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Belief & faith
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WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
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Christianity is not about your performance.
Christianity is about you
believing that:
God has Forgiven
all sins by way of Jesus’ crucifixion.
I.E. God has put
all of us right with himself.
And, due to believing the
above,
you
change:
Become ever more
constructive.
And, renewing
your mind, & having God’s Spirit,
ever more potent
in that constructiveness.
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It’s true that
Christians do good.
However, many other people also do good.
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Hence we Christians are
primarily known:
by what we believe,
secondarily:
by what we do.
Hence we Christians are best
defined as believers.
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My
earlier section, FATHER & SON, implies that
every believer is an incomplete person:
I.E. We are each incomplete
in that we each:
o do only good,
o are entirely
loving,
o want justice, but never revenge,
o love everyone,
even our enemies.
However, the sections a little after
FATHER
& SON:
i.e. MORE ABOUT THE THREE PERSONS & its subsections
and
IN JESUS, THE FATHER REVEALS
HIS HEART TO US,
show that believers,
by having God’s Spirit
& a good relationship
with Father & Son,
and by moving to a new
kingdom –
the kingdom of Heaven on
Earth,
in that way
become complete.
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WHAT IS A BELIEVER?
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
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The
gospel is the good news
that Jesus was Punished in place of all of us:
His Punishment made all our sins (before God) vanish
even though all our wrongs (before each other) remain.
, Perhaps see earlier section: THE TWO ACCOUNTS.,,,,,
You become a Christian:
not when you only know the gospel, in your mind,
but when you also believe the gospel, in your heart/spirit.
Rom c10 v10
On believing – your heart/spirit becomes grateful
and so renews your mind:
1) Duplicates
its belief into your mind
so that even your mind believes.
2) Establishes:
the pattern of that belief,
the pattern
of the gospel, agape love,
throughout your mind,
then:
your heart/spirit
& your mind
& God’s
Spirit inside you
will be alike,
then
all three of you can live & work together.
, Perhaps see earlier
webpage: Gospel leaflet
, and
, earlier section: IN JESUS, THE FATHER REVEALS HIS HEART TO US., , , ,
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I suspect that the Spirit moves
into, & out of,
the whole of you, as he wants to:
John c3 v8:
The
wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not
tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth:
so is every one
that is born of the Spirit. KJV
I reckon he moves in or out according
to:
What your brain as a whole
is currently
thinking or enacting
(is it right or
wrong?).
I.E. Which room
of your mind
is currently
thinking or acting
(a renewed room
or an un-renewed room?).
, The mind is a set of configurations, dynamic
configurations, in the brain.
, The mind is not a structure. The brain is a structure.
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This moving in (& out) of you
is called:
the indwelling of God’s Spirit.
God’s Spirit being in every
room of your mind
whether all the rooms are renewed or not,
being in all of your brain &
body
whether you’re ready for him
or not,
is called:
the anointing of God’s Spirit.
When anointed:
If you’d renewed
only a few rooms
you’d shake, get
slain in the Spirit, etc.
If you’d renewed
all/many rooms
you’d manifest
the gifts of the Spirit. 1 Cor c12
I.E. You’d choose to say & do
whatever God
tells you to say & do
because you want to.
, , , , Perhaps read:
, , , , Andrew Wommack’s
Teaching Article:
, , , , How To: Flow In The
Gifts Of The Holy Spirit, , .
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The gospel (all of this yellow cell) is the
good news that:
Jesus is human yet God,
the Son of a woman and God.
Jesus was Punished, in our place,
as God’s way of Forgiving all of us:
I.E. He suffered &
died for all our Forgivable sins,
past, present, and future.
, , , , Perhaps see earlier section:
, , , , 1a)
THE TWO UNFORGIVABLE SINS: BOTH SPIRITUAL.,,,,,
Then
he went to Sheol (not to Hell)
as a spirit(ghost).
, See: Did Jesus go to
hell between His death and resurrection?.
Then he rose from death:
not only as eternal
but also as substantial
(i.e. not as a
mere spirit(ghost))
and sits at his Father’s
right hand
because his work is done.
, Perhaps see earlier section: RESURRECTION: JESUS’
& OURS.
That doesn’t mean he’s trapped
there.
He is free to move:
In space &
time in Heaven, the First Dimension.
And to, & in,
this Second Dimension.
, Perhaps see earlier webpage:
, There is time in Heaven
, and earlier section:
, HOW JESUS EXISTED
BEFORE HE WAS BORN.
His death & resurrection
gave us:
his righteousness
(his innocence before his Father)
and all that goes
with it,
so that those who:
believe
and accept this
righteousness:
o Immediately &
permanently
have God’s Spirit in their hearts/spirits.
,, ,, ,, ,, John c3 v5 Acts c1 – c2 Col c2 (v9-10) Eph (c3 v20) ,
,, ,, ,, ,, Rom c8 v9 2 Tim c1 v14 1 John c3 v24 1 John c4 v12-13 ,
o And
(if they’ve renewed their minds)
in their minds
too.
And so do
miracles.
, , , , See earlier section: CONTINUING
THE SON’S WORK.
, , , , Perhaps follow RENEW
MIND links
, , , , in first cell of
later section:
, , , , CHANGES
A BELIEVER MAKES IN THEMSELVES
, , , , (this link does not
open a new tab).
o Want
to tell others about all this.
o Will,
after sleeping in death,
have a new,
eternal, body, in Heaven.
, , , , Perhaps see earlier
section: SLEEPING IN DEATH.
Does this mean that:
all humans are Christians,
all humans have God’s Spirit and will go to Heaven?
No. Only those who believe that Jesus was Punished
in place of all of us humans,
and believe on a personal basis
(i.e. not as demons believe James c2 v19):
I.E. Only those who rely on
the righteousness Jesus gave
to all of us
and never again on their own
righteousness.
Only those who want only
his righteousness:
who cling to it, lean on
it, stand on it.
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Jesus
suffered & died in place of all of us.
1 John c2 v2:
And he is the propitiation for our sins:
and not for ours only,
but also for the sins of the whole world. KJV
2 Cor c5 v15:
And that he died for all, … ctd KJV
2 Pet c3 v9:
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to
us-ward,
not willing that any should
perish,
but that all should come to
repentance. KJV
John c3 v14-18:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man
be lifted up:
that whosoever
believeth in him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.
For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only
begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son
into the world
to condemn the world;
but that the world through
him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is
not condemned:
but he that believeth not is
condemned already,
because he hath not believed
in
the name of the only
begotten Son of God. KJV
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If you reckon Jesus did not suffer
& die for all of us
but for only some of us, the
worst of us,
then where are the
definitions,
where is the documentation?
If it wasn’t for this bad
criminal
but it was for that
not-quite-as-bad criminal,
then where are all the
millions of dividing lines?
How can they even exist?
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To us, and to demons:
Jesus’ resurrection seems a difficult thing for God to do.
Perhaps even as difficult as
Jesus’ crucifixion.
But, to God:
It was the crucifixion that was difficult.
The resurrection was clever,
not hard.
(God the Son – did the
crucifixion.
God the Spirit – did the
resurrection.)
Don’t get me wrong:
Crucifixion and resurrection
are both vital for us.
But, for God, it was the
crucifixion that was difficult, hard.
