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right in. Or how we receive faith? Romans 10
verse 17. Romans 10 verse 17. So then faith comes
by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Faith
comes by hearing and by hearing the word of God.
And we asked a question last Sunday. We said
which precise word of God do we hear to receive
faith? And we noted importantly that in different
dispensation, faith is received differently but
fundamentally through the Word of God, through
the Word of God. Hallelujah. So in Hebrews chapter
1 verse 1, Hebrews chapter 1 verse 1 and verse
2, in the Old Kingdom James says, God who at
sundry times and in diverse manners, He spoke.
He spoke in the time past to the fathers. He
spoke to the fathers in the time past by the
prophets. So this is how He spoke to them. You
know, He spoke to them by the prophets. So the
words that the prophets spoke to them were the
word of God. The prophets were speaking as the
mild piece of God. God was speaking through the
prophets, exposing them to His word. So the words
which the prophets were speaking Were the words
of God verse 2 says hath in these last days in
these last days Talking about our era Okay hath
in these last days spoken unto us by his son
Whom he had appointed heir of all things by whom
all so he made the world hallelujah So we'll
see that the method by which God to communicate
faith to us in our own generation is by the Son.
Okay? The method by which we receive faith is
by the Son. In the time past, God spoke through
the prophets and we established that what God
spoke to them was a promise concerning the Son.
All right? That the Word of God spoken to the
fathers was the Word of God was a promise. And
we see that the content or the central message
of what God spoke to them in types and shadows,
in different methods, in different analogies,
in different methods was centrally concerning
what He will do in the person of Jesus Christ.
Hallelujah. So the expectation then Was for them
to receive what God have said Just as for us
we agree what God have said and we receive what
God have said Okay, so for them it was a promise
that God made and the expectation was for them
to receive the word and then later on in Hebrews
of the four Precisely verse one and two I think
down we see where The writer will say that they
didn't accept what God said They didn't align
themselves with what God said but rather they
They were in unbelief. All right God spoke and
they didn't receive the word of God and they
become unbelievers So there's another example
that I want us to see in Numbers chapter 13 Numbers
chapter 13 from verse From verse 1 God's dealing
with the children of Israel in Numbers chapter
13 From verse 1 to 3 let's see from verse 1 to
3 and the Lord spoke to Moses saying this is
what God spoke to Moses Send men to spy out the
land of Canaan Which I am giving to the children
of Israel, so how will the people of Israel get
the land of Canaan? How will they get the land
of Canaan? By going to take the land God said
that I am going to what I'm giving to the children
of Israel Which means that God is the one giving
in the land of Kenan. All right From each tribe
of their fathers. You shall send a man everyone
a leader among them So if they move into the
land of Israel or into the land of Kenan, what
are they doing? They are responding to what to
what God have said So can we say that their action
will be the action that is funded on faith? All
right God said is going to give it to them. So
when they move Their obedience of moving into
the land will be the walk of faith, right? So
send men to spy out the land of Canon verse 2
again Which I am giving to the children of Israel
from each tribe of their fathers You shall send
a man everyone a leader among them verse 3 So
mothers send them send them from will from the
willingness of parent according to the command
of the Lord All of the men of them men who were
heads of the children of Israel jumped to verse
26 verse 26 verse 26 yes now they departed now
they've gone to the land of kenna of kenna they've
spied the land verse 26 the context of what is
is that they've returned now they departed and
came back to moses and eron all the congregation
and all the congregation of each of children
of israel in the wilderness of paran at kadesh
they brought back words to them to all the congregation
and showed them the fruits of the land Then they
told him and said we went to the land where he
sent us it truly flows with milk and honey and
This is the fruit now milk and honey are figures
of speech in the land of Kenan We cannot see
milk flowing like water. So be very Wise as we
read the scriptures, right? You know what figure
of speech, ah? So nevertheless, the people who
dwell in the land are what? Are strong. The cities
are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw
the descendants of Anak there. The Amalakites
dwell in the land of the south, the Hittites,
the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the
mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea
and along the banks of the Jordan. Is it true?
