Understanding the Faith for Greater Works (Part 4)

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right in. Or how we receive faith? Romans 10

Romans 10:17

verse 17. Romans 10 verse 17. So then faith comes

Romans 10:17

by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Faith

comes by hearing and by hearing the word of God.

And we asked a question last Sunday. We said

which precise word of God do we hear to receive

faith? And we noted importantly that in different

dispensation, faith is received differently but

fundamentally through the Word of God, through

the Word of God. Hallelujah. So in Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 1:1

1 verse 1, Hebrews chapter 1 verse 1 and verse

Hebrews 1:1

2, in the Old Kingdom James says, God who at

sundry times and in diverse manners, He spoke.

He spoke in the time past to the fathers. He

spoke to the fathers in the time past by the

prophets. So this is how He spoke to them. You

know, He spoke to them by the prophets. So the

words that the prophets spoke to them were the

word of God. The prophets were speaking as the

mild piece of God. God was speaking through the

prophets, exposing them to His word. So the words

which the prophets were speaking Were the words

of God verse 2 says hath in these last days in

these last days Talking about our era Okay hath

in these last days spoken unto us by his son

Whom he had appointed heir of all things by whom

all so he made the world hallelujah So we'll

see that the method by which God to communicate

faith to us in our own generation is by the Son.

Okay? The method by which we receive faith is

by the Son. In the time past, God spoke through

the prophets and we established that what God

spoke to them was a promise concerning the Son.

All right? That the Word of God spoken to the

fathers was the Word of God was a promise. And

we see that the content or the central message

of what God spoke to them in types and shadows,

in different methods, in different analogies,

in different methods was centrally concerning

what He will do in the person of Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah. So the expectation then Was for them

to receive what God have said Just as for us

we agree what God have said and we receive what

God have said Okay, so for them it was a promise

that God made and the expectation was for them

to receive the word and then later on in Hebrews

of the four Precisely verse one and two I think

down we see where The writer will say that they

didn't accept what God said They didn't align

themselves with what God said but rather they

They were in unbelief. All right God spoke and

they didn't receive the word of God and they

become unbelievers So there's another example

that I want us to see in Numbers chapter 13 Numbers

Numbers 13 · chapter mention Numbers 13 · chapter mention

chapter 13 from verse From verse 1 God's dealing

with the children of Israel in Numbers chapter

Numbers 13 · chapter mention

13 From verse 1 to 3 let's see from verse 1 to

3 and the Lord spoke to Moses saying this is

what God spoke to Moses Send men to spy out the

land of Canaan Which I am giving to the children

of Israel, so how will the people of Israel get

the land of Canaan? How will they get the land

of Canaan? By going to take the land God said

that I am going to what I'm giving to the children

of Israel Which means that God is the one giving

in the land of Kenan. All right From each tribe

of their fathers. You shall send a man everyone

a leader among them So if they move into the

land of Israel or into the land of Kenan, what

are they doing? They are responding to what to

what God have said So can we say that their action

will be the action that is funded on faith? All

right God said is going to give it to them. So

when they move Their obedience of moving into

the land will be the walk of faith, right? So

send men to spy out the land of Canon verse 2

again Which I am giving to the children of Israel

from each tribe of their fathers You shall send

a man everyone a leader among them verse 3 So

mothers send them send them from will from the

willingness of parent according to the command

of the Lord All of the men of them men who were

heads of the children of Israel jumped to verse

26 verse 26 verse 26 yes now they departed now

they've gone to the land of kenna of kenna they've

spied the land verse 26 the context of what is

is that they've returned now they departed and

came back to moses and eron all the congregation

and all the congregation of each of children

of israel in the wilderness of paran at kadesh

they brought back words to them to all the congregation

and showed them the fruits of the land Then they

told him and said we went to the land where he

sent us it truly flows with milk and honey and

This is the fruit now milk and honey are figures

of speech in the land of Kenan We cannot see

milk flowing like water. So be very Wise as we

read the scriptures, right? You know what figure

of speech, ah? So nevertheless, the people who

dwell in the land are what? Are strong. The cities

are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw

the descendants of Anak there. The Amalakites

dwell in the land of the south, the Hittites,

the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the

mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea

and along the banks of the Jordan. Is it true?