So it is the crucifixion we
should be the most grateful for.
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In
all of the Old Testament
and in the New Testament, up until Pentecost:
God gave his Spirit,
temporarily, to some.
But, after Pentecost:
God gives his Spirit,
permanently, to everyone.
Everyone, that is, who
heard, or read, the gospel,
convincingly presented.
For Jesus took everyone’s Punishment.
Mind you, even though God gave his Spirit to everyone:
Only those who’ve accepted Jesus’ sayings:
“forgive all
who’ve hurt you”,
“love your
(personal) enemies”,
etc,
will accept help to do those things,
namely from God’s Spirit.
Only those who’ve accepted
the Son
also accept the Spirit.
The Spirit makes no sense to
unbelievers.
John
c14 v16-17:
And
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter,
that he may abide with you for ever;
even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot
receive,
because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him:
but ye know him; for he
dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you. KJV
Perhaps read the whole of John c14, , , , .
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For something less
technical & more practical
on
believing the gospel
see: YouTube: – Best description of the Gospel - Dan Mohler
and:
YouTube: – The Gospel, straight up, no additives. - Dan
Mohler, ,
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and:
YouTube: – Dan Mohler - Free from Guilt, Shame, and
Condemnation, ,
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and:
YouTube: – What
believing the gospel really means - Dan Mohler.
Perhaps
see earlier section: TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: SINS NO LONGER EXIST
and
earlier
section: YouTube:
– Spiritual sight and praying for the sick
to
understand the difference between: Hemans and Wommack & Mohler.
I don’t also include a link to Andrew Wommack’s
material here
because it’s so thorough & lengthy.
Ideally, go to: A better site than this one
and from there to Andrew’s site.
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THE CONVERSE DEFINITION
OF A CHRISTIAN
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A Christian is someone who believes
that all human sins now mean nothing to God.
All sins, that is, except for the two un-Forgivable sins.
Perhaps see earlier section:
1a)
THE TWO UNFORGIVABLE SINS: BOTH SPIRITUAL.,,,,,
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Andrew
Wommack rightly says that
it’s only when you’ve
preached the true gospel
that unbelievers will
complain by saying:
“If that’s true – then
there’s nothing to stop us sinning.”
But it is true.
The gospel provides no physical restraint
and, indeed, takes spiritual
restraint away,
takes the threat of Hell
away.
Consider exasperated
Paul, in:
Rom c6 v1-2 Rom c6 v15 1 Cor c6 v12-20 Gal c2 v16-21:
Did God Forgive us so
that we can sin (more) freely?
Absolutely not. my
abbreviation.
However, believing the
gospel produces gratitude,
and gratitude causes change.
, , Perhaps see earlier section:
, , UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
, , and earlier section:
, , WHY CHRISTIANS AVOID SINNING:
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, , HOW
CHRISTIANS AVOID SINNING., , , ,
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Most of us
have, to some degree,
done wrong to others.
Most of us have also got angry
at wrongs done to us & to others.
God rarely gets involved in human affairs.
But he has opinions on all of them.
And his standards are high, indeed perfect.
Perhaps see Bible texts in earlier section:
BUT, INSTEAD, FIRST OF ALL,
JESUS SEEMED TO MAGNIFY JEWISH LAWS.
Hence all our wrongs against each other
also offend our designer & maker.
All our wrongs against each other
are also sins.
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Hence, technically
speaking, we each have two
accounts:
1. Our
horizontal account, with the world:
a debt of – social/cultural/civil/civil/legal wrongs.
2. Our
vertical account, with God:
a debt of – sins.
Our social/cultural/civil/legal wrongs are against people.
Our sins are against God.
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But, two-thousand years ago,
God settled all our
with-him accounts
using his Son’s willing self-sacrifice in our place.
So, now, our sins do not exist.
So, now, God cannot see them.
So our social/cultural/civil/civil/legal wrongs still exist,
but our
sins do not exist.
But do you believe it
and do you believe it applies to you?
Or do you insist on keeping your
own righteousness?
, Hence, technically
speaking, the sinner’s prayer is wrong:
, , It should not be:
, , , God, please Forgive me for my sins.
, , It should be:
, , , God, thank you for having already Forgiven
, , , all of us, all of our sins, via the Cross.
, , , I am one of those who believes it.
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You might say:
“Sins no longer exist in God’s eyes
but surely they still exist in our eyes.”
I say:
“Sin is a word for God’s purposes only.
, See earlier section: SINS ARE DIGITAL, NOT ANALOGUE, AND ARE GOD’S MEASURE.
What we call sins
are usually our social/cultural/civil/legal wrongs.
But I’ll still often use the
word sin
as indeed the New Testament often
does.”
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Sins are:
always wrong, never right,
usually bad, rarely good.
Wrongs are, likewise:
always wrong, never right,
usually bad, rarely good.
Perhaps see earlier
section:
GOOD & BAD,
RIGHT & WRONG. , , , , ,
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If
you feel that:
you should obey Old
Testament laws
because, if you didn’t, you
would have sinned
(and, by sinned, I mean
undone the Cross having put you right with God,
even if just partly),
then you:
never believed in the first
place,
are still not yet a
Christian,
are still under law, not
grace,
and still have a sin
consciousness.
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Rom c3 v21-25:
But now the righteousness
of God
without the law
is manifested,
being witnessed by the law
and the prophets;
even the righteousness of
God
which is by faith of Jesus Christ
unto all and upon all them
that believe:
for there is no difference:
for all have sinned, and
come short of the glory of God;
being justified freely by
his grace
through the redemption that
is in Christ Jesus:
whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation
through faith in his blood,
to declare his righteousness
for the remission of sins
that are past,
through the forbearance of
God; KJV
Rom c3 v28:
Therefore we conclude that
a man is justified by faith
without the deeds of the law. KJV
Gal c2 v16:
Knowing that a man is
not justified by the works of the law,
but by the faith of Jesus
Christ,
even we have believed in
Jesus Christ,
that we might be justified
by the faith of Christ,
and not by the works of the
law:
for by the works of the law
shall no flesh be justified. KJV
Eph c2 v8-9:
For by grace are ye saved
through faith;
and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:
not
of works,
lest any man should boast.
KJV
Philippians c3 v8-9:
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss
for
the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my
Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things,
and do count them but dung,
that
I may win Christ, and be found in him,
not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law,
but that which is through the faith of Christ,
the righteousness which is of God by faith: KJV
Titus c3 v5:
Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to his mercy
he saved us,
by the washing of
regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy
Ghost; KJV
, , Perhaps see earlier
section: SO, BEWARE OF THE OLD COVENANT and its
subsections
, , and
, , earlier section: WHY BIBLICAL
TEACHER-HEALERS DO IT and subsequent
sections
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, , later section: SIN
CONSCIOUSNESS. , .
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Christians should keep all right laws
whether they are, still-right, old, Jewish laws or not.
I.E. Christians should keep
right laws
because they are right laws.
Never because they are Jewish laws.
(If a Jewish law is not
right for your nation/culture
then you shouldn’t have it
as a law.)
, , Perhaps see earlier section:
, , GOOD & BAD, RIGHT & WRONG and following subsection,
, , and earlier section:
, , JEWISH
LAWS ARE NOT FOR GENTILES,
, , and first cell
, , of: earlier section: YOU’VE
PROBABLY ALREADY FAILED ANYWAY.