What they said? Is it a fact? Hmm? What they
said concerning the land? Is it a land from where
we will make our honey? Yes. Is it a fruitful
land? Yes. Are there Amalakites there? Yes. Are
there... Jubusites, right? Are there people on
the land occupying the land? Yes. The Amalakites
dwell in the land of the south, the Hittites,
the Jubusites, and the Amorites dwell in the
mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea
and along the banks of the Jordan. This is factual.
Are we together? What have God said concerning
that land? I will give it to you. All right?
Then Caleb quieted the people because out of
the spies sent out there were two we'll see later
on. So one of the two that were unique from the
remaining ten was Caleb. Then Caleb quieted the
people before Moses and said let us go up at
once and take possession for we are well able
to overcome it. overcome what overcome all like
is in the land the people that were there were
able to overcome but the man who had grown up
with him said we are not able to go up against
the people for they are what they are stronger
than what than we divergence of what of testimony
okay one says we are able to take it another
one say we are not able to take it okay so From
the abundance of your heart Your mouth will speak
All right, and they gave the children of Israel
a bad word a battle port of the land Which they
had spied out saying the land through which we
have gone as spice is a land that devours its
inhabitants and all the people whom we saw in
it are men of great stature are men great statue
all right so let's jump to chapter 14 and see
how the story continues chapter 14 from verse
1 so all the congregation leader of their voice
look at the look look look at the result of the
report of the 10 the majority you know in our
world today the majority carry the divorce right
so the majority always have their say no the
minority will have their say But the majority
will have their their way. All right So all the
congregation lives over their voices and cried
and the people wept that night. Why why did they
weep? Their weeping was because of what they
heard Was because of what they heard All right.
God said something Okay And there was a report
they had and they were weeping because of the
bad report they received And all the children
of Israel complained. Look at the product of
their unbelief, their weeping. They complained
against Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation
and said to them, if only we had died in where?
In the land of Egypt. Now, I want you to understand
where they are. All right? They've journeyed
over years. They were just a few, I would say
a few steps into the promised land. They are
not far from the promised land. They've wondered
through the journey through the wilderness all
over these years and they are the point where
the journey is to just enter and then possess
And look at their complaint against Moses and
Aaron and the whole congregation said to them
if only we had died away in the land of Egypt
or If only we had died in the wilderness Why
has the Lord brought us now? They've moved from
Moses to the Lord. Why has the Lord brought us
to this land? to fall by the sword that our wives
and children should become victims will it not
be better for us to return to Egypt so they said
to one another let us select a leader and return
to Egypt then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
before all the assembly of the congregation of
the children of Israel but Joshua the son of
Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh who were among
these those who have spied out the land, they
tore their clothes, right? They tore their clothes
and they spoke to all the congregation of the
children of Israel saying, the land we pass through
to spy out is an exceedingly good land. If the
Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into
the land, into this land and what? And give it
to us, okay? and give it to us, a land which
flows with milk and honey. Only do not rebel
against the Lord, nor fear the people of the
land, for they are our what? They are our what?
What does faith see? Faith sees different from
doubt, right? So, no fear the people of the land,
for they are our bread. Their protection has
departed from them. And the law is what is with
us Do not fear them. So what is the inspiration
of the testimony of Caleb and Joshua? The Lord
what Lord have said, right? What God have said
Okay, and all the congregation said To stone
them with stones Now the glory of the Lord appeared
in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children
of Israel so they wanted to stun them because
of the of their because of the statement of faith
they made then the Lord said to Moses how long
will these people reject me and how long will
they not believe so what was what what were they
expected to do to believe what God have said
right to believe me with all the signs which
I have performed among them they've seen the
miraculous dealings of God all through the wilderness
They've seen how God has preserved them. They've
seen how God has made provision for them. They've
seen how God has kept them They've seen how God
has navigated them through difficulties in the
wilderness even the experience they had in Egypt
and We may be quick to bash them terribly for
their own belief and that Could be our own disposition
today All right We've seen how God have saved
us in Christ. Okay, the salvation we've experienced
We believe that we are saved by grace. We believe
they were eternally saved We believe that we
are preserved by God. We believe that to the
autumn was we are able to be kept in the grace
of God We've seen God's divine protection. We've
seen God's divine provision. We've experienced
the goodness of God in diverse ways But it seems
as though What our eyes is seeing in the physical
Has erased whatever testimony with experience
of God has nullified the entirety of the goodness
of God So the journey ahead of us right seems
to be You know Overshadowing all that God has
done for us. We forget the goodness of we forget
the faithfulness of what we forget the preservation
of God We forget all the things that God has
done For 40 years these men have been eating
without cooking. Manas was falling from heaven.