What they said? Is it a fact? Hmm? What they

said concerning the land? Is it a land from where

we will make our honey? Yes. Is it a fruitful

land? Yes. Are there Amalakites there? Yes. Are

there... Jubusites, right? Are there people on

the land occupying the land? Yes. The Amalakites

dwell in the land of the south, the Hittites,

the Jubusites, and the Amorites dwell in the

mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea

and along the banks of the Jordan. This is factual.

Are we together? What have God said concerning

that land? I will give it to you. All right?

Then Caleb quieted the people because out of

the spies sent out there were two we'll see later

on. So one of the two that were unique from the

remaining ten was Caleb. Then Caleb quieted the

people before Moses and said let us go up at

once and take possession for we are well able

to overcome it. overcome what overcome all like

is in the land the people that were there were

able to overcome but the man who had grown up

with him said we are not able to go up against

the people for they are what they are stronger

than what than we divergence of what of testimony

okay one says we are able to take it another

one say we are not able to take it okay so From

the abundance of your heart Your mouth will speak

All right, and they gave the children of Israel

a bad word a battle port of the land Which they

had spied out saying the land through which we

have gone as spice is a land that devours its

inhabitants and all the people whom we saw in

it are men of great stature are men great statue

all right so let's jump to chapter 14 and see

how the story continues chapter 14 from verse

1 so all the congregation leader of their voice

look at the look look look at the result of the

report of the 10 the majority you know in our

world today the majority carry the divorce right

so the majority always have their say no the

minority will have their say But the majority

will have their their way. All right So all the

congregation lives over their voices and cried

and the people wept that night. Why why did they

weep? Their weeping was because of what they

heard Was because of what they heard All right.

God said something Okay And there was a report

they had and they were weeping because of the

bad report they received And all the children

of Israel complained. Look at the product of

their unbelief, their weeping. They complained

against Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation

and said to them, if only we had died in where?

In the land of Egypt. Now, I want you to understand

where they are. All right? They've journeyed

over years. They were just a few, I would say

a few steps into the promised land. They are

not far from the promised land. They've wondered

through the journey through the wilderness all

over these years and they are the point where

the journey is to just enter and then possess

And look at their complaint against Moses and

Aaron and the whole congregation said to them

if only we had died away in the land of Egypt

or If only we had died in the wilderness Why

has the Lord brought us now? They've moved from

Moses to the Lord. Why has the Lord brought us

to this land? to fall by the sword that our wives

and children should become victims will it not

be better for us to return to Egypt so they said

to one another let us select a leader and return

to Egypt then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces

before all the assembly of the congregation of

the children of Israel but Joshua the son of

Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh who were among

these those who have spied out the land, they

tore their clothes, right? They tore their clothes

and they spoke to all the congregation of the

children of Israel saying, the land we pass through

to spy out is an exceedingly good land. If the

Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into

the land, into this land and what? And give it

to us, okay? and give it to us, a land which

flows with milk and honey. Only do not rebel

against the Lord, nor fear the people of the

land, for they are our what? They are our what?

What does faith see? Faith sees different from

doubt, right? So, no fear the people of the land,

for they are our bread. Their protection has

departed from them. And the law is what is with

us Do not fear them. So what is the inspiration

of the testimony of Caleb and Joshua? The Lord

what Lord have said, right? What God have said

Okay, and all the congregation said To stone

them with stones Now the glory of the Lord appeared

in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children

of Israel so they wanted to stun them because

of the of their because of the statement of faith

they made then the Lord said to Moses how long

will these people reject me and how long will

they not believe so what was what what were they

expected to do to believe what God have said

right to believe me with all the signs which

I have performed among them they've seen the

miraculous dealings of God all through the wilderness

They've seen how God has preserved them. They've

seen how God has made provision for them. They've

seen how God has kept them They've seen how God

has navigated them through difficulties in the

wilderness even the experience they had in Egypt

and We may be quick to bash them terribly for

their own belief and that Could be our own disposition

today All right We've seen how God have saved

us in Christ. Okay, the salvation we've experienced

We believe that we are saved by grace. We believe

they were eternally saved We believe that we

are preserved by God. We believe that to the

autumn was we are able to be kept in the grace

of God We've seen God's divine protection. We've

seen God's divine provision. We've experienced

the goodness of God in diverse ways But it seems

as though What our eyes is seeing in the physical

Has erased whatever testimony with experience

of God has nullified the entirety of the goodness

of God So the journey ahead of us right seems

to be You know Overshadowing all that God has

done for us. We forget the goodness of we forget

the faithfulness of what we forget the preservation

of God We forget all the things that God has

done For 40 years these men have been eating

without cooking. Manas was falling from heaven.

