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Sunday, February 7,
2010
Your Faith
1 Corinthians 2:4-5 And my speech and my
preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration
of the Spirit and of power: (5) That your faith should not stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of God. (KJV)
In all things Paul did not want anyone’s
faith to stand in the wisdom of man, his spoken words, his wisdom, or even
his example, but rather that their faith should stand in the manifestation
of the Spirit and of the power of God in their own lives. That which the
Spirit revealed personally unto them, not man.
There are too many Christians today whose
faith stands in the wisdom of man; be it in traditions, or in doctrines of
man, both of which corrupt the pure Word of God and the simplicity that is
in Christ. Many don’t take the time to rightly divided the word of truth and
then apply the truth in their own lives so that they can trust and depend
on the power of God to overcome the world and its ways that try to come in
and corrupt their house which was cleaned and swept by the loving mercy and
grace of God.
Don’t let your faith stand in anyone’s
words or wisdom, but let the Spirit of God bear witness to that which is
spoken or that which is done by revealing the truth and wisdom of God personally
to you. Let your faith stand in that alone. If you do, then you have the
power of God to sustain you in and through all trials and tribulation that you
may suffer for Christ’s sake.
Your personal relationship with God
through Christ, the manifestation of the Spirit and of the power, is where
your faith should stand. Jesus Christ said that the words that He speaks
unto us are Spirit and they are life; so let your faith stand sure (firm,
nothing wavering) in Him, in this the power and wisdom of God will keep you
and death is swallowed up in victory.
1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast
in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. (KJV)
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