The Bible says their clothes did not tear for
those years. They've seen what has come out of
rock. They've seen the cloud and all the miraculous
things that God has done but yet their attention
is grounded. on what on what they see in the
fiscal then they they are they they trash aside
or they push aside what God have said I will
strike them this is what was saying with pestilence
and dis inherit them and I will make of you a
nation greater than greater and mightier than
them and Moses said to the Lord then the Egyptians
will hear it for by your mind you brought for
by your mind you brought out you brought these
people from among them and they will tell it
to the inhabitants of this land they have heard
that you you lord among these people that you
lord are seen face to face and your cloud stands
above them and you go before them in a pillar
of cloud by day and a pillar of cloud fire by
night now if you kill these people as one man
then the nations which have heard of your theme
will speak saying Because the Lord was not able
to bring these people to the land which he swore
to give them Therefore he what he killed them
in the wilderness And now I pray let the power
of the Lord be great just as you have spoken
seen the Lord is what? It's long -suffering All
right, the Lord is long -suffering and abandoning
mercy. This is the character of God forgiving
iniquity and transgression but he by no means
clears the guilty visiting us the iniquity of
the fathers on the children to the third and
the fourth generations pardon the iniquity of
these people I pray according to the greatness
of your mercy just as you have forgiven these
people from Egypt even until now then the law
said I have pardoned according to your word but
truly as I live All the earth shall be filled
with what? All the earth shall be filled with
what? With the glory of the Lord. Right? Even
their unbelief cannot stop the earth from being
filled with the glory of the Lord. Because all
these men who have seen my glory and the signs
which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and
have put me to the test. Now these 10 times,
10 times. And I've not heeded my voice. They
were meant to heed the voice of God. They were
meant to hear what God said and live in agreement
what God said. They certainly shall not see the
land of which I swore to their fathers. All right?
Nor shall any of these who rejected me see it.
So we'll read to the end, we'll discover that
all these men that refuse to believe the word
of God couldn't enter the promised land. couldn't
enter the land of kenan okay they couldn't enter
the kenan land and hebrews will speak of them
thus in hebrew chapter 3 verse 14 hebrews 3 verse
14 says for we have become partakers of christ
talking about the believer here if we hold the
beginning of our confidence steadfast to the
end while it says today if you will hear this
voice do not harden your heart as in the rebellion
so when you hear what are you supposed to do
not to harden your heart in unbelief right as
in the rebel for who have you heard the people
of easel haven't heard what do they hear they
hear the word of god right but they rebel indeed
was it not all who came out of egypt led by moses
now with whom was he angry for 40 years was it
not with those who sinned what was their sin
they refused to accept what god said they refused
to believe in what god said whose corpses fell
in the wilderness and to whom did he swear that
they will not enter his rest but to those who
did not obey so entering the rest is a product
of what of obeying okay so we see that they could
not enter in because of what because of unbelief
because of unbelief verse 20 okay move down to
uh chapter 14 chapter 4 verse 6 right chapter
4 verse 6 4 verse 6 yes since therefore it remains
that some must enter it and those to whom it
was first preached did not enter because of what
because of disobedience okay again he designates
a certain day saying in david the prophecy of
david today after such a long time as it has
been said today if you will hear his voice do
you know what Not having your heart. So when
you hear the voice of the Lord when you hear
the word of the Lord The expectation is that
we want we accept the word of the Lord for if
Joshua had given them rest Okay, then he will
not after what have spoken of another day there
remains therefore arrest For the people of God
for he was enter his rest has himself also ceased
from his works as God did from his from his let
us therefore be diligent to enter that Rest less
anyone fall according to the same example of
disobedience. Hallelujah So the conduct of the
Israelites was used as an example to teach us
faith. Are we together? It's used by the writer
here to talk about the faith Alright, the faith
that we have is a function of what of obedience
and obedience is to what God have said Hallelujah
So the expectation is that God said something
and what do we do? We receive what God said.