The Bible says their clothes did not tear for

those years. They've seen what has come out of

rock. They've seen the cloud and all the miraculous

things that God has done but yet their attention

is grounded. on what on what they see in the

fiscal then they they are they they trash aside

or they push aside what God have said I will

strike them this is what was saying with pestilence

and dis inherit them and I will make of you a

nation greater than greater and mightier than

them and Moses said to the Lord then the Egyptians

will hear it for by your mind you brought for

by your mind you brought out you brought these

people from among them and they will tell it

to the inhabitants of this land they have heard

that you you lord among these people that you

lord are seen face to face and your cloud stands

above them and you go before them in a pillar

of cloud by day and a pillar of cloud fire by

night now if you kill these people as one man

then the nations which have heard of your theme

will speak saying Because the Lord was not able

to bring these people to the land which he swore

to give them Therefore he what he killed them

in the wilderness And now I pray let the power

of the Lord be great just as you have spoken

seen the Lord is what? It's long -suffering All

right, the Lord is long -suffering and abandoning

mercy. This is the character of God forgiving

iniquity and transgression but he by no means

clears the guilty visiting us the iniquity of

the fathers on the children to the third and

the fourth generations pardon the iniquity of

these people I pray according to the greatness

of your mercy just as you have forgiven these

people from Egypt even until now then the law

said I have pardoned according to your word but

truly as I live All the earth shall be filled

with what? All the earth shall be filled with

what? With the glory of the Lord. Right? Even

their unbelief cannot stop the earth from being

filled with the glory of the Lord. Because all

these men who have seen my glory and the signs

which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and

have put me to the test. Now these 10 times,

10 times. And I've not heeded my voice. They

were meant to heed the voice of God. They were

meant to hear what God said and live in agreement

what God said. They certainly shall not see the

land of which I swore to their fathers. All right?

Nor shall any of these who rejected me see it.

So we'll read to the end, we'll discover that

all these men that refuse to believe the word

of God couldn't enter the promised land. couldn't

enter the land of kenan okay they couldn't enter

the kenan land and hebrews will speak of them

thus in hebrew chapter 3 verse 14 hebrews 3 verse

Hebrews 3:14

14 says for we have become partakers of christ

talking about the believer here if we hold the

beginning of our confidence steadfast to the

end while it says today if you will hear this

voice do not harden your heart as in the rebellion

so when you hear what are you supposed to do

not to harden your heart in unbelief right as

in the rebel for who have you heard the people

of easel haven't heard what do they hear they

hear the word of god right but they rebel indeed

was it not all who came out of egypt led by moses

now with whom was he angry for 40 years was it

not with those who sinned what was their sin

they refused to accept what god said they refused

to believe in what god said whose corpses fell

in the wilderness and to whom did he swear that

they will not enter his rest but to those who

did not obey so entering the rest is a product

of what of obeying okay so we see that they could

not enter in because of what because of unbelief

because of unbelief verse 20 okay move down to

uh chapter 14 chapter 4 verse 6 right chapter

4 verse 6 4 verse 6 yes since therefore it remains

that some must enter it and those to whom it

was first preached did not enter because of what

because of disobedience okay again he designates

a certain day saying in david the prophecy of

david today after such a long time as it has

been said today if you will hear his voice do

you know what Not having your heart. So when

you hear the voice of the Lord when you hear

the word of the Lord The expectation is that

we want we accept the word of the Lord for if

Joshua had given them rest Okay, then he will

not after what have spoken of another day there

remains therefore arrest For the people of God

for he was enter his rest has himself also ceased

from his works as God did from his from his let

us therefore be diligent to enter that Rest less

anyone fall according to the same example of

disobedience. Hallelujah So the conduct of the

Israelites was used as an example to teach us

faith. Are we together? It's used by the writer

here to talk about the faith Alright, the faith

that we have is a function of what of obedience

and obedience is to what God have said Hallelujah

So the expectation is that God said something

and what do we do? We receive what God said.