Indeed, Christians should keep all right laws
as an effect, not as a cause.
I.E. Christians should not actually keep
any laws.:
If you believe the gospel
and so have gratitude and
the Spirit
and
if you’ve also renewed your
mind accordingly
then
you will have agape love for
others
and so
will obey all right laws
without even knowing they
exist.
Rom c13 v8-10
Gal c5 v14:
Loving everyone
means that you are also
keeping
all Jewish laws. my abbreviation
, , Perhaps see last three cells (starting Jesus’ audiences were usually
Jews)
, , of earlier section: SO, BE CAREFUL NOT TO ENTER INTO THE OLD COVENANT,
, , and the links within
them.
, , (This link does not
open a new tab.)
, , Perhaps also see
second cell
, , of earlier section: CONCLUSION:
HOW IT ALL WORKS. , , , ,
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To conclude:
God loves us, so he wants us
to not do wrong:
for our sakes, & for the
sakes of others.
But, to God, personally,
our sins now
mean nothing.
, , Perhaps again see: YouTube: – Best description of the Gospel - Dan Mohler.
, , I don’t also include a link to Andrew Wommack’s material here
, , because it’s so thorough & lengthy.
, , Ideally, go to: A better site than this one
, , and from there to Andrew’s site.
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FAITH
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BELIEF & FAITH
ARE SIMPLE
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Conceptually
speaking:
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Belief is,
Faith is,
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a structure
a process
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in the heart/spirit
(and, ideally, in the mind too).
is that structure acting.
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The gospel
is simple.
Hence belief
a neurological-model of the gospel
put into the heart/spirit
that the heart/spirit then copies into the mind
is also simple.
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Hence (adding the above two cells together):
faith,
i.e. belief acting:
in the heart/spirit
and ideally in
the mind too,
is also simple.
Matt c18 v1-3 (Mark c10 v13-16)
(Luke c9 v46-48 Mark c9 v36-37 Matt c18 v4-5
Luke c10 v21 Luke c18 v15-16 Matt c19 v13-14):
At the same time came the disciples unto
Jesus, saying,
Who is the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
And Jesus called a little child unto him,
and set him in the
midst of them,
and said,
Verily I say
unto you,
Except ye be
converted,
and become as little children,
ye shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven. KJV
Rom
c12 v3:
For I say, through the grace given unto
me,
to every man that
is among you,
not to think of himself
more highly than he ought to think;
but to think
soberly,
according as
God hath dealt to every man
the measure [i.e. one standard
unit] of faith. KJV
Matt c17 v20 (Luke c17 v6):
ctd …
for verily I say unto you,
If ye have
faith as a grain of mustard seed [i.e. tiny],
ye shall say
unto this mountain,
Remove
hence to yonder place;
and it shall
remove;
and nothing
shall be impossible unto you. KJV
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SLOPPILY REPLACING
THE WORD ‘BELIEF’
WITH THE WORD ‘FAITH’
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Some people use
the word faith
when they should use the word belief.
This is sloppy, but it still works.
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Hence, when
James wrote:
Jam c2 v14-17:
What
doth it profit, my brethren,
though a man say
he hath faith,
and have not works?
can
faith save him?
If a brother or sister be
naked,
and destitute of daily food,
and one of you say unto
them,
Depart in peace,
be ye warmed and filled;
notwithstanding ye give them
not those things
which are needful to the
body;
what doth it profit?
Even so faith, if it hath
not works,
is dead, being alone. KJV
I reckon he meant:
belief is . . . a neurological structure,
faith is . . . that
neurological structure acting,
that belief acting,
so, if nothing
is now happening,
there is no faith
and, up until now,
there was no belief.
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BELIEF/FAITH IS DIGITAL,
NOT ANALOGUE
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I wrote, in the
section before last, that belief is simple.
However, if belief is to work, then it also needs to be big
as well as simple.
(I.E. Your heart/spirit needs to renew your whole
mind.)
Matt c6 v25-33 Matt c8 v23-27 Matt c14 v24-31
Matt c16 v1-12 Luke c12 v22-31:
Until
Jesus’ teachings had become
established in the disciples
[i.e.
Pentecost]
their
mental models of this life
were big
but their mental models
of God & his power & love
were small.
Jesus called this: ‘having
little faith’. my abbreviation
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So, belief
needs to be simple and big.
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However, belief
also needs to be digital, not analogue.
Either:
your heart/spirit & whole mind
both believe
that Jesus has
put all of us right with God
or:
they don’t.
Either:
your heart/spirit & whole mind
both believe
that God will act on your prayer or command
or:
they don’t.
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Matt c18 v1-3 (Mark c10 v13-16)
(Luke c9 v46-48 Mark c9 v36-37 Matt c18 v4-5
Luke c10 v21 Luke c18 v15-16 Matt c19 v13-14):
At
the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying,
Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
And Jesus called a little child unto him,
and set him in the midst of them,
and said,
Verily I say unto you,
Except ye be converted,
and become as little children,
ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. KJV
(There are more become as little children statements
in: Matt c19 v13-14 &
Luke c18 v15-16.) , , .
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Notice
that all these become as little
children
statements of Jesus
are not to do with
us gaining:
some sort
of special or extra belief
that only
children have.
They are to do with
us losing:
the
unbelief (doubts)
that we
gained as we grew up.
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, , , There’s more on unbelief, in UNBELIEF,
, , , further down this webpage.
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ACTS
OF FAITH
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Belief is digital.
So, for a miracle to happen,
a miracle that is hindered by unbelief in your mind,
a trigger is needed:
A trigger in the form of you
seeing:
in this carnal
realm,
with your carnal
mind
,, ,, ,, ,, (the
un-renewed parts of your mind),
your carnal act of faith.
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This trigger, this act of faith,
must be:
carnally illogical enough
carnally counterintuitive enough
so that you see,
with
your carnal mind:
that, as you
cannot be:
carnally
acting
for a
carnal, earthly, reason
then you must be:
carnally
acting
for a
miraculous reason.
Hence in the carnal,
un-renewed, parts of your mind:
an act of faith
counteracts unbelief (doubts).
, , ‘Carnal’ meaning ‘of the five senses’ (so
perhaps replace ‘carnal’ with ‘natural’).
, , Perhaps see later section: THE
CARNAL (NATURAL) REALM.
, , Perhaps see later section: UNBELIEF, , , ,
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Perhaps,
for you, merely coming to a church meeting
is an act of faith.
Or perhaps
declaring your faith in Jesus
is an act of faith:
John c11 v26-27 & v39-40 combined:
Jesus prompting belief from Martha,
belief on which Lazarus’
life depended. my
abbreviation
, , Perhaps see later section: GOD’S SPIRIT GROANING.
While he was alive on earth,
during his ministry,
many of the powers that be,
in Jesus’ society,
made him an outcast.
So anyone associated with
him
risked becoming an outcast
too. John c9
So merely going to Jesus
was an act of faith.
Or perhaps doing
some odd thing,
that God tells the healer
to tell the patient
to do,
is an act of faith.
Jesus often told people to
do odd things
that,
with hindsight, were acts of faith.
John c9 v6-7
Luke c17 v11-14.
