"And Jesus said unto them…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 (Matthew 17:20).� "
Have you ever heard someone say, “I have
faith in the Bible?” That doesn’t really make
any spiritual sense. You can have faith that the Bible
is true, and that it contains the Word of God, but to
have faith that it’ll protect you if you place it under
your pillow at night won’t work.
Don’t rest your faith on “the Bible,” but in the Word
of God contained therein. Remember, we observed in
our last study that the Bible is the testimony of God,
but it contains the words of men, Satan, demons, and
even a donkey. So to have faith in the Bible in that
generic sense isn’t what works. Your faith has to be in
God’s Word, and by that, faith requires to be definite
and directed. True faith originates from God’s specific
Word; and that’s what produces results.
The “logos” of God is life (John 6:63), but it won’t
do anything for you until you receive it and act on it.
For instance, there may be several electric sockets with
electric power in a building, but to use the power, you
have to plug an appliance into a power socket for it � to work. That’s the same thing with the Word of God.
The Bible says, “And ye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). The whole
body of God’s Word is truth, but the truth that makes
you free is the truth you receive; the truth you know
and live by.
The written Word doesn’t have power of itself until
it comes out of the lips of a man who has faith; that’s
where the power is. So, act your faith in the Word and
you’ll be victorious always.
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