Where is Your Faith –2

 

(From a radio broadcast of Bro. Julius Adewumi)

 

I will continue the message on "where is your faith". Christ has called us unto faith which we should apply in all spheres of our life. The climax of this faith is what I call translative faith. The Lord Jesus is the head of all principalities and powers. The Lord himself is the anointing that we need to activate the faith. If there is no anointing, faith will not work. It tends to be mere boldness. But when you walk in Christ and with Christ Jesus, your faith in his word is honored. The Lord himself is the anointing.

As I said in previous broadcast, faith in the word of God is for salvation, healing and casting out devils, material provision, controlling earthly elements, changing political situations and social minds, supernatural protection, and unto translative power.

 

Faith for Salvation:

The scripture says, "we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty". (2 Pet.1: 16).

This I also say to you, "Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good!" (Job.5: 27).

 

We have searched this thing, and it is true. We want you to hear it and know it for thy good. When I am talking about faith which not only gives salvation, this faith of Jesus Christ can give you healing for your body; it can build you up in power and you yourself will be able to cast out devils. The faith which Christ has given to us and which he has called us to come and receive from him can build in us power to control the elements in weather changes, natural events, social-minds or political situations. We have searched these things. This faith of Jesus Christ is able to build us up unto supernatural protection against any form of weapon: could it be bombs, or nuclear weapons, or biological weapons? The faith of Christ can be built up in us for supernatural protection. In the scripture we will see the word of God to these effects. He simply says, if you will believe it, God is able to do it.

 

We have searched this thing out, and it is true!

We want you to hear it, and know thou it for thy own good.

 

This faith of Christ can escalate unto disappearing from this planet without seeing physical death. The appearing and disappearing that we have heard of, called translative power, which the Holy Ghost began to manifest after the day of Pentecost, which the Lord Jesus himself began to use after His resurrection. This faith of Christ is expected to build up the saints unto the same power, which we call rapturing faith and rapturing power.

I pray that the Lord will burn this message into your heart so that you may hear it and know it for your own good. For in Jesus Christ is the fullness of the Godhead bodily. All power in heaven and in earth is in the hand of Jesus. This same Jesus has called you unto himself when he said "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

In Col.2: 9-10: In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power."

What does this mean? It means, stay with Jesus; for there is no salvation in any other, nor any source of power from anywhere else that can supercede the power from Christ Jesus. When Jesus died on the cross for mankind, he has provided the means whereby anybody can become a Son of God. That is the mystery Apostle Paul talked about when he wrote, "Christ in you is the hope of glory". Also Apostle John wrote about it, that "as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." (Jn.1: 12).

Listen to the verse closely: you are to become the Son of God by the power, which Christ has given. When you have the Holy Ghost in you after you are born-again (which is the salvation), that is the power. You are now to use this power to become the Son of God by cooperating with the Holy Ghost. "The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal" (1 Cor. 12:7). When you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are saved from your sins. You become a new creature. All things become new. Sin shall have no more dominion over you. Now you shall be able to yield your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. (Rom.6: 12-14). That is not all. He gave us power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon us so that we can be his witnesses. You are to cooperate with the Holy Ghost and use this power to become the Son of God when you shall arrive at the fulness of the stature of Christ. The Lord Jesus placed ministries in the church to this effect: "For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ." (Ephe.4: 11-13).

When we become sons of God, all these power will be used freely. For now we can begin to use some measure of this power with our faith for rebuking devils, for supernatural protection, for changing political and social situations.

How do we get faith? Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. This is why the Lord allows me to preach this. And when you listen and practice what you hear, you shall get the faith and do exploits to the glory of God.

Consider these bible verses concerning faith for salvation. Salvation is obtained through faith. Believing that Jesus died for you on the cross, that is faith. The bible said "if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." (Rom.10:9). Our God is the God of salvation. (Psa.68:20). In the old testament, God said through Isaiah the prophet that "I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour." (Isa.43:11). In the new testament, the Holy Ghost spoke through Apostle Peter that Jesus Christ is the only saviour: "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Act.4: 12). This should tell you right there that the Lord Jesus Christ is God. The same God in the old testament manifested to mankind in the new testament putting on flesh. No wonder he told them, "Before Abraham was, I am!" (Jn.8: 58). Believing this about the Lord Jesus, you shall be saved.

I was preaching in a village long time ago, and a Muslim rabbi confronted me with a bible and accused us preachers for deceiving people that only Jesus can save; whereas, as he alleged, God said in our bible by prophet Isaiah that only God can save. I thanked the Rabbi and asked him to read the same prophet Isaiah and tell us who is Jesus as recorded in Isaiah 9:6 which said, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." I asked the rabbi whom he thinks Isaiah was talking about in that statement, that a child will be born who will be called the mighty God?. The rabbi said that was exaggeration. But it was not exaggeration. It was prophesying that the one and only Mighty God would visit mankind as a child, since in another utterance he called him "Emmanuel – God is with us". Now you can see that it’s not three persons in the Godhead, but One God in three manifestations, who is now in the believers as the Holy Ghost. "And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power."

Yea, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

 

If you are not saved, and will like to be saved from your sins, pray this prayer right now:

Lord Jesus Christ, now I believe you died for me on the cross to save my soul from destruction. I accept you now as my Lord and Saviour. I repent of all my sins, and ask you to cleanse me now with your blood. I confess that you were raised from the dead and you are Lord of all. Come into my heart and make me a new creature in Christ. I accept the new birth by your Holy Spirit. Amen! Thank you Jesus.

 

Believe that he hears you and he has heard you. Write me or email me at webmaster@gospeldistribution.org, and let’s rejoice with you. Read more from this ministry and you shall grow spiritually.

 

May God bless you.

 

Bro. Julius Adewumi

 

Gospel Distribution Ministry