You can be proud, &
think: “This is illogical.” & wander off.
Or you can be humble, &
think: “God’s in charge here.”
Or perhaps God’s Spirit tells the healer
to tell the patient
to do something
that they couldn’t do before:
This
is not to check that the healing’s complete.
It is part of the healing.
It’s useful if that act is,
or certainly was, painful:
They know it used to hurt.
So, if they
believe they are healed,
they’ll believe
it won’t hurt anymore.
Conversely, if they are fearful of it hurting:
It shows
they don’t yet believe.
Or they
have unbelief
such that
the healing won’t happen,
not this
time anyway.
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Perhaps see later section:
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, BELIEF & KNOWLEDGE.
, , , , , REGARDING DOING MIRACLES –
, , , , , THE CAUSE & EFFECT IS REVERSED. ,,,,,,
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God
does not need your acts of faith.
You do.
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Most people are not used to seeing
something change, or move,
of its own accord, without any visible cause.
Hence many Old Testament miracles would,
in this New Testament Age,
look weird, disturbing, even creepy.
And, if the miracle were also flippant, not vital, not useful,
it would also look flashy.
And flashy-&-creepy is a hallmark of
demonic supernatural tricks.
See
earlier section: TRICKS & MIRACLES, , .
Hence, a visible miraculous healing
is helped by the patient moving during the healing. Luke c17 v12-19:
It’s not an act of faith, it’s not needed for the healing.
It just makes the healing
appear less flashy-&-creepy.
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Hence
also,
when Jesus turned 160 gallons of water into wine, John c2 v1-10
he did inside the stone water jars, out of sight.
Hence, even though it was very much a miracle for the servants,
who had filled the jars with water but now saw it was wine,
it did not also look flashy-yet-creepy to them.
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Hence
also:
regarding the two accounts
of Jesus miraculously
increasing a small amount of food,
Matt c14 v13-21
Mark c6 v31-44 ,
Luke c9 v10-17 John c6 v5-15 ,
and:
Matt
c15 v32 – c16 v10 Mark
c8 v1-9,
Andrew Wommack
calculated (I’m sure rightly)
that, in order not to take an inordinately long time doing it:
Jesus must have handed
a few pieces of food, to
each of his disciples,
who then distributed them to
the people.
I reckon that, each time:
o The first disciples passed the food to another disciple.
o A disciple was looking
where he were going.
o A disciple made eye
contact with the person
he was giving the food
to.
that it was then, when all eyes were off the food,
that God increased the number of pieces of food.
Hence each disciple set out to feed the multitude
seeing that
it couldn’t be done
yet setting out to feed them nevertheless.
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This site is called ‘How Christianity Works’.
So the principles in it aren’t necessarily ones you apply.
They are principles God’s Spirit applies:
It usually takes too long,
and is unnecessary,
for you to compute a
situation
so as to know what to do.
It’s quicker, simpler, and
more reliable,
to listen to, and to obey,
God’s Spirit.
Just believe, and renew your
mind accordingly.
, , See first cell of earlier section:
, , WHAT
IS A BELIEVER? WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? , , , , , ,
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PRAYING
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For
background to
the following four subsections,
see earlier section: WHY GOD’S WORDS HAVE POWER, , , ,
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PRAYING FOR FORGIVENESS
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After we’ve
hurt someone
we may say:
“Sorry for hurting you in the recent past.
Please forgive me now.”
Hence, after we’ve sinned against God,
we tend to pray:
“Sorry for sinning against you in the recent past.
Please
Forgive me now.”
Indeed, even in the New Testament
of the Bible
it’s sometimes phrased that way:
1 John c1 v9:
If we confess
our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, … ctd KJV
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But, technically speaking:
It was two-thousand years
ago that
God Forgave all of us,
for all sins, past present & future,
in the form of
Jesus being punished in our place.
So, technically speaking,
the correct way to pray is:
“Thank
you for having Forgiven
me all my sins.
Indeed,
you have Forgiven all of us, all of our sins
I
am one of those who believes it.”
, , , , Perhaps see earlier section:
, , , , TECHNICALLY
SPEAKING: SINS NO LONGER EXIST.
, , , , Perhaps see scriptures in earlier
section:
, , , , WHAT
IS A BELIEVER? WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
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BELIEF & KNOWLEDGE
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Belief of the gospel is:
a neurological-model of the
gospel, in the heart/spirit,
that
the heart/spirit then copies
to the mind.
, Perhaps see earlier
section: WHAT
IS A RENEWED MIND.,,,,,,,
Knowledge of the gospel is:
a neurological-model of the
gospel, in the mind,
that
is entirely from the outside.
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In
this age:
belief .
. . . . . occurs
. . . . inside
knowledge . . comes in . . from outside.
But from Judgment Day onwards:
everything will be apparent
so believing and knowing
will mean the same thing.
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BELIEF & KNOWLEDGE.
REGARDING DOING MIRACLES –
THE CAUSE & EFFECT IS REVERSED
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From now until Judgment Day
(where ‘it’ is ‘a thing or an event’):
Regarding knowledge:
It existing –
causes you to see it – causes you to know it.
You see it outside yourself – so
you know it inside yourself.
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Regarding belief:
You believing it –
causes it to exist – causes you to see it.
You believe it inside
yourself – so you see it outside yourself.
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, Are you someone who gets carsick when being driven
, but not when you are driving?
, , It’s
because, when you are being driven,
, , you
don’t know exactly the way the car will lurch,
, , whereas,
when you drive, you know exactly the way the car will lurch
, , because
it’s you that’s making it lurch.
, Likewise:
, , You’re
not surprised when you see the miracle occur
, , because
it’s your faith, you acting on your belief,
, , that
made the miracle occur.
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BELIEF, VISION, & THE TWO REALMS
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Some healings need, not only:
belief,
lack of unbelief,
and an act of faith.
But also:
a vision:
a deliberate, repeated,
hope filled, ‘daydream’
in your mind (which is
in your soul)
of the healing yet to
happen
initiated by:
o your heart/spirit,
o &/or God’s Spirit,
o &/or the renewed parts of your mind,
not initiated by:
o the un-renewed parts of your mind,
o &/or the world.
, , , , , Perhaps again follow
RENEW MIND links
, , , , , in first cell
of later section:
, , , , , CHANGES
A BELIEVER MAKES IN THEMSELVES
, , , , , (this
link does not open a new tab), , .
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If you
hope for, and expect, something miraculous
then you probably, automatically, visualise it, often:
see it spiritually (with the
eyes of faith)
before you see it carnally
(with your normal eyes).
, , Perhaps see earlier
webpage: The two realms.
(You have only one screen, and
it’s in your mind.
Your heart/spirit and mind share it.)
, , Perhaps see earlier
section: NOT ONLY WORDS. ,,,,,
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A
vision may be vital for causing a
miracle because:
The brain is more an organ
of vision than of sound.
So, if the
sickness/condition is visually
substantial,
then the sight of the patient’s
sickness/condition
may produce much unbelief
(doubt) against the healing.
, , Perhaps see later section: UNBELIEF.
In which case God may tell
the healer
to tell (all) participants
to close their eyes.
Hence their unbelief is not
activated.
Hence they don’t
resist the healing.
, , See: YouTube: – Jesus
makes an arm grow!!!!