We anchor our life on what God has said and we

receive the faith of God. Hallelujah. So to the

Israelites, we see that it is a promise that

God made. Okay. And then they were expected to

receive the promise of God. In the four gospels,

faith was received in the four gospels. What

did they believe in the four gospels? What did

they believe? The people in the Old Testament

in court believe in a promise. What about those

in the four gospels? What do they believe? John

John 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1. Let's read from verse 1. John chapter

1 John 1 · chapter mention

1. Now the reason why we have to go this way

is to help us that next time when we begin to

look at the works of faith, we will begin to

live with, we will begin to work with understanding,

all right? That we will not want to live as those

who that are in the in the Old Testament because

we are living in the reality of what God has

done. Hallelujah. John chapter 1 from verse 1.

John 1 · chapter mention

In the beginning was the word And the word was

with God and the word was God He was in the beginning

with God all things were made through him and

without him nothing was made that was made in

him was life and the life was the light of men

and the light shines in a darkness and Darkness

did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from

God whose name was John this man came for a witness

to bear witness of the light that all through

him might believe he was not that light but was

sent to bear witness of that light that was a

true light which gives light to every man coming

into the world he was in the world and the world

was met through him and the world did not know

him he came to his own and his own did not receive

him verse 12 important look at verse 12 carefully

but as many as received him okay as many as received

him he gave the right to what to become the children

of god to those who what who believe in his name

stop there verse 12 stop at verse 12 he gave

the right to become the sons of god hallelujah

so to those who what who believe in his name

Hold on to this verse 12. We'll come back to

it later on. Give me verse 45. We're trying to

look at what did they believe in the gospels.

All right. Philip found Nathaniel and said to

him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law.

OK, Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote.

What did they write about? What is the center

of what they wrote about? Jesus of Nazareth,

the son of who? Of Joseph. so what they are saying

is that they found the messiah that was spoken

of in the prophets okay spoken of by moses and

the prophets so they believe that jesus is what

is the promise all right they accepted jesus

as what as the promised messiah very important

john chapter 8 verse 30 john chapter 8 verse

John 8:30 John 8:30

30 we see constantly in the in the gospels that

they believe him all right what did they believe

and he spoke these words look at the context

he spoke these words and the bible says many

believed in him okay many believed in jesus verse

chapter 7 verse 31 chapter 7 verse 31 john chapter

John 7:31

7 verse 31 and many of the people believe in

him they believe who they believe in jesus and

said when the christ comes he will do more science

than this which this man has done so what do

they believe about him if he is not the Christ

so they are looking forward to a Christ what

do they believe hmm okay let's move on to the

10 verse 42 John chapter 10 verse 42 and many

John 10:42

believed in him there he will go there he will

teach okay and then he will do miracles and the

Bible says they believe in him chapter 10 verse

37 chapter 10 verse 37 if i do not if i do if

i do not Do the works of my father Do not believe

me. Okay, that is to say by his works They are

expected to believe that he is who God says he

is I read together Matthew chapter 16 verse 15

Matthew 16:15–16

to 16. Let's see what the disciples themselves

by the words of Peter Matthew 16 verse 15 to

Matthew 16:15–16

16 Matthew 16 verse 15 to 16 So Jesus said are

Matthew 16:15–16

you know? 15 16 15 Matthew 16 15 Yes, he said

to them, but who do you say? I am was 16 Simon

Peter answered and said you are the Christ the

Son of the Living God. All right, you are the

Christ a Christ the Son of the Living God meaning

that Jesus Christ is The Messiah has been promised.

