LIVING BY THE WORD OF GOD

LIVING BY THE WORD OF GOD
Deuteronomy 8:1-3; Matthew 4:1-10; Joshua 1:8

We now live in a world where the Word of God is becoming abstract. People are being alienated from the Word of life. Nevertheless, the standard of God concerning His Word remains the same.

Here are some important things to note about the Word of God:
1. Everyone who hears the Word of God is likened to a builder. Your perception, response or reaction to the Word of God determines the kind of person or builder you are (Matthew 7:24-27). The Bible likens the life of a man to a house. A wise person builds his/her life on the Word of God. What are you building your life on?

2. God exalts His Word above His name (Psalm 138:2). God's name is magnified because He is faithful to keep His Word. The nature and character of God's name is revealed through His Word. ‘I am the LORD, I changeth not...’ – Malachi 3:6.
The Word of God abides forever (Isaiah 40:6-8; 1 Peter 1:23-25)

3. It is through the instrumentality of the living Word that we become perfected (complete) and thoroughly furnished (equipped) unto all good works (2 Timothy 3:15-17).

4. The Word of God is like the rain, which fulfills the purpose for which it has been sent. The Word of God equally functions as seed to the sower and bread to the eater (Isaiah 55:10-11; 2 Corinthians 9:10). It has the capacity to bring forth fruits in multiple folds; it can also be a means of livelihood.

5. The Word of God is a life-transforming agent. The Word first of all searches our hearts, changes our belief system, transforms our hearts (and minds) and thereafter, the external transformation can occur (Hebrews 4:12-13; Acts 20:32).

6. God likened His Word to a fire and a hammer. (Jeremiah 23:29; 20:9)

How can I live by the Word of God?

1. Read the Word, study it, meditate on it (ponder over it), observe and keep it – make it your standard of living (Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:1-3).

2. Turning to the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:12-18).

Some benefits of living by the Word of God
1. Success is inevitable and the Lord takes knowledge of you (Psalm 1:1-6; 37:18)
2. You become spiritually fruitful (John 15:7-8)
3. You receive the light of God and walk in divine understanding (Psalm 119:130)
4. The Word of God makes you a god over the situation (challenges) it addresses in your life (Psalm 82:6; John 10:34-35)
5. The ways of the Lord become known to you (Psalm 103:7)
6. Anyone who keeps the Word of the Lord will never see death (John 8:51)

PST. NATHANIEL SADELA

      Resident  Pastor

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HAVE FAITH IN GOD

HAVE FAITH IN GOD

INTRODUCTION

Faith is having a conviction of receiving a thing that is yet to be seen. It takes an inner eye or mind to bring forth an idea that is only a promise of reality. Faith operates at a level that fear, doubt and anxiety cannot be productive. Hebrews 11:1, 6

What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.  (NLT)

FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PUT YOUR FAITH TO WORK

1. Absolute trust and believe in God is the source of every unfeigned faith –

6. So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. (NLT)  -Heb. 11:6                             

2. God’s response to human requests most times takes into cognisance the heart and faith of the one making such request. 

Therefore I say unto you, what things so ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them]. – Mark 11:24

3. There is no impossibility with God as long as our faith can carry what we desire from God.

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23

4. God is not a magician, He will do what He will do, but you will have to patiently wait for Him until He does what pleases Him.

 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. – Rom. 8:18-19

HINDRANCES TO FAITH

1. Fear – the presence of fear in man is the greatest enemy to that man’s faith

For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba  Father! (AMP)- Rom. 8:15

2. Doubt – God desires absolute confidence from us when we stand to exercise our faith.

Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]. - James 1:6-8

3. Anxiety – this is over-expectation. Seeking for an answer without patiently waiting for God’s time, thereby helping God through another means.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. - Heb. 10:35

SOURCE OF FAITH

The word of God - Romans 1:17, Col. 3:16

Rom 10:17- So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Rom 1:16-17- For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to    everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith.

In conclusion, faith is NOW. It produces results now, when faith meets with the obedience in the word of God.

  

PASTOR FEMI ATODE

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