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If
you have a dream/trance/vision/message/etc from God
bear
in mind that:
there is much more to hearing from God
than only random print, only
hearing a voice,
only having a dream/trance/vision, etc:
It could be a
mistake.
It could be
madness.
It could be God.
It could be a
demon.
, , , , Perhaps see third cell
, , , , of earlier section: WHAT TO PRAY FOR, , , ,
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BECOMING
A CHRISTIAN
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ALL BELIEVERS HAVE GOD’S SPIRIT
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Some may say:
“I’m a Christian, I read the
Bible, I go to church.
But I don’t want the Holy
Spirit.”
But I say:
“All genuine believers
already have the Holy Spirit.”
, , Perhaps see fourth cell
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, , of earlier section: WHAT IS A BELIEVER? WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?.
John c3 v5:5
Jesus answered,
Verily, verily,
I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God. KJV
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Luke
c17 v20-21:
And
when he was demanded of the Pharisees,
when the kingdom of God should come,
he answered them and
said,
The kingdom of God cometh not with
observation:
neither
shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there!
for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. KJV
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John
c14 v16-17:
And I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you
another Comforter,
that he may abide
with you for ever;
even the Spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot
receive,
because it seeth
him not,
neither knoweth
him:
but ye know him;
for he dwelleth
with you,
and shall be in you. KJV
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Rom
c8 v9:
But
ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit,
if so be that the
Spirit of God dwell in you.
Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ,
he is none of his. KJV
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John c4 v13:
Hereby know we that we dwell in him,
and he in us,
because he hath given
us of his Spirit. KJV
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Matt c25 v1-13:
my abbreviation
, , [After the
gospel’s been convincingly presented
, , throughout
the entire world]
the end of the world will be
like
ten virgins [bridesmaids]
who went to meet the
bridegroom.
Five were wise.
Five were foolish.
The foolish ones did not take
extra oil [God’s
Spirit] for
their lamps.
So they ran out of oil
, , [could not humbly do
any extra good, including miraculous good].
So they were late
and missed the marriage [didn’t go to Heaven]. my abbreviation
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THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE GOSPEL
& BELIEF
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When the gospel
goes into a person
it first goes into the heart/spirit
where it becomes belief:
a gospel shaped void, in the heart/spirit,
being filled with
the gospel
is:
a belief shaped void, in the heart/spirit,
being filled with
belief.
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Then the
gospel, which has now become belief,
goes into the mind:
The
heart/spirit copies its belief into the mind
(this is the beginning of
the heart/spirit renewing the mind).
Perhaps see earlier
section: WHAT
IS A RENEWED MIND.,,,,,,,
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CONCEPTUALLY
SPEAKING:
THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF BELIEF
AND THEREFORE THREE KINDS OF FAITH.
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1) BELIEF/FAITH
IN GOD’S EXISTENCE
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Your
belief
in God’s existence
is a model of God’s existence:
that comes in from the
outside
and becomes part of
your mind.
, , , Your mind is a
part of your soul.
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your-heart/spirit-&-God’s-Spirit-combined belief in God’s existence soul
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Belief
in God’s existence
is
in your mind, not your heart/spirit.
So, actually, it’s knowledge, not belief.
Hence even demons have it. Jam c2 v19.
When your belief
in God’s existence acts
it’s you having faith in God’s existence.
, Conceptually speaking:
, , , Belief is . . a structure .
. in the heart/spirit
(and, ideally, in the mind too).
, , , Faith is . . . a process .
. is
that structure acting.
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2) BELIEF/FAITH
IN GOD
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Your belief in God
is a model of God’s love &
power:
that’s come in from the
outside
and becomes part of
your heart/spirit.
, , , Perhaps again see earlier section:
, , , THE
THREE PERSONS OF GOD and its subsections.
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belief in God belief in God’s
existence
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When your heart/spirit has renewed your mind:
, , , 1), Duplicated its belief in God into your mind
, , , , so that even your
mind believes.
, , , 2), Established the pattern of that belief in God,
, , , , the pattern of the gospel, agape love,
, , , , throughout your mind.
then belief in God can act.
When your belief in God acts
it’s you having faith in God.
Mark c11 v22-24.
, Conceptually speaking:
, , , Belief is . . a structure .
. in the heart/spirit
(and, ideally, in the mind too).
, , , Faith is . . . a process .
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that structure acting.
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3) BELIEF/FAITH
OF GOD
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Your belief of God
is God’s model, in himself, of
himself.
, Perhaps see earlier section: THE
THREE PERSONS OF GOD and its subsections.
As a believer, you automatically have
God’s Spirit in your heart/spirit.
, (And in your mind too, if your hart/spirit has renewed it.)
Hence belief of God
is automatically in your heart/spirit too.
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belief in God belief of God belief in God’s existence
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If
your heart/spirit has not yet completely
renewed your mind:
then
switching your mind off – by
fasting
but
leaving your heart/spirit on – by praying
makes belief of God act.
When
belief of God acts
it’s you having the faith of God.
, , , Conceptually speaking:
, ,
, , , Belief is . . a structure .
. in the heart/spirit
(and, ideally, in the mind too).
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, , , Faith is . . . a process .
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that structure acting.
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, , , When praying:
, , , , , look up
. . . . . to the solution.
, , , When commanding:
, , , , , look down . . . at the problem . .
. you are the solution.
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WHAT IS
FAITH OF GOD?
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Luke
c17 v3-10:
Take
heed to yourselves:
If thy brother trespass
against thee, rebuke him;
and if he repent, forgive
him.
And if he trespass against
thee seven times in a day,
and seven times in a day
turn again to thee,
saying, I repent;
thou shalt
forgive him.
And the apostles said unto the
Lord,
Increase our faith.
And the Lord said,
If ye had faith as a grain
of mustard seed,
ye might say unto this sycamine tree,
Be thou plucked up by
the root,
and be thou planted in
the sea;
and it should obey you.
But which of you, having a
servant
plowing
or feeding cattle,
will say unto him by and by,
when he is come from the
field,
Go and sit down to
meat?
And will not rather say unto
him,
Make ready wherewith I
may sup, and gird thyself,
and serve me, till I
have eaten and drunken;
and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Doth he thank that servant
because he did the things
that were commanded him?
I trow
not.
So likewise ye,
when ye shall have done all
those things
which are commanded you,
say,
We are unprofitable
servants:
we have done that which
was our duty to do. KJV
When the disciples said they needed more faith
merely to forgive friends who’d hurt them,
I reckon that Jesus saw, regarding healing:
that they’d see faith as a heavy tool
that might slip out of their hands
under the weight of such a responsibility.
So he told them that:
rather than them
being centre stage,
with the tool of faith being in their
hands,
people watching to see if they drop it,
that they are the tools, in God’s
hands,
with their faith not entering into
the equation.
Hence the above scripture perfectly describes
having the faith of God.
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God commands
us to do the otherwise impossible:
commands us to agape love fellow believers John c13 v34
commands us to agape love our enemies Matt c5 v38-48
commands us to do miracles
Matt c10 v8
so that we:
do it as a duty
have no independence while
we’re doing it
take no credit afterwards.
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We
have the faith of God when we:
a) Don’t produce our own
plans & act on them.
b) Pray/command/act/speak
according to:
1) The
Bible; principally Jesus’ words.