All right, if you go to the altar cement, there's

a prophecy Concerning the Christ concerning the

Messiah and what they believe about Jesus is

that he is that promise So they were meant to

believe that Jesus is the Son of God Okay, he

is the anointed one. He is the one that has been

promised The one that has been sent into the

world. This was the only revelation of God's

word. You could understand right this It's what

they were meant to believe that Jesus is what

God says he is that he is a promised All right,

we'll see it even at the baptism. Okay, when

a voice was heard God trying to affirm that this

is the one All right, and even in his dealings

with the disciples will see that He God tried

to reveal Jesus as the promise who has been promised

in the in the by the prophets and the prophets

and the writings of Moses and the Psalms Hallelujah

So in John chapter 1 verse 12, he says he gave

John 1:12

the right to become the sons of God. During the

time of Jesus Christ, was any man a son of God?

Was any man the son of God? Why? Why was no one

a son of God? Somebody say is because it was

blasphemous. It's true. But the only way by which

a man can be a son of God, right, is by Jesus

dying. Okay, without him dying, nobody could

come into that, you know, with God. Are we together?

So it was until The redemption walk is complete.

No one could become the son of god But the john

John 1:12

chapter 1 verse 12 says as many as believe he

gave him the right to become the sons of god

Okay, so at that moment they believe him as what

as the messiah They believe him as one the god

have sent did they become the sons of god at

that moment? They believe him. No, it was not

possible All right. Jesus was the only begotten

son as of that moment in the redemption We became

what? We became sons of God. He no longer becomes

the only begotten. We became the sons of God

at the redemption after the redemptive work has

been completed. So in the Gospels, we can say,

we can say this, right? We can see by this evidence

we have that a ticket was given, okay? But no

one could become a son until the death and the

resurrection of Jesus Christ. A promise was given,

all right? But until the resurrection, no one

will enter into that reality. Are we together?

So the gospel in the in the gospels, the gospel

message in the gospels was not a complete message.

Do you agree? The gospel message in the gospels

in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, when we read

through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, we see

the gospel not complete. All right. Because until

Jesus dies and rise again, no one could enter

the reality of all the things that God as promised

in Christ. So even if the gospel is preached

and many believe, they could not enter the reality

of what has been promised because Jesus has not

died, Jesus has not made it available as of that

moment. Are we together? So we are able to see

that the gospel preached even by Jesus Christ

could not make any man born again, all right?

Could not make any man Any time the reality of

those things away said were promised so we'll

see that even in that context this man They preach

the gospel they went out to preach in Luke chapter

Luke 9:1–10

9 verse 1 to 10 We'll see that Jesus Christ gave

them power and I went out alright and in that

in that with that understanding that they had

about who Jesus is With that I will say partial

revelation Okay, we pass that partial revelation.

We'll see that they went about exercising an

authority casting our devils Alright healing

the sick and they came back rejoicing even when

they have not received in what in totality They

promise the men of all who look through the book

of Hebrews the Bible will say that they did wonders

They they they were exceptional men. They did

mighty works. All right by believing the Word

of God What about us that have the reality in

dwelling in us? We have the fullness and the

complete package in his path the perfected work

of God in us. We are able to do Greater works

than even the work that they did because we have

the fullness of the promise of God in us The

work of God has been accomplished in us We are

the beneficiary of the perfection of God's work

So if they move a mile By virtue of our own ability

God working in us All right, we should even to

work more than what they did. Hallelujah. Now

the disciples I said this I think the first day

I started talking about this faith for greater

works. I say that the disciples could not believe

the resurrection. If we go through John chapter

John 20 · chapter mention

20, let's look at John chapter 20, the story

John 20 · chapter mention

of the resurrection. John chapter 20 from verse

John 20 · chapter mention

one. Now we're trying to differentiate, okay,

how faith came in different dispensation. So

now we will now anchor on where we are right

now, how we receive faith and how we can go about

preaching the faith. Hallelujah. John chapter

John 20 · chapter mention

20 from verse one. Now on the first day, of the

week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early while

it was still dark and saw that the stones had

been taken away from the tomb. Why did she go

to the tomb? Did she go to check whether Jesus

has rise again from the dead? They should go

to check. Ah, let me go and check what Jesus

said, whether it's true, whether he says after

three days I will rise again from the dead. What

took her to the grave is not faith. Are we together?

