“The train is about to leave”
Copyright C 1998 by J.A.Mcbean.
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W hat is faith? How does it work? What principle does it worked by? Is faith a guest work, is it the last resort of the foolish, are is it the talk of drunken men? Faith is a life style. Faith is trust, hope and beliefs all in one. For example, my wife and I along with our children was coming from Hartford Ct, where we started our Church. We were living in New Heaven Ct.
On our way home. I smell something burning, so I pull the car over, open the hood, and look what it was. I saw that all the hoses burnt up, and the car should have shut down long time ago, but it was still running like a new car. I was a auto mechanic and a diesel mechanic at the time. I have never seen any thing like that. There is no way in hell this thing possible! I close the hood and went back into the car.
My wife ask me if every thing was Ok. "I say yes" I keep driving for another twenty miles, I reached home. I parked the car and turn it off. That car never start again. When I was about seven years old, I went to drown my self, and a voice stop me. At age twelve, I went to Hong my self and a lady stop. As the years go by I come to know God and know that he has a purpose for my life. I have seen God work for me, in taking me out of things that should have kill me. So I know that God will come through. And because of that, I have a relax attitude. I am concern like every body else but I know It will be well.
Faith in God take time, it is like having a friend who always lend you money, he say he is going ot do it, he always does. If he did not turn up, then you know that something bad must have happen to him. It is a relationship, it is baise on a principle. You will have to be in God's will, going where he sent you, and doing what he told you to do. A lady ram my car, her insurance company call me and ask if I am going to file a clame! I say no. I know I could pick up a $300 Us, and do the body work my self. But God say" Let it go" You have to be doing what that inner voice say.
Example of Faith:
2Chronicles 20:14-AV Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 2Chronicles 20:15-AV And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God's. 2Chronicles 20:16-AV To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 2Chronicles 20:17-AV Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.
2Chronicles 20:18-AV And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with [his] face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 2Chronicles 20:19-AV And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. 2Chronicles 20:20-AV And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
2Chronicles 20:21-AV And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever. 2Chronicles 20:22-AV And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 2Chronicles 20:23-AV For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy [them]: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
2Chronicles 20:24-AV And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they [were] dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 2Chronicles 20:25-AV And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
Daniel 11:32-AV And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits].
faith (f³th) n. 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, an idea, or a thing. 2. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. See Synonyms at belief. See Synonyms at trust. 3. Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance: keeping faith with one's supporters. 4. Often Faith. Theology. The theological virtue defined as secure belief in God and a trusting acceptance of God's will. 5. The body of dogma of a religion: the Moslem faith. 6. A set of principles or beliefs. --idiom. in faith. Indeed; truly. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman fed, from Latin fid¶s. See bheidh- below.]
1. (n.) A condition in which one is free from doubt:
Hebrews 11:7-AV By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Hebrews 11:8-AV By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:9-AV By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Hebrews 11:17-AV By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son], Hebrews 11:20-AV By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Hebrews 11:21-AV By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff. Hebrews 11:22-AV By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. Hebrews 11:24-AV By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Hebrews 11:27-AV By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
FAITH CAN BE COMPARE TO AN EYE, FOOT, MOUTH AND HAND.
Exodus 16:13-AV And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. Exodus 16:14-AV And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground. Exodus 16:15-AV And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. Exodus 16:16-AV This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents.
MATERIAL WORLD:
The witness of our senses can help us in the physical and material world. But our senses and understanding cannot help us in the realm of faith.
2Corinthians 5:7-AV (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
THE SENSES CANNOT HELP IN THE SPIRITUAL AND SUPERNATURAL REALMS:
The witness of our senses cannot help us in the supernatural and spiritual realm. It will only get us into trouble.
faith is not to big up one self, and say”I can do it”“ Go girl, go man you can do it” Faith is not denial, faith is a life style.
JUST MEN IN THE EAST:
Habakkuk 2:4-AV Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
JUST MEN IN THE WEST:
Romans 1:17-AV For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
JUST MEN IN THE NORTH:
Galatians 3:11-AV But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
JUST MEN IN THE SOUTH:
Hebrews 10:38-AV Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Isaiah 11:1-AV And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: Isaiah 11:2-AV And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
FAITH DO NOT GO BY THE HEARING OF THE EARS, NOR THE SIGHT OF THE EYES:
Isaiah 11:3-AV And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: Isaiah 11:4-AV But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Faith do not listen to hear says. Hear say is one of the main killer of marriages.
FAITH DO NOT LOOK ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCES:
1Samuel 16:7-AV But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Faith do not get marry base on the physical appearances. Body shape, sound of the voice, length of the hair nor the style of walking. Prestige, family name.
Psalms 62:9-AV Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
Job 32:21-AV Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Job 32:22-AV For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.
Malachi 2:13-AV And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth [it] with good will at your hand.
Malachi 2:14-AV Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
MARRIAGE IS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE BODY, IT IS ALSO A THING OF THE SPIRTS:
Malachi 2:15-AV And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. Malachi 2:16-AV For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
If marriage was just a body thing, there would never be a quarrel. Bodies have a way to get together easily. If a person spirit is not with you, he or she will sleep with you, enjoy you and left you in the morning for a fish head. Therefore, to choose a partner, you must come of age, where you understand faith. When a person spirit is with you, they believe you, they do not talk about you with others, they wish you the best, and want the best for you.
AGREEMENT COMES THROUGH DISCUSSION:
Amos 3:3-AV Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
DISUNITY BETWEEN HUSBANDS AND WIFE IS AN ENDURANCE IN PRAYERS.
1Peter 3:7-AV Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
CARNAL BELIEVER DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANOTHER BELIEVER WHO ARE MATURE IN THE SPIRIT:
John 3:8-AV The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
There will never be unity and subjecting, in a mis match Christians marriage. And you and I cannot know what we are getting into if we are going by our senses. Senses of looking at the person body.
Romans 8:7-AV Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Romans 8:8-AV So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Numbers 13:28-AV Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. Numbers 13:29-AV The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. Numbers 13:30-AV And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. Numbers 13:31-AV But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they [are] stronger than we. Numbers 13:32-AV And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature. Numbers 13:33-AV And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers 14:1-AV And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Joshua 10:8-AV And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
2Kings 2:14-AV And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where [is] the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
Hebrews 11:4-AV By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Hebrews 11:5-AV By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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