, , , , , , Perhaps see earlier
section: GOD’S WORDS ON SIN
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it.
, , , , , , (This link does not
open a new tab.)
2) Godly deduction from 1).
3) Telepathic words from God.
, , , , , , E.G. Words of knowledge & words of wisdom. 1 Cor c12 v8.
These
three, if genuine, will agree with each other.
c) Don’t take responsibility or credit.
Eph c1 v19-23
& 1 Cor c12 – c14
combined:
Jesus
is now the head.
And you,
the church, are now the body.
Hence you,
like Jesus,
have been
given the Spirit
so that you
too can have the gifts of the Spirit
including
doing miracles. my abbn
, , , , , See earlier section: CONTINUING
THE SON’S WORK, ,
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Perhaps read:
Andrew Wommack’s Teaching Article:
Faith Of God.
Perhaps see:
YouTube: – Joseph Prince -
Rest In Jesus' Faith For Miracles - 11 Dec 11.
Perhaps see later section:
TO OUR HEARTS/SPIRITS – JESUS GAVE FREEDOM.
TO OUR SOULS – JESUS GAVE REST, , , ,
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THE LOVE OF GOD
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Faith
of God is in God:
But God’s Spirit is in you.
So the faith of God is in you too.
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Likewise,
the love of God is in God:
Luke c15 v11-32 Rom c8 v39 Rom c8 v31-39
Titus c3 v4 1 John c3 v16 * adjacent
verses 1 John c4 v7-10
But God’s Spirit is in you.
So the love of God is in you too.
Rom c5 v5 Eph c3 v17-19 1 John c2 v5-6
1 John c2 v15-17 1 John c3 v17 * adjacent
verses
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If someone needs healing, needs you to heal
them,
but they don’t inspire love in you,
then switch off.
Rely, instead, on God’s love for
them.
Let God love them,
through you, unhindered by you.
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As Andrew Wommack (& C.S. Lewis) says:
“God loves us, not because we are lovely,
but because he is loving.”
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HOW FAITH OF GOD
DIFFERS FROM
FAITH IN GOD.
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If
your heart/spirit has not yet renewed all of your
mind,
such that your mind still has some
unbelief:
then that unbelief, in your mind,
works against
belief, in your heart/spirit & mind.
, , Perhaps see later section: UNBELIEF.
, , Perhaps again follow RENEW MIND
links
, , in first cell of
later section:
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A BELIEVER MAKES IN THEMSELVES
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open a new tab).
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Sin consciousness is a form of unbelief, in
your mind.
In your
mind you think:
“Belief produces
gratitude, and therefore change.
So how
can I believe, in my heart/spirit,
seeing I did that?”
So you doubt in your mind
what you believe in your
heart/spirit.
Whereas faith of God is the opposite:
God knows in his
mind
what he believes
in his heart/spirit.
And, because God’s Spirit is
in you:
faith of God
displaces sin consciousness.
Mind you, if you’ve renewed
your mind completely,
so that you have, in your
mind:
belief,
and no unbelief,
then you’d have no sin
consciousness
for faith of God to displace.
, , More about sin consciousness later
, , in: SIN CONSCIOUSNESS, , , ,
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Faith of God
is for when your mind is not completely renewed:
Hence your heart/spirit switches your mind off
so that God’s Spirit can
take over.
, , Perhaps see:
, , YouTube: – The day
I learned NOTHING from Pete Cabrera Jr !, , , ,
Whereas faith in God
is for when your mind is
completely renewed
so that you think & feel as God thinks & feels:
Hence your heart/spirit leaves your mind switched on.
So that, though you still
obey God whenever he speaks:
you are his friend,
not his (un-knowing)
servant. John c15 v15,,,,
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To
conclude:
Faith of God is 100% effective.
Faith in God is 100% effective
if your mind is completely renewed.
Hence,
when praying or commanding, in Jesus’ name,
if you feel strongly in
favour of your patient’s healing
and yet are a tiny
bit uncertain about it:
Don’t engage your
feelings,
hold your
feelings back.
Let God love,
& work, through you.
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As
we read through the New Testament
we see the meaning of the word ‘faith’ change:
During the four gospels:
faith was described
as a tool, for us to obtain things,
from a, thus
implied, unwilling God.
But, from Acts onwards:
God gave his Holy
Spirit to all of us
which
changed the meaning of the word faith:
from: a
tool to obtain things,
to: a warm,
intimate, relationship, John c15
from: faith in God
to: faith of God, or the faith,
from:
selfish tool
to: us
being like-minded to God.
, , , , , Hence our
prayers & commands
, , , , , are what we
want and what he wants.
, , , , , See third cell (starting Here
are three of Dan’s)
, , , , , of earlier section:
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BIBLICAL TEACHER-HEALERS GENERALLY.
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, , , , , Perhaps see earlier section:
, , , , , GOD DOES NOT CHANGE
BUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH US CHANGES, , , ,
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TO CONCLUDE:
SOME BIBLICAL REFERENCES TO
THE FAITH OF GOD
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Rom
c3 v3:
For what if some did not
believe?
shall their
unbelief make the faith of God
without effect? KJV
Rom c3 v21-22:
But now the righteousness of
God without the law
is manifested,
being witnessed by the law and the
prophets;
even the righteousness of God which is by
faith of Jesus Christ
unto all and upon all them that
believe:
for there is no difference: KJV
Gal c2 v16:
Knowing that a man is not justified by the
works of the law,
but by the faith of Jesus Christ,
even we have believed in Jesus
Christ,
that we might be justified by the
faith of Christ,
and not by the works of the law:
for by the works of the law shall
no flesh be justified. KJV
Gal
c2 v20:
I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me
and the life which I now live in
the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of
God,
who loved me, and gave himself for
me. KJV
Eph c2 v8-9:
For by grace are ye saved
through faith;
and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:
not of works,
lest any man should
boast. KJV
Eph c3 v12:
in whom we have boldness
and access with confidence
by the faith of him. KJV
Philippians c3 v8-9:
Yea doubtless, and I count all
things but loss
for the excellency
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss
of all things,
and do count them but dung,
that I may win Christ, and be
found in him,
not having mine own righteousness,
which is of the law,
but that which is through the
faith of Christ,
the righteousness which is of God
by faith: KJV
Jam c2 v1-2:
My brethren, have not the faith
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory,
with respect of persons.
For if there come unto your
assembly
a man with a gold ring,
in goodly apparel,
and there come in also a
poor man
in vile raiment; [etc] KJV
Rev c14 v12:
Here is the patience of the
saints:
here are
they that keep the commandments of God,
and the faith of Jesus. KJV
N.B. Mark c11 v22
can also be an example of faith of God.
See: Biblehub.com Mark c11 v22, ,
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UNBELIEF
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In the four gospels of the KJV Bible
the word unbelief is used, in total, four times:
Perhaps
see part 2) of earlier section: MY ATTITUDE TO THE BIBLE.
I reckon Mark c16 v14 is forged, so ignore it.
Perhaps see earlier section: BIBLE VERSES THAT I OMIT.
Jesus used the word unbelief three times.
Matt c13 v58 &
Matt c17 v20 &
Mark c6 v6.