What took her to the grave to see verse two?

verse 2 then she ran and came to Simon Peter

and to the other disciples whom Jesus loved and

said to them they have taken away the Lord out

of the tomb and we do not know where they laid

him which means that she was expected to go and

find the dead body of Jesus in the tomb so her

report of the empty tomb is that someone have

taken him away away together look at Peter verse

3 and Peter therefore went out and the other

disciples were going to the tomb what were they

going to confirm what she said whether it is

true that Jesus has rose from the dead, whether

it is true that his body has been stolen, was

false. So they both ran together and the other

disciples outrun Peter. This is John writing

his own. He outrun Peter and came to the tomb

first and he is stooping down and looking and

saw the linen clothes lying there, yet he did

not go in. then Simon Peter came following him

and went into the tomb and he saw the linen clothes

lying there and the handkerchief that had been

around his head not lying with the linen clothes

but folded together in a place by itself then

the other disciples who came to the tomb first

that's John went it also and saw and he believed

what did he believe he believed that the body

of Jesus was stolen because actually was because

of what they heard from the the woman the Mary

right so they went to see whether it is true

so he now believed that the body was what was

stolen for as yet they did not know this knowing

is by revelation as yet they did not know the

scripture that he must rise again from the dead

have they been reading it was jesus telling them

that he will rise again from the dead has he

been teaching them from mal from genesis to madakai

that him will die he will suffer he will die

and then he will rise again so will this be that

they did not know that scripture that jesus will

rise again this knowledge is it just that they

do not know this knowledge is a revelational

knowledge hallelujah is a knowledge that comes

from the point of faith and i said this the last

time i said this can only happen by the spirit

of god this can only happen by the spirit of

god but mary stood outside by the tomb weeping

and was As she wept, she stopped down and looked

into the tomb and she saw two angels in white

sitting, one at the end at the head and the other

at the feet where the body of Jesus had lain.

Then they said to her, woman, why are you weeping?

And she said to them, because they have taken

away the Lord and I do not know where they had

laid him. Now, when she had said this, she turned

around and saw Jesus standing there. and did

not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to a woman,

why are you weeping? Who are you seeking? She

supposing to be the gardener, said to him, Sir,

if you have carried him away, tell me where you

had laid him and I will take him away. Jesus

said to her, Mary, she turned and said to him,

Rabboni, which is to say teacher. Jesus said

to her, do not cling to me for I have not yet

ascended to my father, but to my brethren. Go

to my brethren brother and say to them i'm ascending

to my father and your father And to my god and

your god mary magdalene came and told the disciples

That she had seen the lord and that he has spoken

these things to her hallelujah Now let's move

to verse 24 and see one superman verse 24 now

thomas Call the twin one over 12 was not with

them When Jesus came the order disciples therefore

said to him we have seen the Lord So he said

to them look at his reply to him unless I see

in his hands The print of the nails and put my

finger into the prints of the nails and put my

hand into his side I will not what I will not

believe and after eight days His disciples were

again inside and Thomas with them said that it

was with them Jesus came the door being shut

and stood in the midst and said peace to you

then he said to the Thomas reach your finger

here and look at my hands and reach your hands

here and put into my side do not be unbelieving

but what but be but be believing right and Thomas

answered and said to you my lord oh my god you

said to him Thomas because you have seen me You

have believed. All right Bless are those who

have not seen and yet have a belief Bless are

those who have not seen seen what the resurrection

right and had what and I believe now this I Said

the last time that this speaks of the church

era reality. All right this believing Right has

to do has to be by the Spirit of God You know

the reason why you are able to believe that Jesus

was from there is because of the Spirit of God

Present this facts to another person that is

all of the spirit. He will tell you you are funny

What you're saying is gibberish Because to him

is not given the ability to understand unless

he choose he unless he he he's presented the

gospel and then he what? He accepts it. Are we

together? So Thomas demonstrated unbelief in

the resurrection just as all the disciples and

the apostles because As of that moment, no one

was able to believe the resurrection because

the resurrection reality can only be believed

by the help of the Spirit of God. Hallelujah!

So the disciples on their way to Emmaus will

see in Luke 24 verse 26 to 35 will see them also,

Luke 24:26–35

you know, in their unbelief, speaking about all

the things that has happened, and they were terribly

in unbelief. They didn't believe the resurrection,

alright? They believed Jesus. They were disciples

of Jesus. They believed Him to be the Messiah,

but the resurrection was something else. So it

is not expected that they should believe in the

resurrection. It is not expected at that moment.

