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FAITH

WHAT I LONG TO COMMUNICATE
THROUGH MY MESSAGE ON FAITH

I desire to show that God is a Spirit and He is the only object of
faith. Since God the Spirit is invisible, faith does not depend upon
anything visible when trusting Him. Our natural hearts gravitate
toward sight, or at least toward a mixture of sight and spirit. But
true faith rests on the objective revelation of the Lord. I also desire
to show the difference between unbelief and struggling faith.
Unbelief has no desire to believe; struggling faith has the desire to
believe. God accepts struggling faith as faith. Faith is only as
strong as the Object it leans upon. God Himself is the object of faith.
The Indispensable Principle

I want to begin by reminding my heart and your heart of the
indispensable principle; total reliance on God’s Holy Spirit. I’d like
to share this verse and then we’ll look at the new material. Psalm
81:10, “Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.” Is that an
invitation? Is that a command? Is that a challenge? Is God saying,
“You can’t open your mouth wider than I can fill it?” Is it a
promise? I think that verse teaches us, “If you are ready to eat, I’m
ready to feed you.” We never have to overcome God’s reluctance.
We always have to lay hold of His infinite willingness.

Let me introduce what I’d like to look at now. It’s such a large
theme, that’s it’s almost impossible to do it in one lesson. The
foundation that I want to discuss is faith; what it means to trust the
Lord. How can we trust the Lord? I have some verses to illustrate
why this is very important. Hebrews 11:6, “And without faith it is
impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe