PASTOR DARRYL BAKER

Mark 9:23
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

There is nothing impossible for those who walk in Bible faith. As 2 Corinthians 4:18 says bible faith does not consider, does not focus on, nor talk about these things in the natural, but instead focuses on the Word of God. So, faith does not look at what is seen, it does not become occupied with what you are facing, but it looks at and becomes occupied with what is not seen, the promise of God’s Word that is not yet manifested.

Faith believes in the heart not the head what God has promised to us. Once you have faith in your heart, faith then speaks in line with what one believes, and then faith acts upon the Word of God. Begin by finding scripture that gives you the promise of what you are believing for. Meditate on those verses until they become real to your inner man (your spirit man). One does this by declaring those truths to yourself continually, proclaiming them as scripture revels as already yours.

Keep declaring God’s Word until you believe it in your heart, and then when you believe it keep declaring it. Faith also acts upon the Word of God, for faith without corresponding action is dead. We must act upon what God’s Word says. Begin taking steps of faith in line with His promises. What man says is impossible, God says is possible to them that believe. Just believe!

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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

Jesus in this verse gives three references about Himself. Let’s take a look at them. The first thing Jesus reveals is that He is the way. The word used here refers to a means of access. Jesus is the only means of access to the Father. It is by faith in His finished work alone that we can return to the Father, and we therefore become a new creature in Christ. In coming back to the Father we can learn about who we now are as a new creation for we have found the way to receive a new spirit man within, united with God.

He is also the Truth. This word is defined as ultimate reality. In John 1:14 Jesus is described as the Word that became flesh. In John 17:17 Jesus declared that the Word is Truth. He did not say the Word is true but Truth. When we accept what the Truth says about any given situation we face in our life, what we are facing may be true, but the Truth has the ability to change what is true in the natural. When we take the Truth of God’s Word and begin to declare them over the circumstances we face, His Truth will set us free.

Finally He is the life. This refers to the divine life we can now live, doing the very things Jesus Himself did, which is living out divine life, not just a mere biological means of existence. Jesus Himself said in John 14:12, if you believe in Him, the works He did we can do also. That is living in divine life. So, through Jesus we can come to know who we are in Christ as He has provided the way for us to be born again, we can also know what we now have in Him by learning the Truth, and we can live a completely new way of life through our faith in Him. He is the way, the Truth, and the life that has made this available to all who come to Him.

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Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

When a boxer steps into a ring, he does so to fight an opponent in hopes he will be the champion and win the fight. As believers once born again, we do not step into the ring of life trying to win a battle against our enemy, we step into the ring because we are the champion. Jesus already defeated our enemy! To enforce this victory that is already ours we must do three things as revealed in the scripture above.

1. Understand the power of Jesus’ blood, and what that blood did for us. His blood cleansed us and recreated us in the image of God. His blood has redeemed us and given us victory over satan. We must walk in the revelation of what His blood has done for us.
2. We must have a confession in line with what His shed blood accomplished for us. When believers talk defeat and talk the problem instead of declaring the victory that is already theirs, they are not going to walk in the victory that belongs to them. It is our testimony of what Christ has done that causes us to rise up to our place in Christ.
3. We must also stop loving our old carnal nature’s way of life. That old nature has been crucified with Christ. We now yield to our new nature within.

Do these three things and you can walk in the victory that is already yours!

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Acts 20:24
But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

A golden rule to finishing your race, not abandoning your walk with Christ, and never turning from the ways of the Lord; you must learn to not allow things to move you. Too many believers are moved away from church, the Bible, a godly confession, christian fellowship, godly leadership, and fellowship with God because of things that happen in their life. Notice in this verse how we avoid allowing such things to affect us. We are not to count our lives dear to ourselves. Translation, stop living for you.

As a believer in Christ, we were bought at a price and we belong to God, therefore we should live for Him. When you live for God, you can’t get your feelings hurt, nor do you allow what happens around you to take control of how you live, for you are following after Christ. This is how you live a joy filled life, for you stop focusing on the things of the world which do not bring true joy but only fleeting happiness.

But the joy of the Lord is a powerful and constant strength to your life. When you live for God and He is why you get up everyday, life takes on a whole new view, a life filled with the goodness and the glory of our God. Live your life for God and not for yourself, and you will no longer be tossed around by the challenges of life but instead overcome them because you cannot be moved.

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Matthew 9:36
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

Simple question for every believer to think about. If Jesus gifted certain believers to be shepherds over a local flock, why would He do so? If you are someone who does not have a church that you actually go to with a pastor that Jesus anointed to be there, why would He give such gifts to men if in fact He did not want you to attend church and be connected to a shepherd?

If Jesus knew that you did not need a church body and a shepherd to pastor you, then there was no need for Him to place such a calling on their life. Jesus was moved with compassion for those who did not have a shepherd. He said they were weary and scattered. Weary means to trouble and annoy. Scattered means without the protection of a shepherd. For those not connected and attending a local church with an anointed shepherd, you are a much easier target for satan.

Jeremiah 3:15 also states that the Lord gave shepherds to feed you with knowledge and understanding. This knowledge and understanding are crucial for every believer living in these last days to be protected from the deception of our enemy. If you do have an anointed shepherd but you are not consistent in going to church, you are missing out on the knowledge and understanding God has for you. In Hosea 4:6 God said His people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. Jesus anointed your shepherd to help protect you, and to help you become a disciple of Christ.

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Matthew 11:28-29
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

In the book of Hebrews, we are told the children of Israel did not enter into the rest God had for them because they did not obey what God told them to do. The Bible calls this unbelief. Unbelief is when we hear what God’s Word says, but we choose not to believe and therefore act upon His Word. We instead choose to do life our own way. In doing so we are not taking His yoke upon us and learning from Him, and therefore we are going to be heavy laden in life, not experiencing the liberty He has provided for us.

But when we come to Jesus and get born again and then come to the Word of God and learn of all He has done and choose to walk by faith, we find rest for our souls. Our soul (our mind) needs to be renewed to learn of what Christ has done for us. This is how we take His yoke upon us. A yoke is what they put two animals in side by side to pull a cart or a plow. This made it much easier for each animal because they were not pulling alone. When we learn of what He has done and choose to exercise our faith in Him, life becomes much easier.

Walking in unbelief is based on living life according to the ways of man, but faith is based on the facts of God’s Word. Walk by faith, choosing to come to the Word of God and not questioning what He says, but just believing in and acting up His Truth. When we do so then we will walk in His rest as we see our faith in God work for us. For when you walk by faith and not by sight, you have taken His yoke upon you and are therefore resting in God.

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John 8:44
The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies.

One of the primary tactics of the devil is to manipulate and take advantage of people through fear. Whenever you make a decision in life based on fear, you are headed the wrong direction. If we have made a decision based on being afraid, then we have accepted a lie from the father of lies himself. Jesus said in Luke 12:32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

We are to walk in the fear of the Lord, which means to have an awe and reverence for God. But to make choices in life because you are afraid of sickness, disease, or things in this world based on fear means you have believed a lie. Knowing the Truth will set you free from making decisions based on fear that will only lead you into bondage. Satan wants to control your life, and when we choose lies over the Truth, we are following the way of fear.

God’s Word tells us that greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world. This greater One who lives in you is greater than anything you will face in life. To not give in to the lies we must base what we believe on the Truth of God’s Word. Knowing the Truth will set you free from the lies of satan. Making choices based on fear will always lead to bondage, but making choices based on the Truth will liberate you from this liar and his deceptive ways.

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1 Timothy 1:19
Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.

As a believer, a key to living a victorious life is clinging to our faith in Christ Jesus. When we do so we are walking by faith (what God has said), and not by sight (what we see in the natural), believing in what Christ has done for us. If we lose our confidence in God through sinful actions as 1 John 3:21 teaches, this will undermine our faith walk. One of the things that helps us to know when we are doing so is our conscience. Deliberately ignoring this voice can shipwreck our faith.

When a ship became shipwrecked in the days of the Bible, it was usually because the ship had run aground on a sand bar or was sunk because it ran into rocks under the surface. In either case that ship is going nowhere. This is what can happen to a believer’s faith if they do not pay attention to their conscience. The conscience is the voice of our spirit man within (Romans 9:1). If we reject the voice of our spirit, we to can shipwreck our faith, causing it to go nowhere.

The conscience or voice of our spirit is where we learn to follow the guidance of our spirit man, which when born again will lead us in line with the Word of God. When we ignore our conscience, we can get out line with the Word. Our conscience will reveal when we have missed it with God, and if we listen and repent, we maintain our confidence toward God and our faith remains active. Listen closely to your conscience so that you do not shipwreck your faith.

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Hebrews 11:39
All these people were known for their faith,…

All of these people spoken of in Hebrews 11 were known for their faith in God because they walked by faith and not by sight, putting their complete trust in Him, and so can we. In the verses that follow the above scripture in Hebrews 12:1-3, we find some key nuggets of truth that will help us in our faith walk so that we can be known for our faith, our complete trust in God. Let’s look at them together.

We must lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily ensnares us. The weight referred to is anything that is keeping us from our walk with God. Anything that keeps you from knowing God better is hindering you from putting your trust in Him. We also need to lay aside sinful acts that will deceive us and as 1 John 3:21 tells us, sin will hinder our confidence in God. We must also have endurance to live by faith, simply meaning we don’t back down, nor do we ever stop trusting and believing our God.

Next, we are told to look unto Jesus, who is the author and finisher of our faith. This statement in the original language means we give Him our undivided attention. Jesus is the Word (John 1:14), so we never take our eyes off of what God’s Word says. In doing so we are only considering Him, the Word of God, not our circumstances. Faith never takes its focus off of what God has said. So, learn to apply these truths in your daily life, and you to can be known for your faith in God.

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Matthew 8:17
This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”

Jesus at Calvary carried away sickness and disease for us all. The prophecy of Isaiah 53:4-5 has been fulfilled. All we have to do is receive by faith in our hearts what He has already done for us. Healing comes from the Spirit of God, and it manifests in the physical body. Healing is a part of the salvation package purchased for us, for by the stripes He bore in His body, we are healed.

Acts 10:38 reveals that healing is for everyone as Jesus Himself was anointed by God and went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Many often question if it is God’s will to heal them, but Jesus proved it is His will for us to be healed, for no one who ever came to Jesus for healing was ever turned away.

Take the scriptures that reveal healing in the Bible and meditate on them until they become real to your inner man, your spirit. As you continually declare those verses to yourself faith will come, for faith comes by hearing, and hearing by God’s Word. Scripture reveals to us in Proverbs 4:22 that God’s Word is a medicine to all our flesh. Keep taking His medicine by declaring His Word on healing over yourself, and you can receive what He has already done. Here is a great resource for healing: https://cffchurch.com/healing.

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