Introduction
The word rest is used many different ways in the Bible . There is the rest of heaven mentioned in Rev. chapter 14. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth… That they may rest from their labours.” Salvation is spoken of as a rest in Matt. chapter 11, “Come unto me, [...]
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REST pt.one
Posted in God, Sanctification, Trust, faith on November 23, 2006 | 5 Comments »
LAMPSTAND
Posted in God, Grace, Power, Sanctification, Trust, faith on November 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Vision
God gave the prophet Zechariah a strange vision in chapter four. He sees a lampstand and standing on each side of the lampstand are two large olive trees. There are seven pipes proceeding out from the trees to each of the seven bowls on top of the lampstand. The trees are perpetually [...]
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM
Posted in God, Jesus Christ, faith on November 14, 2006 | 6 Comments »
II Cor. 5:7
“We walk by faith and not by sight.” When we get to heaven we will be walking by sight and not by faith. But now we are to be people who are known for our faith. We are to be always looking at God and not at our problems. One of the [...]
STRONG FAITH
Posted in faith on November 11, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Abraham
Abraham is used in Scripture as an example of someone who had strong faith. Romans chapter four verse 20 says Abraham was “strong in faith.” This chapter is very descriptive of the kind of faith that pleases God. But Abraham had the “full assurance of faith” that we have talked about before. Not all [...]
MY GOD
Posted in faith on November 2, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The Covenant
God has made a covenant with us, His children. Within this covenant He has given us specific promises. It is important for our spiritual growth that we know, understand and place our faith in God and these promises. The first promise in this covenant that I want to draw our attention to is found [...]
GREAT FAITH
Posted in faith on October 23, 2006 | 8 Comments »
Our Goal
The Bible uses terms of both quantity and quality when speaking about the subject of faith. Christ says to Peter, “O you of little faith.” To the centurion’s servant He comments, “I have not found so great faith…” Little faith, great faith, weak faith, strong faith are all terms the Bible uses to describe [...]
FAITH
Posted in faith on October 20, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Introduction
Tom asked for a parallel discussion of how to be sanctified and its barriers. I started out with the barriers and I want to take a break and switch to the how to. Generally speaking the barriers are twofold. One, the believer today has too high a view of man. And two, the believer has [...]
