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Applying Faith and Believing to becoming favored by God | Section 02 Episode 15

Applying Faith and Believing to becoming favored by God | Section 02 Episode 15

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 SECTION 2 In this next section I would like to look at the necessity of faith for God says without faith it is impossible to please Him. If that is what God says then we need to understand exactly what faith is and how it applies to our relationship with Him. These next episodes will give you some practical ways to apply faith to all you have learned so far. LESSON 15 ─ Applying faith and believing to becoming favored by God Bible References: Matthew 5:3 (1) Hebrews 11:6 (2) Luke 7:37-48 (3) Good morning and welcome to another Lesson From The Tent. This week I would like to apply faith and believing to lesson # 5 where we learned how to become favored by God. If you remember, God said He favors those who are poor in spirit, and they are the ones who inherit the kingdom.(1) Once again, I want to remind you that without faith it is impossible to please God, and faith must also believe.(2) So, then how do we apply faith to the concept that Jesus said we need to recognize ourselves as being poor in spirit? To begin with faith must completely agree with Jesus’ assessment of how bad we really are. If someone doesn’t agree with His opinion then they will not have the full assurance and conviction that they are completely devoid of what they need to be, so they can inherit the kingdom. One thing you can be sure of about God, He never lies, and neither does He twist or manipulate the truth for His purposes. He just says it like it is and I for one, really like that. Therefore, if you apply faith to the concept that you are poor in spirit, then you must completely agree that this is who you are. What then should your actions of believing be like if you think of yourself this way? Well, it should make you a miserable person possibly even hating everything about yourself, but is that the response God wants? Yes, it is, but only until you turn to God and acknowledge your sinful condition, because once you do, then His forgiveness should overwhelm you causing a completely different attitude toward yourself and God. There are three believing attitudes that should constantly be a part of your life once your faith accepts His way for you to become favored. These are sorrow, joy, and thanksgiving. Sorrow because of your sinful condition; joy because of what God has done for you and thanksgiving because now you are in His kingdom – the place where He has always wanted you to be. These three emotions should never go away in your new relationship with God. They are the believing actions of your faith. Notice I just called sorrow, joy and thanksgiving believing actions and not just emotions. I did this because these three emotions must be expressed with actions. Sorrow should be expressed in words of honest confession to God where you own up to who you are and what you have done. Joy must flood your soul to the extent you become a noticeably happier person. And thanksgiving should produce such a humble appreciation for what Jesus did on the cross that you naturally want to participate in this relational partnership with Him. The possibilities that this relationship brings you are far more than we can cover in one lesson. It will actually take you a lifetime to discover all the wonderful aspects of this relationship. But let me tell you about another result of being poor in spirit. On several occasions Jesus taught about a life altering aspect that comes from forgiveness. Let me show you how this works through one of the stories Jesus told that reveals much about what the actions of believing do when you realize the depth of God’s forgiveness. One day a prostitute came into the home where Jesus had stopped to rest. The home was owned by a staunch religious person and when this poor in spirit prostitute came to Jesus, she fell at His feet weeping bitterly because of her sin. Her tears washed over Jesus’ feet so much that she took her hair and used it to dry them. But the staunch religious person was very upset that Jesus was empathetic to this prostitute and didn’t throw her out. Jesus then told a parable to illustrate what was really going on. Here is what He said: There was a person who owed $14,000 and there was another person who owed $140,000. Neither of these men was able to pay back the amount of money they owed so the moneylender decided to forgive both their debts. Jesus then asked the staunch religious person, which one of those men who had their debt forgiven will appreciate the forgiveness of their debt more? And the religious person said, I suppose it would be the one who was forgiven the most. And Jesus said, that is correct, and for this reason, though this prostitute has ...
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