We anchor our life on what God has said and we
receive the faith of God. Hallelujah. So to the
Israelites, we see that it is a promise that
God made. Okay. And then they were expected to
receive the promise of God. In the four gospels,
faith was received in the four gospels. What
did they believe in the four gospels? What did
they believe? The people in the Old Testament
in court believe in a promise. What about those
in the four gospels? What do they believe? John
chapter 1. Let's read from verse 1. John chapter
1. Now the reason why we have to go this way
is to help us that next time when we begin to
look at the works of faith, we will begin to
live with, we will begin to work with understanding,
all right? That we will not want to live as those
who that are in the in the Old Testament because
we are living in the reality of what God has
done. Hallelujah. John chapter 1 from verse 1.
In the beginning was the word And the word was
with God and the word was God He was in the beginning
with God all things were made through him and
without him nothing was made that was made in
him was life and the life was the light of men
and the light shines in a darkness and Darkness
did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from
God whose name was John this man came for a witness
to bear witness of the light that all through
him might believe he was not that light but was
sent to bear witness of that light that was a
true light which gives light to every man coming
into the world he was in the world and the world
was met through him and the world did not know
him he came to his own and his own did not receive
him verse 12 important look at verse 12 carefully
but as many as received him okay as many as received
him he gave the right to what to become the children
of god to those who what who believe in his name
stop there verse 12 stop at verse 12 he gave
the right to become the sons of god hallelujah
so to those who what who believe in his name
Hold on to this verse 12. We'll come back to
it later on. Give me verse 45. We're trying to
look at what did they believe in the gospels.
All right. Philip found Nathaniel and said to
him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law.
OK, Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote.
What did they write about? What is the center
of what they wrote about? Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of who? Of Joseph. so what they are saying
is that they found the messiah that was spoken
of in the prophets okay spoken of by moses and
the prophets so they believe that jesus is what
is the promise all right they accepted jesus
as what as the promised messiah very important
john chapter 8 verse 30 john chapter 8 verse
30 we see constantly in the in the gospels that
they believe him all right what did they believe
and he spoke these words look at the context
he spoke these words and the bible says many
believed in him okay many believed in jesus verse
chapter 7 verse 31 chapter 7 verse 31 john chapter
7 verse 31 and many of the people believe in
him they believe who they believe in jesus and
said when the christ comes he will do more science
than this which this man has done so what do
they believe about him if he is not the Christ
so they are looking forward to a Christ what
do they believe hmm okay let's move on to the
10 verse 42 John chapter 10 verse 42 and many
believed in him there he will go there he will
teach okay and then he will do miracles and the
Bible says they believe in him chapter 10 verse
37 chapter 10 verse 37 if i do not if i do if
i do not Do the works of my father Do not believe
me. Okay, that is to say by his works They are
expected to believe that he is who God says he
is I read together Matthew chapter 16 verse 15
to 16. Let's see what the disciples themselves
by the words of Peter Matthew 16 verse 15 to
16 Matthew 16 verse 15 to 16 So Jesus said are
you know? 15 16 15 Matthew 16 15 Yes, he said
to them, but who do you say? I am was 16 Simon
Peter answered and said you are the Christ the
Son of the Living God. All right, you are the
Christ a Christ the Son of the Living God meaning
that Jesus Christ is The Messiah has been promised.
