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Conquers In Faith
Brothers and Sisters are You, Conquers In Faith? We use this phase “Have Faith”, to many we speak with, but I believe there is a big difference in saying “Have Faith” and being “Conquers In Faith”. When we Witness to someone or if we are dealing with something in our own lives, are we truly understanding what being “Conquers In Faith” really is. Here is some Scriptures to weigh in considering one’s Faith…
Matthew 8:5-10 KJV
"5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this [man], Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth [it]. 10 When Jesus heard [it], he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel."
Here a Centurion that Understood Jesus Authority, he did not question, did not have to be proven to, did not have to ask for credentials, he just said, “Speak The Word Only”. This man did not require that Jesus had to be present in order for the Miracle to happen, he Accepted WHO Jesus Is, that is, The Son Of God and that was good enough. Yes I’m sure the Centurion heard all of the talk of the town, but see the Talk of the town was when Jesus was Present with the followers, where Jesus did a number of Miracles in their sight. This Centurion was not in Jesus presents except for this one time and he came specifically to find Jesus make his Request, Believe and return home, that was all there was to it.
There are a couple of things that this Centurion had that is very important, in so much that Jesus Marveled. Jesus turns to all of those who were Following Him and says, “I have Not Found so Great Faith, NO, not in Israel”. I am sure that all of those who were with Jesus wondered within themselves what had just happened. Here they are Believing this man Jesus to be The Messiah, The Son Of God and Jesus is saying that this Roman Centurion had more Faith then all of them!
So, I ask the question again, Brothers and Sisters are You Conquers In Faith? We read and quote the following Scripture, but do we really Understand the Depth of what is being said.
Hebrews 11:1 KJV
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
In other words, We have to have Faith In Things Not Seen! Jesus said that if we had The Faith of a Grain of Mustard Seed, we could tell a Mountain to be Removed and it WOULD BE DONE!!!
Matthew 17:20 KJV
“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."
Let’s look at this, Jesus said Your Unbelief causes you Not to See things Done that YOU have Requested. Unbelief is NOT having Faith that something can be done, it latterly cancels out Faith! There are many things that I Stand In Faith Believing Jesus for that I have not yet seen come to pass, but I continue to STAND, even in the Hard Times! There is Nothing that Jesus cannot do except go against Man’s Will, which is Where our Faith resides.
Brothers and Sisters Our Will and Faith Walk hand in hand together. There is a part of Our Will that deals with Believing things or Not Believing things that we Must deal with. See the Centurion’s Will was to Seek the only one who could heal his servant, he Believed before he ever reach out to Jesus for The Answer. This Centurion had already made it a part of His Will to Find Jesus Answer. We Brothers and Sisters have issues with Our Will!
Do you Seek Jesus as a Last Resort or do you Seek Jesus as The One WHO Has The Answer Already? See the Centurion told Jesus, Just Speak The Word and IT IS DONE! Is this How YOU Seek Jesus? Jesus Marveled at the Centurion because he was a Roman Solder, when he came He Already Knew Jesus Had The Answer Already! Wow an Enemy of Jesus Understood more about Faith then those who were following Jesus! WOW!!!
Now, before anyone gets Faith Happy, Delusional, All things MUST, MUST be according to The Fathers Will and Jesus Will. You cannot go into the hospitals and start laying hands on all of the sick and expect them to rise up healed or to believe Jesus for a million dollars and expect to get it. I am not saying that we cannot Believe For The Impossible, but James says it the best…
James 4:3 KJV
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts."
There are many things that we may want, believing that it is for a good cause, but what Must be Weighed is it for Your Glory or is it for Jesus Glory. Jesus will Not Share His Glory with No Man or Thing, everything Must Point to Jesus without us being in the Spot Light to take it away.
I can Speak The Word Of Faith for someone to be healed and it can come to pass and Jesus Received All The Glory and I Received None. It Must be to Jesus Glory Only.
Can you imagine the headlines, “A Man From Colorado Spoke To A Mountain, Making It Disappear” who gets the Glory? Even if this man claims that Jesus told him to do so, this man would still receive all the Glory…because he is seen!
As the Centurion Believed the Possible in a Impossible event, the Centurion Received The Impossible MAKING IT POSSIBLE!!! This is what we must do Brothers and Sisters in Our Personal Lives for no one’s Glory but Jesus alone. In those things that Jesus is the only one who can Answer The Impossible, Making it Possible for Our Sake to His Glory!!!