The word unbelief is used, by someone, to Jesus, once
Mark c9 v24
but in a way that Jesus did
not disagree with
Mark c9 v24-30, , , , .
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Of
these four uses of the word unbelief:
Two instances: Matt c13 v58 & Mark c6 v6,
could mean: absence
of belief
or: doubt that accompanies belief
, , , , And, in Mark c6 v6, I
see it isn’t actually the Greek word for unbelief.
Two instances: Matt c17 v20 & Mark c9 v24,
do mean: doubt that accompanies belief.
So, there are two possible meanings for the word unbelief:
1) Absence
of belief.
2) Doubt that accompanies belief.
, , , This meaning of the
word ‘doubt’ is also in: Matt c21 v21
& Mark c11 v23.
Of 1) and 2):
2) is the most
instructional, has actual meaning.
So 2) is the definition I
use.
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If your heart/spirit has not yet started to renew your mind,
has not yet started to duplicate its belief into your mind,
then the only belief you have
is in your heart/spirit.
Whereas your unbelief
is in only your mind.
Unbelief, being only in the
mind, is knowledge.
So you might suppose it
should be called unknowledge.
But unbelief, in the mind,
counteracts
belief, in the heart/spirit.
Hence it’s called unbelief.
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Christians
often use the word doubt.
But unbelief is the technically
correct word:
You can have doubts about all sorts of matters
but unbelief is specific to you doubting about God:
Only believers can have
unbelief.
(Only believers
can doubt in their mind
what they believe
in their heart/spirit.)
Unbelievers cannot have
unbelief.
(Unbelievers
cannot doubt in their mind
what they believe
in their heart/spirit
because they
don’t believe in their heart/spirit
in the first
place.)
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How did the Biblewriter know
that Jesus couldn’t heal certain
people because of their unbelief
rather than wouldn’t heal them
because of their unbelief?
It wouldn’t be because they
saw him try, then fail.
Jesus wouldn’t have done
that.
So it must be because they
heard him say
that he couldn’t do it
because of their unbelief.
Unbelief could be described as passive
resistance.
Just because you’re not actively
resisting healing, don’t be fooled.
You believing that you have a bad illness can still prevent you’re healing.
Don’t believe what Jesus went through
more than you believe your illness.
Think of Jesus’ love for you
(and God’s star-forming power)
instead of your illness.
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Unbelief is best fixed by you renewing your
mind.
But, until a believer has renewed their mind,
they will have both:
belief – in the heart/spirit
and unbelief – in the mind.
For example: a man brought
his possessed son
to Jesus’ disciples
for them to cast a demon
out.
The disciples failed.
Then Jesus arrived.
Mark c9 v21-24:
And
he [Jesus] asked his
father,
How long is
it ago
since this
came unto him?
And he said,
Of a child.
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire,
and into
the waters, to destroy him:
but if thou
canst do any thing,
have
compassion on us, and help us.
Jesus
said unto him,
If thou canst
believe,
all things are possible to him that believeth.
And straightway the
father of the child cried out,
and said with tears,
Lord, I believe;
help thou
mine unbelief. KJV
Jesus did not
then correct the man’s request,
agreed with the
man’s logic:
that he had both
belief and unbelief.
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Likewise, same story, different gospel,
Jesus told his disciples:
that their faith
(belief acting) was sufficient
but was nullified
by their unbelief.
Matt c17 v18-20:
And Jesus rebuked
the devil;
and he departed
out of him:
and the child was cured
from that very hour.
Then came the
disciples to Jesus apart, and said,
Why could not
we cast him out?
And Jesus said unto
them,
Because of
your unbelief:
for verily I
say unto you,
If ye have faith as a
grain of mustard seed,
ye shall say unto this
mountain,
Remove hence to
yonder place;
and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be
impossible unto you. KJV
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Unbelief is a structure, a configuration, a knowledge.
But you can, at least, temporarily
stop it being thought,
temporarily stop it being
activated.
o By
telling the patient to think of nothing,
make their mind go blank.
, , , , Perhaps see:
, , , , YouTube: – Disabled woman in wheelchair with
cerebellum brain injury healed & walks - John Mellor Healing. ,,
o Or, if they are a child, by telling them
to
focus on, say, their
favourite food.
, , , , Perhaps see:
, , , , YouTube: – Child in wheelchair suffering from
painful Köhler disease healed & runs - John Mellor Miracles. ,,
o Or,
if the illness/condition it (very) visual,
by telling the patient (or
indeed everyone)
to close their eyes.
, , , , See third cell
, , , , of earlier section: BELIEF, VISION, & THE TWO REALMS, ,,
, , , , and the YouTube link within it.
, , , , (This link does not open a new tab.)
Ideally, in
healer & patient,
or in patient
alone if there’s no healer,
belief has to be
greater than unbelief.
I.E. Belief has
to be reater than:
knowledge
of the illness,
the
pain of the illness,
the
sight of the illness,
the restriction(s) of the illness.
o Or
by telling the patient to do an unbelief-distracting
act of faith. (Jesus sometimes did this.)
, , , , See third cell
, , , , of earlier section: ACTS OF FAITH. ,,
o Or
by slaying the patient in the Spirit.
o Or
by you (i.e. the healer, not the patient)
praying, & perhaps
fasting,
, , Perhaps see later section: PRAYING & FASTING. ,,
to
shift the focus,
from the problem to the
solution:
Twice, in
ch3, of his book Ever Increasing Faith,
Smith
Wigglesworth tells of successful healings
where those
praying turned their focus
from the problem
to the answer
by simply
whispering (ever louder) the name ‘Jesus’.
Also see Mark
Hemans’ sermon
at the beginning
of:
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, YouTube – Gold
Coast Highlights
OUTPOURING of the Holy
Spirit,
joy, deliverance,
miracles, healing, power: ,,
from
5m 50s onwards.
o Or,
if the patient has some big, distracting, secret sin,
getting them to confess it
to a believer they
trust. James c5 v16,,
, , ,, ,, Perhaps
see:
,, ,, , , YouTube: – Dan Mohler - Free from Guilt, Shame, and
Condemnation. ,,
o Or, if you are a believer, and are
ill, but unbelieving
friends & family are
doing your doubting for you,
telling you to see the
doctor rather than God,
saying: “No”.
(So, ironically, it helps if
the doctor gets to a point
where he says he can’t help
you anymore.)
o Or, etc.
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This
site is called ‘How Christianity
Works’.
So
the principles in it aren’t necessarily ones you apply.
They are principles God’s Spirit applies:
It usually takes
too long, and is unnecessary,
for you to
compute a situation
so as to know
what to do.
It’s quicker,
simpler, and more reliable,
to listen to, and
to obey, God’s Spirit.
Just believe, and
renew your mind accordingly.
, , , , See first cell of earlier section:
, , , , WHAT
IS A BELIEVER? WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? , , , , , ,
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However, unbelief is best gotten rid of, permanently:
By your heart/spirit renewing your
whole mind.
, , Perhaps again follow RENEW MIND links
, , in first cell of
later section:
, , CHANGES
A BELIEVER MAKES IN THEMSELVES
, , (this link does not
open a new tab), , , ,
See Andrew
Wommack’s:
, , Hardness of Heart: The Cure,
from: 16m 20s
to: 44m 15s.
and:
, , YouTube:
– It's Not a Faith Problem, It’s Your Unbelief
, , | Andrew Wommack | Living Word
Christian Center:
Note: 28m 11s
to: 36m 36s.