All right, if you go to the altar cement, there's
a prophecy Concerning the Christ concerning the
Messiah and what they believe about Jesus is
that he is that promise So they were meant to
believe that Jesus is the Son of God Okay, he
is the anointed one. He is the one that has been
promised The one that has been sent into the
world. This was the only revelation of God's
word. You could understand right this It's what
they were meant to believe that Jesus is what
God says he is that he is a promised All right,
we'll see it even at the baptism. Okay, when
a voice was heard God trying to affirm that this
is the one All right, and even in his dealings
with the disciples will see that He God tried
to reveal Jesus as the promise who has been promised
in the in the by the prophets and the prophets
and the writings of Moses and the Psalms Hallelujah
So in John chapter 1 verse 12, he says he gave
the right to become the sons of God. During the
time of Jesus Christ, was any man a son of God?
Was any man the son of God? Why? Why was no one
a son of God? Somebody say is because it was
blasphemous. It's true. But the only way by which
a man can be a son of God, right, is by Jesus
dying. Okay, without him dying, nobody could
come into that, you know, with God. Are we together?
So it was until The redemption walk is complete.
No one could become the son of god But the john
chapter 1 verse 12 says as many as believe he
gave him the right to become the sons of god
Okay, so at that moment they believe him as what
as the messiah They believe him as one the god
have sent did they become the sons of god at
that moment? They believe him. No, it was not
possible All right. Jesus was the only begotten
son as of that moment in the redemption We became
what? We became sons of God. He no longer becomes
the only begotten. We became the sons of God
at the redemption after the redemptive work has
been completed. So in the Gospels, we can say,
we can say this, right? We can see by this evidence
we have that a ticket was given, okay? But no
one could become a son until the death and the
resurrection of Jesus Christ. A promise was given,
all right? But until the resurrection, no one
will enter into that reality. Are we together?
So the gospel in the in the gospels, the gospel
message in the gospels was not a complete message.
Do you agree? The gospel message in the gospels
in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, when we read
through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, we see
the gospel not complete. All right. Because until
Jesus dies and rise again, no one could enter
the reality of all the things that God as promised
in Christ. So even if the gospel is preached
and many believe, they could not enter the reality
of what has been promised because Jesus has not
died, Jesus has not made it available as of that
moment. Are we together? So we are able to see
that the gospel preached even by Jesus Christ
could not make any man born again, all right?
Could not make any man Any time the reality of
those things away said were promised so we'll
see that even in that context this man They preach
the gospel they went out to preach in Luke chapter
9 verse 1 to 10 We'll see that Jesus Christ gave
them power and I went out alright and in that
in that with that understanding that they had
about who Jesus is With that I will say partial
revelation Okay, we pass that partial revelation.
We'll see that they went about exercising an
authority casting our devils Alright healing
the sick and they came back rejoicing even when
they have not received in what in totality They
promise the men of all who look through the book
of Hebrews the Bible will say that they did wonders
They they they were exceptional men. They did
mighty works. All right by believing the Word
of God What about us that have the reality in
dwelling in us? We have the fullness and the
complete package in his path the perfected work
of God in us. We are able to do Greater works
than even the work that they did because we have
the fullness of the promise of God in us The
work of God has been accomplished in us We are
the beneficiary of the perfection of God's work
So if they move a mile By virtue of our own ability
God working in us All right, we should even to
work more than what they did. Hallelujah. Now
the disciples I said this I think the first day
I started talking about this faith for greater
works. I say that the disciples could not believe
the resurrection. If we go through John chapter
20, let's look at John chapter 20, the story
of the resurrection. John chapter 20 from verse
one. Now we're trying to differentiate, okay,
how faith came in different dispensation. So
now we will now anchor on where we are right
now, how we receive faith and how we can go about
preaching the faith. Hallelujah. John chapter
20 from verse one. Now on the first day, of the
week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early while
it was still dark and saw that the stones had
been taken away from the tomb. Why did she go
to the tomb? Did she go to check whether Jesus
has rise again from the dead? They should go
to check. Ah, let me go and check what Jesus
said, whether it's true, whether he says after
three days I will rise again from the dead. What
took her to the grave is not faith. Are we together?
