THE REWARD OF FAITH- BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE 1-29-2021
VIDEO GOD SPOKEN WORD 2
Believe in the Hebrew means to be firm. Believing is to remain firm. Firm in your devotion to God. Just like a stake in the ground supports a tent even in the storm.
“Believe in“ means more than just knowing something is true. Believe means staking your hope, obedience and your very life on God. Every hero of faith received a reward for believing God. To stand firm in life requires belief in God. When we believe and have taken a firm stand then we take an action which is rewarded.
Abraham believed God. He was firm even during the storms of his life. Because of Abraham‘s firm belief in God it allowed him to even consider sacrificing his son Isaac. Abraham trusted God. His stance produced as he became the father of all nations, generations and a blessing for his children.
HEB 11:6 And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faithknowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who give all their passion and strength into seeking him. TPT
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Heb 11:6 There is no substitute reward for faith. Faiths return exceeds any other sense of achievement. Faith knows that God is; those who desire to respond to his invitation and draw near, realize by faith that he is life‘s most perfect gift. Mirror
John 6:28 They then said, What are we to do, that we may [habitually] be working the works of God? [What are we to do to carry out what God requires?]
29 Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger]. AMP
Gen 15:6 And he [Abram] believed in (trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness (right standing with God). AMP
Gen 22:16-17 I solemnly promise you, by the glory of my own name, decrees Yahweh, because you have obeyed my voice and did not withhold from me your son your beloved son, I will greatly bless you! I will make sure your seed becomes as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sands of the seashore. Your offspring will take possession of the city gates of their enemies.
18 Because you have obeyed me the entire world will be blessed through your seed. TPT
James 2:19 You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that’s wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they’re unchanged—they remain demons.
20 O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?
21 Wasn’t our ancestor Abraham found righteous before God because of his works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 Can’t you see how his action cooperated with his faith and by his action faith found its full expression?
23 So in this way the Scripture was fulfilled: Because Abraham believed God, his faith was exchanged for God’s righteousness. So he became known as the lover of God!
24 So now it’s clear that a person is seen as righteous in God’s eyes not merely by faith alone, but by his works.
25 And the same is true of the prostitute named Rahab who was found righteous in God’s eyes by her works, for she received the spies into her home and helped them escape from the city by another route.
26 For just as a human body without the spirit is a dead corpse, so faith without the expression of good works is dead! TPT
Gen 26:4-5 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and I will one day give them all these lands. I will bless all the nations of the earth through your offspring because Abraham was faithful to me. He listen to my voice and yielded his heart to follow my direction. He kept my commandments, my instructions, and my teachings. TPT
Heb 11:17 Faith became a more tangible evidence of the promise then even Isaac could ever be to Abraham. Isaac neither fulfilled nor replaced the promise. Inspired by what faith saw, Abraham was ready to do the ridiculous; to sacrifice his own son, convinced that not even Isaac’s death could nullify the promise that God has made him.
18 Yet Abraham knew that God had said that his lineage of faith would be traced to Isaac! Mirror
Gen 15:1. Afterwards, the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision and said, “Abram, don’t yield to fear, for I am your faithful shield and your abundant reward.“ TPT
Heb 11:11 Because of faith also Sarah herself received physical power to conceive a child, even when she was long past the age for it, because she considered [God] Who had given her the promise to be reliable and trustworthy and true to His word.
12 So from one man, though he was physically as good as dead, there have sprung descendants whose number is as the stars of heaven and as countless as the innumerable sands on the seashore. AMP
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Heb 11:11 Sarah’s testimony of faith is just as amazing; she conceived and bore a child when it was humanly impossible. She believe that God would be faithful to his promise, and gave that belief authority over her life.
12 Faith brought into reality an offspring beyond calculation; from one as good as dead children would be born more numerous than the stars and as impossible to count as the grains of sand on every distant shore. Mirror
MOSES Heb 11:27 The rage of the king did not scare him when he abandoned Egypt; faith, giving substance to the invisible, made him brave.
