Faith Without Works
When you hear someone say, “you have the same power in you that raised Jesus from the dead,” what is your first thought? Or do you think about it? It is time for us to stop just saying stuff we have heard in church and even read in our bibles, yet we are not living out.
The time has come for you to be convinced you carry resurrection power. Sunday Pastor Tim took us deeper into the message of Peter and John going up into the temple in Acts 3. They encountered the crippled man and instead of giving him money they offered him what they carried. Resurrection power!
Was Peter and John more qualified than you and me? No, they just believed what Jesus said about them. He took care of their resume just like He has taken care of ours. Peter and John used the phrase we all use - In Jesus name yet, Peter walked in what he said by holding out his right hand and pulling the crippled man up to his feet. The scripture says suddenly power surged into the crippled man’s feet and ankles.
Our actions prove what we believe. You ever heard, “actions speak louder than words?” It is true. We like words of faith, but our words of faith are meaningless without our walk of faith. In James 2:17 it says, “So then faith that doesn’t involve action is phony.” It is fruitless.
“Nothing you say will override what you believe in your heart.” Pastor Tim
You must believe you are His beloved. We cannot move into what Yahweh is calling us to display in the earth by just repeating I am beloved. We must believe it. In the story of Peter and John something fascinating is happening behind the scenes. If you will grab hold it will change your life, family, legacy and Gulfport MS. Pastor Tim made an excellent point Sunday if you are going to church to hear another message or reading another walk to just read it- You are wasting your time. He (Pastor Tim) tells us truth because that is what a father in the house does. He loves each one of you and desires to see the fruit that Jesus died for to begin to pop up in your life. This is more that another sermon or devotional.
Stop believing what you see and start believing what Jesus is whispering to your heart. You are my beloved and you carry the same resurrection power that I do. Walk in it!
“I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of his calling —that is, the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that he finds in us, his holy ones! I pray that you will continually experience the immeasurable greatness of God’s power made available to you through faith. Then your lives will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through you! This is the mighty power that was released when God raised Christ from the dead and exalted him to the place of highest honor and supreme authority in the heavenly realm!” Ephesians 1:18-19