What took her to the grave to see verse two?
verse 2 then she ran and came to Simon Peter
and to the other disciples whom Jesus loved and
said to them they have taken away the Lord out
of the tomb and we do not know where they laid
him which means that she was expected to go and
find the dead body of Jesus in the tomb so her
report of the empty tomb is that someone have
taken him away away together look at Peter verse
3 and Peter therefore went out and the other
disciples were going to the tomb what were they
going to confirm what she said whether it is
true that Jesus has rose from the dead, whether
it is true that his body has been stolen, was
false. So they both ran together and the other
disciples outrun Peter. This is John writing
his own. He outrun Peter and came to the tomb
first and he is stooping down and looking and
saw the linen clothes lying there, yet he did
not go in. then Simon Peter came following him
and went into the tomb and he saw the linen clothes
lying there and the handkerchief that had been
around his head not lying with the linen clothes
but folded together in a place by itself then
the other disciples who came to the tomb first
that's John went it also and saw and he believed
what did he believe he believed that the body
of Jesus was stolen because actually was because
of what they heard from the the woman the Mary
right so they went to see whether it is true
so he now believed that the body was what was
stolen for as yet they did not know this knowing
is by revelation as yet they did not know the
scripture that he must rise again from the dead
have they been reading it was jesus telling them
that he will rise again from the dead has he
been teaching them from mal from genesis to madakai
that him will die he will suffer he will die
and then he will rise again so will this be that
they did not know that scripture that jesus will
rise again this knowledge is it just that they
do not know this knowledge is a revelational
knowledge hallelujah is a knowledge that comes
from the point of faith and i said this the last
time i said this can only happen by the spirit
of god this can only happen by the spirit of
god but mary stood outside by the tomb weeping
and was As she wept, she stopped down and looked
into the tomb and she saw two angels in white
sitting, one at the end at the head and the other
at the feet where the body of Jesus had lain.
Then they said to her, woman, why are you weeping?
And she said to them, because they have taken
away the Lord and I do not know where they had
laid him. Now, when she had said this, she turned
around and saw Jesus standing there. and did
not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to a woman,
why are you weeping? Who are you seeking? She
supposing to be the gardener, said to him, Sir,
if you have carried him away, tell me where you
had laid him and I will take him away. Jesus
said to her, Mary, she turned and said to him,
Rabboni, which is to say teacher. Jesus said
to her, do not cling to me for I have not yet
ascended to my father, but to my brethren. Go
to my brethren brother and say to them i'm ascending
to my father and your father And to my god and
your god mary magdalene came and told the disciples
That she had seen the lord and that he has spoken
these things to her hallelujah Now let's move
to verse 24 and see one superman verse 24 now
thomas Call the twin one over 12 was not with
them When Jesus came the order disciples therefore
said to him we have seen the Lord So he said
to them look at his reply to him unless I see
in his hands The print of the nails and put my
finger into the prints of the nails and put my
hand into his side I will not what I will not
believe and after eight days His disciples were
again inside and Thomas with them said that it
was with them Jesus came the door being shut
and stood in the midst and said peace to you
then he said to the Thomas reach your finger
here and look at my hands and reach your hands
here and put into my side do not be unbelieving
but what but be but be believing right and Thomas
answered and said to you my lord oh my god you
said to him Thomas because you have seen me You
have believed. All right Bless are those who
have not seen and yet have a belief Bless are
those who have not seen seen what the resurrection
right and had what and I believe now this I Said
the last time that this speaks of the church
era reality. All right this believing Right has
to do has to be by the Spirit of God You know
the reason why you are able to believe that Jesus
was from there is because of the Spirit of God
Present this facts to another person that is
all of the spirit. He will tell you you are funny
What you're saying is gibberish Because to him
is not given the ability to understand unless
he choose he unless he he he's presented the
gospel and then he what? He accepts it. Are we
together? So Thomas demonstrated unbelief in
the resurrection just as all the disciples and
the apostles because As of that moment, no one
was able to believe the resurrection because
the resurrection reality can only be believed
by the help of the Spirit of God. Hallelujah!
So the disciples on their way to Emmaus will
see in Luke 24 verse 26 to 35 will see them also,
you know, in their unbelief, speaking about all
the things that has happened, and they were terribly
in unbelief. They didn't believe the resurrection,
alright? They believed Jesus. They were disciples
of Jesus. They believed Him to be the Messiah,
but the resurrection was something else. So it
is not expected that they should believe in the
resurrection. It is not expected at that moment.
