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thinking. You know, you say a prayer and you say, “Amen, so be
it”. In other words, “I hope so. I hope God answers this prayer. I
wish it would be so”. Amen does mean so be it, but it is stronger
than that. It means, so is it because God says so, and so will it
be, because God says so.

Dr. A.J. Gordon, founder of the Gordon College, said that in the
Hebrew language, the word amen was built on an acrostic. You
know what an acrostic is? It is when you take the first letter of
every word, and then you make another word out of it.

And there were three Hebrew words. The first was Al, sometimes
spelled El, meaning God. The second word was Melech, which is
the Hebrew word for king. And then the third word is Neman,
meaning trustworthy. And those three words form an acrostic. Al-
Melech-Neman. You take the first letters and you have AMN.
Amen. And out of those three words we get the actual Hebrew
word, amen. And it means: God, king, trustworthy. “God is a
trustworthy king”. And when you put that at the end of your
prayer, or I put it at the end of my prayer - don’t just say: Amen,
we’re done, over and out. You say: Amen, so is it because God
said so. So will it be, because God said so, and God is a
trustworthy king. That is what amen means. So Paul ends
chapter 3 with finality…. AMN….God is a trustworthy King!!!!

How do I enter into all of my wealth? Just say, “Amen.” Of
course, you say it by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit
will enable you to say “Amen” to all that God has given you in
Christ. Why do I need the Holy Spirit to help me say “Amen”?
Because the natural man doesn’t want to. My nature runs
contrary to God’s will and God’s way.

The Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul ends chapter 3 with a
simple step of faith. I think He ends it that way deliberately, in
order to give us the key of appropriation. The key to access all of
our amazing wealth is the simple step of faith. Nothing can
substitute for it.