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BELIEF
& UNBELIEF
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Unbelievers:
Lack belief, are not yet believers, are not yet Christians.
Believers who have renewed some
of their minds:
Have belief in their hearts/spirits.
But their
hearts/spirits
have not yet renewed
all of their minds.
Hence they have unbelief
which is/includes a
God’s-Forgiveness-is-proportional-to-your-performance
kind of unbelief.
Believers
who have renewed all of their minds:
Have no unbelief.
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So,
ironically, unbelievers:
who don’t believing there is a God to impress
and so don’t have a
God’s-Forgiveness-is-proportional-to-your-performance
kind of unbelief
heal more readily than
not-quite-there-yet believers:
who have belief
but who also have a
God’s-Forgiveness-is-proportional-to-your-performance
kind of unbelief.
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UNBELIEF, & KEEPING YOUR HEALING
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However, though unbelievers, non-Christians:
may well heal more
easily
because they lack unbelief
they also:
lose that healing more easily
because they lack belief.
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If
you
have been miraculously healed
then, whether you are:
a believer,
an unbeliever,
or a ‘believer’,
, , , , ‘Believers’ are
people who don’t believe all that Jesus said:
, , , , are not (yet)
believers, but who think they are.
I’ve
found that a demon can, probably with much effort,
put back the symptoms you
used to have.
Though only the symptoms.
But if you then:
believe in your
spirit(core), that the Almighty succeeded
but doubt in your mind,
think that the Almighty failed,
then the demon, with little effort,
puts the whole illness back.
Or, if you believe that the
demon is greater than God,
or even that God
doesn’t exist, that only the demon exists,
then the demon, with ease,
will put the whole illness
back.
(This rolling over
& giving in
is the opposite of:
Jam c4 v7:
ctd
… Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you. KJV)
, , How can demons do physical things?
, , I explain in last twelve cells
, , (starting But how can demons act in non-verbal ways)
, , of earlier section: HOW DEMONS ARE
ABLE TO DO THINGS.
Or,
a demon may suggest some natural
explanation
for your miraculous healing:
that’s agreeable,
particularly to you,
that you would
believe instead of believing that
God healed you,
so that you don’t go to God
again.
Or, if you believe wrong religious teaching:
o that God is unloving or weak,
o or that God has not Forgiven all sins
past present
& future,
o or that God is doing you bad
in order to
do you good,
then the demon will:
deliver your expectations,
work on God’s
behalf anonymously,
ensure that your faith
is rewarded
and that God gets
all the credit.
, , , , Perhaps again see earlier section:
, , , , HOW DEMONS ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS,, ,
, , , , See last three cells (starting Our account with the Father)
, , , , of earlier section: THE TWO ACCOUNTS.
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Hence,
immediately a believer commands, in Jesus’ name,
a healing into an
unbeliever,
it’s vital to convey the
gospel to the unbeliever
so that they are equipped to
keep their healing.
, , See: YouTube: – Tom
Fischer: Street healing with Tom Fischer-
Atheist healed & saved.
Then they will be able to
rebuke/curse/command out
the symptoms or illness, in
Jesus’ name,
as soon as the demon puts
them back in.
, , See second half of: The
Believer’s Authority: Episode 6, Jan 7th 2013.
, , Perhaps see: YouTube:
– Aggressive Faith! Instant Healing Testimonies
...in Jesus' Name! Injuries, Disease, Flu,
Burn Wow!, , .
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Also,
if someone:
is miraculously healed,
and used to do some
sin/wrong
that, somehow,
demonically caused
their illness/condition,
then:
even though they’re now
healed,
if they go back to
doing that sin/wrong,
their illness/condition
will return. John c5 v1-14
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This site is called ‘How Christianity Works’.
So the principles in it aren’t necessarily ones you apply.
They are principles God’s Spirit applies:
It usually takes too long,
and is unnecessary,
for you to compute a
situation
so as to know what to do.
It’s quicker, simpler, and
more reliable,
to listen to, and to obey,
God’s Spirit.
Just believe, and renew your
mind accordingly.
, , See first cell of earlier section:
, , WHAT
IS A BELIEVER? WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? , , , , , ,
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UNBELIEF
IS A BREAK IN THE CIRCUIT
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As I wrote
earlier, on this webpage:
The
gospel
is simple.
Hence belief
a
neurological-model of the gospel
put
into the heart/spirit
that
the heart/spirit then copies into the mind
is
also simple.
So, as belief (in the heart/spirit) is simple,
only a small amount of unbelief (in the mind) is needed
to stop belief (in the
heart/spirit).
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Unbelief is a neurological electrical break,
in the mind, which is in the soul.
Unbelief is a:
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in a circuit of
in a circuit of
in a circuit of
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my soul does not want this
my heart/spirit wants this
I think God cannot do this
I believe God can do this
I think God does not want this
I believe God wants this
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break
wires
break
wires
break
wires.
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Normally I’d say:
unbelief in the patient . .
stops miracles
unbelief in spectators
. . . has no effect.
However, if the patient can see or hear spectators
and if those spectators:
have unbelief
and can be timely prompted
to speak, by demons,
then:
the patient can ‘catch’ unbelief from the spectators.
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Hence, if there was unbelief in
onlookers, Jesus would:
Lead the patient away from
onlookers who had unbelief.
Mark c8 v22-26:
Jesus healed the blind man of Bethsaida.
my abbn
Lead onlookers who had
unbelief away from the patient.
Mark c5 v22-24 & v35-43 & Luke c8 v41-42 & v49-56:
Jesus resurrected
a synagogue
ruler’s daughter. my abbreviation
Do the miracle quickly,
before crowds could run
to him & the patient.
Mark c9 v17-27
(Luke c9 v37-42):
Jesus healed a man’s possessed son. my abbreviation
Hence, if there was unbelief in onlookers,
and if Jesus could do none of the above,
he could do no miracles:
Mark c6 v5-6:
And he could there
do no mighty work,
save that he laid
his hands upon
a few sick folk,
and healed them.
And he marvelled
because of their unbelief. … ctd KJV
Matt c13 v58:
And he did not many mighty
works there
because of their unbelief. KJV
, , See other hindrances to healing
, , in last cell (starting: From a practical point of view though)
, , of earlier section: THE LORD’S PRAYER.
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Conversely,
a miracle did happen if Jesus was:
Unexpectedly prompted:
So that there was no time for unbelief
to be manifested in the
crowd
and then caught by
patient & helpers.
Luke c7 v11-15:
That
the widow’s son might rise from the dead
was not at all in
the minds:
of the
widow,
nor of any
of the large crowd. my abbn
Angry, forceful:
So that there was no way for unbelief
to be manifested in the
crowd
and then caught by
patient & helpers.
Mark c3 v1-6:
It
was a sabbath, and the Pharisees
threatened Jesus
with death
if he healed a
certain man that day.
But Jesus cared
more about the man
and was angry at
the Pharisees’
obviously wrong
attitude.
So Jesus healed
the man. my abbreviation
, , , , Perhaps see earlier section: ANGER & HATRED, , , ,
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