What was that great faith that exceeded anything our Lord had seen in Israel? What was the faith so great that at an instant a miracle appeared in a distant place? It took a Gentile soldier to understand that submission to Christ was the key to miracle faith.
The effective prayers of faith are not based upon our desperation so much as on our joyful awareness of His complete and perfect provision for us. This faith makes a happening of His promises. His victory is not a mere philosophy or doctrine; His victory must be expressed through us.
What deception! What unbelief! To have such a complete and perfect provision and to accept such an inferior experiencing of it. To be unconcerned about our failure to believe what God has set before us is unbelief. Let us bow down before Him in repentant worship.
The victory of Christ must not remain a dormant potential, but it must find through us a creative manifestation. Our intercession is based upon His victory and His provision. We intercede because His perfect provision remains only a potential without our persistent faith.
Our living active faith creates from the substance of God’s vast provision for us. Active faith cashes the check on the resources of God. This provokes and creates faith.
Conscience: Dead Or Alive?
Did you realize that the religious conscience we have is a degenerate, depraved thing in the Adamic nature, the atrophied capacity for worship that existed before the fall? How Satan would inspire, in the name of religion, works that are dead and contributions to produce those works. "The Lord purge your conscience from dead works."
CD includes both of the above messages by John Robert Stevens (2009-0821-5R)
Living Word Publications is a ministry of The Living Word, the publishing house of The Living Word Fellowship. The Living Word was established in 1968 out of a vision to capture, preserve, and publish the teachings of John Robert Stevens. Many of Stevens' sermons have been edited and published in books, manuals, and a weekly periodical titled "This Week."
The Living Word continues in its ministry today—carefully recording, editing, and publishing teachings of Stevens' successor, Gary Hargrave, and others who teach and minister the Word.