Your Faith Brothers and Sisters MUST be Resolved within you. When you approach Jesus in Prayer, you MUST Believe The Answer is Done In Jesus and Through Jesus without any doubt it can be done. When you get up from Praying Believe The Impossible Will BE Possible In Jesus Alone and Believe that Jesus Will Answer Your Prayers according, ACCORDING, to His Will and His Glory!!! Even when you do not See The Answer as yet, YOU Must still Believe The Answer is coming in one shape or another.
Brothers and Sisters many of you have Asked and Received Not because Jesus was Not In The Glory, but YOU were. Many have Asked and Received Not, because you really did not Believe with Your Will that Jesus would answer Your Prayers, YOU HAVE NO FAITH IN JESUS!!!
Jesus went back to His Home town to Bless them and they did Not Receive because They Did NOT Believe or Have Faith.
Matthew 13:53-58 KJV
"53 And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this [man] this wisdom, and [these] mighty works? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this [man] all these things? 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief."
This is where many of you are, you can Believe Jesus is The Son Of God, you can Believe Jesus was born from a virgin, you can Believe Jesus was dead and rose again on the third day, you can Believe that Jesus now sits on the Right Hand of The Father, but when it comes to things being done in your own Life is where you fall short. You do not really have Faith that Jesus Can or Will do things on Your Behalf and because of that, Jesus WILL NOT!!! In Jesus hometown it was because of Their Unbelief is why there were very little miracles there, it we because of them!
This mantra needs to be in the Hearts and Will of ever Born Again, Blood Bought, “To Your Glory Jesus, Not Mine!”, then think about this Before you pray and ask the question, is it truly going to be to Jesus Glory or is it Mine?
We talk about Faith in Abraham, Daniel, Job, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, David, Samson, which in all are fantastic and of Great Faith, which we should apply in Our Lives, but the Centurion is of another story. The Centurion truly did what Hebrews says, Now Faith is the Substance Hoped For and The Evidence of Things Yet NOT Seen, this Centurion had to travel back to his house before he Seen The Evidence of His Request he had made. The Centurion did Not See until After a period of time, then he seen The Answer. The difference between the Great Men of Faith is they Expected the Fate of their outcomes, Death was their Understanding, Believing they would go unto The Father when they die. The Centurion Believed for Life in a Death situation.
We live in an Instant Gratification, which goes against Faith. We Except our Fate as it is and most cannot see beyond where they are. But if you can Believe that Jesus will grant you into Heaven, because He shed His Blood for you, then why can you not Believe Jesus for the things here on Earth, is Jesus Not Your Lord? Just because you do not See Your Answer Today, does not mean you will not See Your Answer Tomorrow or a few Days, Weeks, Months, Years. The Answer will come most of the time when we least expect it to come. Jesus is going to make sure that He gets The Glory for The Answer that You Receive. Jesus does not want you to do what the Leapers did…
Luke 17:12-19 KJV
"12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up [their] voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw [them], he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on [his] face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where [are] the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole."
We, Brothers and Sisters should be Conquers In Faith, Believing regardless rather we See it Instantly or Not, we Must have Faith, Believing that Jesus is Lord and Savor in Our Will, in Our Being, without question. Many come to Jesus as Savior and they never make Jesus Lord, so then Faith In Prayers diminish, whereas when we make Jesus Lord and Savior it changes the complete dynamics of Who Jesus is in Our Faith and Our Prayers. A Lordship means: someone or something having power, authority, or influence; a master or ruler OVER someone’s Life, which means they have to take care of them in How They Live! We still know that Jesus is Our Savior, there is no question, but where people seem to get lost in is because We Make Jesus Lord Over Our Lives to Live How Ever Jesus Says To!!! Rather anyone Understands this or not, it does Affect Our Prayers and Our Life Styles. We Truly Live this Scripture…
Galatians 2:20 KJV
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
That we now Understand and Live as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Our Lives Believing Jesus for All Things or for Nothing, we will still Serve Jesus As Lord. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego said to the king, rather we live or die it makes no difference, we Serve God. Their Wholly Lives were Surrendered Unto The Father In All Things that Affected Their Lives and we must do the same thing!
Daniel 3:17-18 KJV
"17 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. 18 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."
It was settled in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, it was settled in the Centurion, there were No More Questioning Who The Father is or Jesus Is, it is now part of our very fabric Who we are. This does not mean we will not see hard times, but what it does mean that even in hard times Jesus Is Lord and Savior of Our Lives no matter what.
Think about the Centurion this week, asking yourselves is My Faith like his or do I Question My Faith, do I Question Jesus as Lord My Provider!
Jehovah Jireh
Amen and Amen!!!
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