially
strengthens His saints if they are to go
through the other dimensional result, as
in the case of Stephen who instantly
"saw the heavens opened and the son of
man standing at the right hand of God"
(Acts.7:56). And He told the church of
smyrna beforehand: "Be thou faithful
unto death and I will give thee a crown
of life" (Rev.2:10).
Brethren, God will much more
glorify His name for He has no pleasure
in the death of him that dieth
(Eze.18:23,33:11). But how many are
exercising their faith nowadays? So, be
challenged to act henceforth and damn-
the-consequence. FEAR NOT saith the
Lord "I am the ressurection and the
life". Build your faith by prayer and
fasting, and you shall not have to tempt
the Lord anyway. In the next chapters
you will know what tempting the Lord
means. Once the thought of trying your
power comes to your mind before
exercising faith, then you are tempting
the Lord. Therefore, THERE NEED TO BE A
GENUINE NECESITY TO THE GLORY OF THE
LORD AND IN NOTHING TO THE SATISFYING OF
THE FLESH, BEFORE YOUR FAITH DECREE WILL
BE QUICKLY VINDICATED BY THE LORD.
(Joshua 10:12,Mat.14:23-25) AMEN.
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