Because in fact they don't have the ability to

believe all right understanding the revelation

Concerning the resurrection can only be by the

spirit of God Can only be bought by what by the

spirit of God so by implication it takes feet

of God It takes the feet of God that which can

only be done by God through the spirit to believe

the gospel that we preach today Okay, that is

the implication. It means that it is only by

the spirit of God Okay, it is only by the work

of the spirit of God in the heart of a man to

believe the gospel that we preach today. So no

wonder Paul will say that when we came to you,

we didn't come by what? Lovely speech, not by

motivational speech, not by any form of wisdom

of men, or by what? By the demonstration. The

gospel is the demonstration of the Spirit of

God. It's only by the Spirit of God that men

can believe the gospel. So Jesus will say in

John chapter 16, verse 7 to 15, when we read

John 16:7–15

through, He will promise them of the Spirit,

right? The things I tell you, I go. It's better

for you that I go. because if I don't go the

spirit will not come but if I go the spirit will

come and he will tell you all things right he

will take the things I've been saying and what

he will do he will reveal them unto you all right

so we will see in the resurrection the work of

the spirit convicting men that's his work that

conviction is what what is that conviction giving

proofs all right of the resurrection In the spirit,

by the spirit we see the way by which a man believes.

The spirit is the one walking in the heart of

man to believe, giving the ability to believe.

Hallelujah! I wish I have time, I could have

gone further. But see, let me stop here. A man

that is dead cannot believe. A man that is dead

does not have the ability to believe. When you

go to preach and you tell a man that is dead

to believe, he does not have the ability to believe.

Alright? God will ask the prophet Ezekiel, can

these dry bones come to life? Can these dry bones

come to life by itself? said lord only you know

and then god said speak to the dry bones and

then he spoke to it and then he came to life

right until the world came there's no life all

right so then we'll ask them what should the

unbelief someone that have not had the ghost

what is his responsibility his responsibility

is to hear that is his responsibility because

faith comes by what it comes by hearing okay

it comes by hearing let me close with this let

me close with this romance of the 10 because

romance of the 10 verse 13 seems to say that

faith that faith come by confession Romans 10

Romans 10 yes that if you confess verse 9 if

you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and

believe in your heart that God has risen from

the dead you will be saved for with their heart

one believes unto righteousness and with a mouth

confession is made unto salvation for the scripture

says whoever believes on him will not be put

to shame for There is no distinction between

the jew and the greek for the same lord over

all is rich to all who call upon him verse 13

And verse 9 verse 13 numbers and look at them

clearly They seem to speak that what says for

whoever calls on the name of the lord shall be

safe And we think that by calling the name of

the lord then the man will be safe What does

it mean? Can a man call the name of the lord

and be safe? Look at the next verse how then

can Can they call on Him whom they have not believed?

How can they call on Him who have not believed?

Which means that for them to call, they must

believe, all right? You can't call on to someone

you've not believed, isn't it? So for them to

call on to someone, they must first of all believe.

How can they believe? Let's look at the next

verse. So how shall they believe in whom they

have not heard? So for them to believe, they

must hear, all right? They must hear. Okay, and

how shall they hear without a preacher and how

shall they preach unless they are sent as is

written How beautiful are the feet of those who

preach the gospel of peace who bring glad tidings

of good things? But they have not all obeyed

the gospel for isaiah says lord who has believed

our report verse 17 critically So then faith

comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god.

Hallelujah So a man received faith by hearing

You can't go to an unbeliever and tell him to

speak of something that he has not heard and

he has not accepted. Hallelujah. So to us, faith

comes by the word of God. Faith is founded and

faith is is within the boundary of the word of

God. Outside the word of God, there is no faith

of God. So when the word of God is spoken, a

man received the word and the spirit produces

faith in him and is able to believe Jesus is

able to believe God. so our responsibility is

to go and speak speak the word of God to preach

the word of God that they might hear the word

of God just want to just thank God for thus far

the understanding we've received in the world

that is all about God and what he has done in

us it is by his spirit that is quickening us

that's quickening us and is still strengthening

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