Shocking Youth Message

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Revival

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Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Faithlessness

An examination of Unbelief in the Church



Joh 5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

We CANNOT have faith if we are seeking to please men. While John 5:44 does not speak to pleasing self, however, in pleasing men, are we not also pleasing self? The true honor that we must seek out is only that which comes from the Father of Lights.

We must be surrendered to the Lord our God, casting all of our cares upon Him. In submission, we will find true spiritual life, and will produce greater fruit and opportunities to serve the King of Kings. In decreasing self, the door will open to increasing Christ in you.

We cannot serve self and God.

Mat 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

We cannot follow the world and follow Christ. He is the narrow way, and few there be that find it. If we do not repent of our attachment to worldly lusts, we are in unbelief. Whenever we reject what the Word teaches us, and deny the leading of the Holy Spirit, we are in unbelief. All that is in the world is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Matthew 6:24 teaches us that if we love the world, we will hate God.


A house divided will not stand.

Mar 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

The foundation of a Christian is the Word of God. If one abides in the Faith, by producing fruit, by dying to self, by letting the Word of God dwell richly within us, we are standing on the Rock, Christ Jesus. This is the true security that Jesus speaks of when he says to “Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these thing shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33) In doing the will of God, we are believing God. This is faith. Faith in Jesus Christ is not merely believing that He is. “...the devils believe and tremble.” (James 2:19) If we are divided (from God) in our understanding of what faith is, we will not stand. God will not walk with us, unless we agree with Him. (Amos 3:3)

We cannot walk in the flesh and sow to the Spirit.

Gal 5:16-17 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Cain and Abel. Isaac and Ishmael. Jacob and Esau. Throughout the Bible, we see many examples of what occurs when persons follow the Spirit or self. The Holy Spirit will put to death the man of sin, if we allow Him to. He has given us free will, and the ability to choose Him (as did Abel) or reject Him (as did Cain). Abel had faith and believed in the Lord, while Cain's countenance had fallen because he didn't believe “...If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?” (Genesis 4:7) The carnal mind hates God (emnity) and will seek out any Light He has given us, to destroy it. It is the thief that comes to steal, kill and destroy. If we are walking in the Spirit (hearing God's voice and obeying it), we will have victory over self and all the trappings of the kingdom of darkness. To Christ be all the honor, praise and glory, because He said, “...for without me, ye can do nothing.” (John 15:5) It is His Spirit dwelling within us that enables us to overcome the world. “....to them gave he power to become the Sons of God.” (John 3:12)

Wilt thou be made whole?
Belief

Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

It is in the drawing nigh to God, that we will experience greater knowledge of Him. This is the knowledge that makes one wise unto salvation. We will understand the scriptures and receive revelation directly from the One who gave them to us! The secrets that were once hidden from the foundation of the world are made known to the sons of God who BELIEVE on His name (He is the Word of God).

In Matthew 3:16, Jesus tells His disciples that they are blessed, because their eyes can see and their ears can hear. In the prior verses, He teaches that those who are without, that is, in unbelief, cannot understand the parables because their hearts were waxed gross, their ear dull of hearing and their eyes were closed. If these individuals had truly loved God, they would have surely recognized the Messiah who stood before them. They would have believed in Him and would have understood His teachings. They would have been healed by their faith in Him. It is also important to note that when Jesus had come to his own country, he was not able to do the mighty words of God, because of their unbelief. He came to his own, but his own BELIEVED Him not.

In the story of Abraham, we learn that he was a friend of God. (James 2:23). Abraham BELIEVED in the Lord, he had a living, walking, obedient faith, and thereby, God counted him righteous. We also can be as Abraham: filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ by our active faith.

In Psalm 119:105, we read that “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” God's Word, quickened in us by the power of the Holy Spirit will teach us how to walk, that is, how to live our lives in holiness. He is the Light of the world that shines in the darkness! We are no longer in unbelief, stumbling in the darkness, but fulfilling the law of the Spirit in Christ, by which we are justified.

Unbelief
The Land of Nod: Exiled


The unbelievers at the crucifixition mocked Jesus Christ, taunting our Lord saying, “Save thyself, and come down from the cross.” These individuals did not believe what Jesus taught when he said, “ And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” (John 12:32) Their refusal to repent and believe (have faith) in the Scriptures caused them to be removed from the presence of God. In 70 AD, God's wrath was revealed on Jerusalem, just as Jesus prophesied in the 24th chapter of Matthew. “Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.” (Matthew 27:25) This is the fate of Christ-rejectors. All who deny the Son will perish.

Spiritual death is the result of unbelief. Let us remember to examine ourselves, and despise not the chastening of the Lord when we sin, lest we develop an evil heart in departing from the Living God.

Bring Forth Fruits Meet For Repentance

Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

If we reject the urging of the Holy Spirit to deny ourselves, (belief) we become doubled minded, (unbelief) and this spiritual state produces an unstable, wavering, faithless individual. The carnal mind is the spirit of antichrist within us, that wishes to choke out the Word we received at our circumcision. It is the state of faithlessness that leads to perdition. We must therefore, act quickly when the Spirit brings conviction to us, bringing forth fruits,(belief) and receive repentance of our sins. Our Lord is longsuffering, and His will is that “...all should come to repentance.” (2nd Peter 3:9)

In Luke 24:47 Jesus commands His followers to preach repentance and remission of sins. In Luke 5:22, Jesus said that He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. In Luke 3:8, John the Baptist preached to those who believed in their flesh, as children of Abraham, to bring forth meets for repentance. Revelation 3:19 says to be zealous and repent. Luke 13:3 says unless we repent, we will all perish. There are multitudes of scriptures confirming that all must repent to receive the blessings in Christ Jesus. If we are repenting, we are believing. By contrast, if we refuse and harden our hearts against the Spirit, we are in unbelief.

Thomas
Faithlessness

Can we call ourselves believers in Jesus Christ, when we doubt his Word, as Thomas did?

Joh 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

As the scriptures testify, believing is an active, living faith. Although the Lord had told his disciples that He would rise from the dead, Thomas did not believe Him, or the reports of the witnesses who saw Him raised, “...Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.” (John 20:25) We must trust in all the Words of God, with all of our heart, with all of our strength and all of our soul. This is trusting God. This is having faith. This is belief.

In conclusion, let us examine ourselves, in honesty, before the Lord. Are we merely seekers, or living epistles of the Truth? Are we fully persuaded that God will wipe away all of our tears? Do we believe men and seek to please them above God? Do we hold onto our own opinions, above what the scriptures teach us? Do we give credence to our emotions, or are we casting down imaginations? When God tells us that faith without works is dead, do we believe Him? If God can part the Red Sea, and we, by faith, believe that this occurred, can we believe that we can live a life of holiness in Christ? Are we living with not only the expectation that Christ will come for His bride at the end of days, but are we also remembering that with His Coming, will be a judgment of our words and actions. It is written, that if we ask Jesus anything in His name, He will do it. It is written. Do we believe it?

Mar 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Mar 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.


Lord, help our unbelief.



Grace and peace in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,


Morning Manna
October 5, 2007