Because in fact they don't have the ability to
believe all right understanding the revelation
Concerning the resurrection can only be by the
spirit of God Can only be bought by what by the
spirit of God so by implication it takes feet
of God It takes the feet of God that which can
only be done by God through the spirit to believe
the gospel that we preach today Okay, that is
the implication. It means that it is only by
the spirit of God Okay, it is only by the work
of the spirit of God in the heart of a man to
believe the gospel that we preach today. So no
wonder Paul will say that when we came to you,
we didn't come by what? Lovely speech, not by
motivational speech, not by any form of wisdom
of men, or by what? By the demonstration. The
gospel is the demonstration of the Spirit of
God. It's only by the Spirit of God that men
can believe the gospel. So Jesus will say in
John chapter 16, verse 7 to 15, when we read
through, He will promise them of the Spirit,
right? The things I tell you, I go. It's better
for you that I go. because if I don't go the
spirit will not come but if I go the spirit will
come and he will tell you all things right he
will take the things I've been saying and what
he will do he will reveal them unto you all right
so we will see in the resurrection the work of
the spirit convicting men that's his work that
conviction is what what is that conviction giving
proofs all right of the resurrection In the spirit,
by the spirit we see the way by which a man believes.
The spirit is the one walking in the heart of
man to believe, giving the ability to believe.
Hallelujah! I wish I have time, I could have
gone further. But see, let me stop here. A man
that is dead cannot believe. A man that is dead
does not have the ability to believe. When you
go to preach and you tell a man that is dead
to believe, he does not have the ability to believe.
Alright? God will ask the prophet Ezekiel, can
these dry bones come to life? Can these dry bones
come to life by itself? said lord only you know
and then god said speak to the dry bones and
then he spoke to it and then he came to life
right until the world came there's no life all
right so then we'll ask them what should the
unbelief someone that have not had the ghost
what is his responsibility his responsibility
is to hear that is his responsibility because
faith comes by what it comes by hearing okay
it comes by hearing let me close with this let
me close with this romance of the 10 because
romance of the 10 verse 13 seems to say that
faith that faith come by confession Romans 10
Romans 10 yes that if you confess verse 9 if
you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God has risen from
the dead you will be saved for with their heart
one believes unto righteousness and with a mouth
confession is made unto salvation for the scripture
says whoever believes on him will not be put
to shame for There is no distinction between
the jew and the greek for the same lord over
all is rich to all who call upon him verse 13
And verse 9 verse 13 numbers and look at them
clearly They seem to speak that what says for
whoever calls on the name of the lord shall be
safe And we think that by calling the name of
the lord then the man will be safe What does
it mean? Can a man call the name of the lord
and be safe? Look at the next verse how then
can Can they call on Him whom they have not believed?
How can they call on Him who have not believed?
Which means that for them to call, they must
believe, all right? You can't call on to someone
you've not believed, isn't it? So for them to
call on to someone, they must first of all believe.
How can they believe? Let's look at the next
verse. So how shall they believe in whom they
have not heard? So for them to believe, they
must hear, all right? They must hear. Okay, and
how shall they hear without a preacher and how
shall they preach unless they are sent as is
written How beautiful are the feet of those who
preach the gospel of peace who bring glad tidings
of good things? But they have not all obeyed
the gospel for isaiah says lord who has believed
our report verse 17 critically So then faith
comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god.
Hallelujah So a man received faith by hearing
You can't go to an unbeliever and tell him to
speak of something that he has not heard and
he has not accepted. Hallelujah. So to us, faith
comes by the word of God. Faith is founded and
faith is is within the boundary of the word of
God. Outside the word of God, there is no faith
of God. So when the word of God is spoken, a
man received the word and the spirit produces
faith in him and is able to believe Jesus is
able to believe God. so our responsibility is
to go and speak speak the word of God to preach
the word of God that they might hear the word
of God just want to just thank God for thus far
the understanding we've received in the world
that is all about God and what he has done in
us it is by his spirit that is quickening us
that's quickening us and is still strengthening
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