28 His faith saw the Paschal lamb and the sprinkled blood on the door post as the salvation of the people.
29 By Faith they crossed the Red Sea on dry ground, but the Egyptian’s drowned when they follow them. Mirror
NOAH Heb 11:7 Noah received divine instructions to save his household from judgment; faith prompted him to construct the ark immediately, long before the rains were evident. His faith demonstrated the difference between judgment and justification. Mirror
Heb 12:1 So now the stage is set for us; all the faith heroes cheer us on, as it were like a great multitude of spectators in an amphitheater. This is our moment. As with an athlete who is determined to win, it would be silly to carry any baggage of the old law-system that would weigh one down. Make sure you do not get your feet clogged up with sin-consciousness. Become absolutely streamlined in faith. Run the race of your spiritual life with total persuasion. Mirror
MATT 8:26 But Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you gripped with fear? Where is your faith?” Then he stood up and rebukedthe storm and said, “Be still!” And instantly it became perfectly calm.
27 The disciples were astonished by this miracle and said to one another, “Who is this Man? Even the wind and waves obey his Word.” TPT
MK 16:16-20 Whoever believes the good news and is baptized will be saved, and whoever does not believe the good news will be condemned.
17 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues.
18 They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.”
19 After saying these things, Jesus was lifted up into heaven and sat down at the place of honor at the right hand of God!
20 And the apostles went out announcing the good news everywhere, as the Lord himself consistently worked with them, validating the message they preached with miracle-signs that accompanied them! TPT
Luke 8:13 “The seeds in the gravel are those who hear with enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm doesn’t go very deep. It’s only another fad, and the moment there’s trouble it’s gone.
14 “And the seed that fell in the weeds — well, these are the ones who hear, but then the seed is crowded out and nothing comes of it as they go about their lives worrying about tomorrow, making money, and having fun.
15 “But the seed in the good earth — these are the good-hearts who seize the Word and hold on no matter what, sticking with it until there’s a harvest. MSG
John 1:12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name — AMP
Jn 1:50 Jesus said, “so you believe me because I said that I saw you sitting under the tree? You haven’t seen anything yet!
51 Truely I saying to you, because of who I am, You will surely see this communication between the heavenly sphere and earth throne wide open and the angelic shepherd-messengers of God ascending and descending upon the incarnate Son of Man, heaven and earth meet in the incarnate one! Mirror
Jn 14:10 Are You not convinced that I am in the Father and the Father is it me? We are in seamless union. The words that I speak to you are not my independent opinion or ideas; the Father in me addresses you; this conversation then translates into the Fathers action unveiled in my doing.
11 The fact that the Father seems distant or invisible to you does not mean that he is absent. In me he is very present with you! You cannot claim to know me while you ignore him, we are inseparable. I dare you to believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me, if it seems far-fetched, then believe me because of what I have done and what I am about to do. It’s the Father in me who defines me. The work exhibits his resolve.
12 I I want you to be fully convinced about this, anyone whose belief concludes in who I am, will also do the works that I do. And because of my relocation to continue to be face-to-face with my Father, the works that the believer will do, will be of greater proportion and of global influence; the Father is as present in you as he is in me.
13 And whatever you desire in my name, that I will do that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Your sonship is endorsed in my Sonship.
14 If you ask me anything, and knowing what my name entitles you to, that will I perform. Mirror
Ro 3:22 Jesus is what God believes about you! In him the righteousness of God is on display in such a way that everyone may be equally persuaded about what God believes about them, regardless of who they are; there is no distinction. Mirror
Eph 1:19 I pray that you will be overwhelmed with an understanding of the magnitude of his power in the finished work of Christ. This is what results in the dynamic of your faith. Mirror
Heb 10:39 But we are not of the quitting kind; we possess a persuasion of soul that believes against all the odds. Mirror
Heb 10:35 Do not let this happy trust in the Lord die away, no matter what happens. Remember your reward! TLB