Second Corinthians 13:5 asks an important question to be truthfully answered: Examine our self so we know if we are living by faith, and if we know we are living by faith; then we know Jesus Christ lives in us; otherwise, we are disqualified as a believing Christian.
And Ephesians 3:17 assures us Christ Jesus dwells or lives in us by faith; therefore, this is the exact same faith our small children used when we asked them where Jesus lived and they pointed to their heart, but as teen agers we told them they had to confess their sins, receive “another” Jesus, and live for Him, It is the same Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, tooth fairy myth we convinced them to believe as children but then changed in their teen years.
Always tell the truth. Constant lying will eventually make us a liar (Revelation 21:8).
Do not create bible fiction, as though it were legend, to exemplify bible truth.
God does not allow Christians to lie and be truthful (John 14:6), at the same time.
If Jesus could live in our children’s hearts then, He is still the same Jesus that lives in their hearts as teens, young, and old adults, because Hebrews 12:2 says faith comes from Jesus, the Person (Truth, John 14:6)) living in us when we believe and confess He does, regardless of age, for He never changes (Hebrews 13:8); thus, He is the same Jesus we had then and have now.
If, then as children, we could and still can, believe Jesus is the Christ, God’s Son, living in our heart, then we believe 1 John 5:1-5: Jesus is the Christ, we are born of God or God’s child, and our faith overcomes the world (John 16:33), because Jesus overcame it for us.
Faith that can be felt simply chooses to believe from the heart (not from the mind), God’s word and then chooses to accept the truth of what God’s word says—God made Christianity simple enough a child can believe and receive; adult lies complicate God’s faith plan.
Most holy faith (Jude 1:20-22) no longer believes the Bible is God’s word; most holy faith knows the Bible is God’s word; obeys it, lives by it, and teaches Bible truth to our children!
Jesus, in Mark 9:23, told the dad of the boy with a mute spirit, if he could [in reality, if he would] believe; then all things [he needed] would be possible, if he would only believe, and Jesus is still asking people young and old to know, trust, and accept His promised blessings.
Believe God’s word, but have faith and trust in the God, whose word is truth (John 17:17).
Jim Nabors
