Faith comes from Jesus, the resurrected Christ (Hebrews 12:2); and God’s word (Romans 10:17; Galatians 3:1-9), so faith can be felt, just as anger, fear, hate, love, and peace can be felt; thus, we always know what we say is what we really believe (2 Corinthians 4:13, a partial quote from Psalm 116:10), and then when we receive what we believe and speak into existence by faith, we blame God for allowing it to happen.
Most holy faith (Jude 1:20-23) that can be felt, is based solely on true, Holy Spirit praying, grace, life, and truth (what Jesus is: John 14:6), which came to us through Jesus Christ (John 1:17), by the Holy Spirit, for Romans 10:17 says, “Faith comes by hearing (the hearing of faith, Galatians 3:2, 5), and (the hearing of faith comes) by the word of God”.
Most holy faith that can be felt, comes into our spirit by the Holy Spirit giving life to God’s word, and then into our mind as substance and evidence (Hebrews 11:1), of God’s plan for us; for 1 Corinthians 14:3 says we are to speak edification (enlightenment), exhortation (urgent instruction), and comfort (consolation), but always in humility, grace, love, and biblical truth.
From 2 Thessalonians 2:11, we know before the coming of the lawless one (man of sin), God, through Satan (1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 18), will send strong delusions (deceptive lies), so those who refuse scriptural truth, will believe Satan’s lies, and be condemned for refusing salvation (what Jesus Christ is—Luke 2:30).
Jesus, in John 8:44, tells us Satan, the devil (d evil 1), is the father (originator) of lies, and calls all who believe his lies, his children; thus, we understand from Romans 1:25, those who live in disobedience to God and His word (Psalm 119:160; John 17:17), exchange the truth (God’s word) for Satan’s strong deceptive lie, so they worship and serve people’s works and reject God’s truth, and some even open and prideful, worship Satan.
Jesus, in Matthew 9:29, assured the blind men, to whom He asked if they believed He could restore their sight; the healing miracle depended on their faith, and not on the severity of their need or desire, and every need we encounter is supplied by Jesus, the resurrected Christ (Philippians 4:19), in direct proportion to our most holy faith—whether we just believe or definitely know God’s word is unquestionable truth we can claim and expect to happen.
Believe God’s word, but have faith in the God, whose word we believe (Mark 11:22), and do not allow any strong deceptive lies to pull us away from Christ Jesus, our Lord, Master, Owner.
Jim Nabors
