Luke 18:8b
But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Have you ever thought about this statement from Jesus? In the previous verses He speaks of a widow who goes to an unjust judge that neither has regard for man, nor a reverence for God. But she doesn’t allow what she sees in this unjust judge to detour her. She continues to come and plead with this “unjust judge” (who is nothing like our God), and because she is not detoured by what she sees in him she gets her answer.

There have been many wrong analogies of these scriptures. Some will say you keep bombarding God with your requests and He will eventually answer you. But Jesus even tells us that our Father will avenge us speedily, and He is not an unjust judge. To understand the power of what Jesus said, simply define what one who walks by faith is like. We are to walk by faith, never allowing what we see to detour us from believing in and acting upon and in line with the Word of God. That widow did not allow what she saw to discourage her.

If you walk by faith, then what you see in the natural never detours you from trusting in God and therefore walking in line with His Word and His plan for us. You don’t allow circumstances to get to you. So many claim to walk by faith, but they allow what they see or feel too affect what they then say or do instead of what God has said. So this is what Jesus was talking about. When He comes will He actually find people who have chosen to act upon His Word and never allow what they see detour them from doing so. Remember, faith without works (corresponding action) is dead.
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John 15:7
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

This is one of the most powerful truths in the Bible. Think about what Jesus said here. To abide means to be one with. We abide in Jesus when we become born again and take the time to walk with Him, staying in fellowship with the Lord. His Word must also abide in us. One translation of this verse tells us His Word must come alive in us.

The Word coming alive in you means that Word is producing faith within your heart. This is a vital key for us to see this verse of scripture work for us. Many may have head knowledge of God’s Word, but that is not the same as His Word coming alive within your heart. Until it does, it will not have the power to produce through us what God has said. The only way God’s Word comes alive in us is by hearing the Truth of God’s Word proclaimed, not man-made religion.

This takes more then just sitting and listening to the Word preached. You must give the Word of God your full attention. Beyond hearing the Word preached in church, you need to proclaim God’s Word to yourself until it becomes real to you. When it does, faith is present; and as you remain one with Jesus, and His Word becomes alive in you, you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you.
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Corinthians 11:28-29
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

When we receive communion scripture teaches us that if we do not rightly discern the Lord’s body this is the reason why many are weak, sick, and some die early. When we rightly discern His body we have properly judged ourselves. We discern the Lord’s body three ways:

1. Acknowledging the stripes of Jesus that paid for your bodily healing. With the stripes that wounded Him, we are healed and made whole. This is not a promise, it is a fact already established.
2. Do not speak evil of other believers for they are a part of the body. If we slander and gossip about other believers, we are speaking harm to ourselves.
3. Recognize who you are in Christ Jesus and do not belittle yourself, for you are His body whom He has purchased. When we do not recognize who we are in Christ, we will be hindered in receiving what we have in Christ.

So if we want to walk in health and healing we must learn to discern the Lord’s body. When we do, we can experience the benefit of what Jesus purchased for us through the blood He shed; and through the body that He gave for us as He not only bore our sins, but He bore our sickness, disease, pain and suffering. Rightly discern the Lord’s body and you can receive what He has provided for you.
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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 is the way to the Father. It is only through Him that we can be reconciled to God. He is also the way Maker. He can make a way when there seems to be no way. If we look to Him, the author and finisher of our faith, He will provide a way for us. Jesus is the truth, the living Word of God. In John 17:17 Jesus tells us the Word of God is Truth.

The Bible does not define the Word as true, but Truth. That is because in the natural we will be faced with things that are true. It may be true that our bodies could be dealing with some type of disease or sickness. It may be true that we could be facing a financial challenge or dealing with what may seem like overwhelming odds against us, but the Truth can change what is true. If we will simply believe the Truth and act upon it, then we can see what may be true changed by the Truth.

Jesus is life itself. One will never experience true life, a life filled with the goodness of God by choosing to chase what they want, or do things their way. Jesus said if you lose your life then you will find true life, but if you do not lay down you life, you will lose the life He offers. Lay your life down and walk in the life He has for you. All you need is found in Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life.
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Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, …

Some of the final words Jesus spoke to His disciples before ascending into heaven are here in Matthew 28. Think of how important these words to His church are. He revealed two things in the above statement. He wants every believer to be a disciple and to make disciples. That is the will of God for every believer. You are not a disciple just because you are born again, you are a convert in Christ. A disciple is a Christ follower. Let’s look at the things Jesus said make a disciple of Christ.

1. You become one with the Word of a God. (John 8:31) – Jesus said if you abide in (become one with) His Word, you are a disciple indeed.
2. Jesus is your first love. (Luke 14:26) – Jesus said you cannot love anyone more than Him, or you cannot be His disciple.
3. You live to fulfill His will. (Luke 14:27) – Jesus said you must bear your cross to be a disciple.
4. You are willing to forsake anything for Him. (Luke 14:33) – Jesus declared you must forsake all to be His disciple.
5. You walk by faith. (John 15:8) – A disciple gets results when they pray.
6. You walk in God’s love. (John 13:35) – Jesus said all will know you are His disciples by the love you have for one another.

It is a privilege to be a disciple of Jesus, but you must have the “want to” in order to become one. Be a disciple and help make disciples. In doing so you will lead people to Christ and help them become a Christ follower, and there is no better way to live.
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Colossians 3:1
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

All who are in Christ should change their focus in life. We should get our focus off of the world and the things of this world, and get focused on the realm of the spirit, putting our focus on God and the things of the spirit. Looking to God’s Word helps us change our view of life. Doing so will help us to see things from God’s perspective.

The key to getting this new view on life is to just accept God’s Word and don’t try to reason it out with your mind. God’s Word is Truth. The Bible does not say God’s Word is true, but Truth. You may see things in the natural that are true, but God’s Truth can change what is true in the natural if you just don’t question the Word of God.

Here is how you should approach the Word of God. If God’s Word says it, I believe it, and that settles it. Jesus declared that heaven and earth would pass away, but His Word would by no means pass away. So look to the Word and accept what it says as the Truth. The Bible tells us that it is impossible for God to lie. So don’t question God’s Word, just believe what it says, and you can see life from a whole new perspective.
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When we understand Bible faith, we understand how we can live a life chosen for us by God in which we can change the world we live in. Find out more in this important series on Bible faith.

Colossians 2:13
And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,…

Once we are born again we no longer reside in death (separation from God) for Jesus has forgiven us of our sin by becoming sin for us (removing what stood between us and God). We have been made alive together with Jesus Christ. You are one spirit with Him. God told Adam if he sinned he would die. Before Adam sinned all that God had made was good. After he sinned evil entered into the world through the death that came from man’s sin.

Death (all that is not good) reigned in the earth and over man. Jesus has tasted death for all so that man could be restored to life by our union with Him, and now by faith in what Christ has done, we can reign in this life over death and all the evil that came as a result of that death. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Remove the taste of death from your mouth by speaking words of life, declaring what you now have in Christ Jesus.

As a child of God death no longer has dominion over you. See yourself as one with Christ, victorious over death, and all the evil that came as a result of that death. For you have been delivered from death and have been made alive together with Christ. Speak God’s Word, declaring who you now are in Christ, speak the Words of life.
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Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Who is Paul referring to that was crucified? He was of course referring to his spirit man, not his soul, nor his body. The disciples in referring to themselves in the first person referred to their spirit man within, the real you. Most Christians are body or soul conscious when talking about themselves, because that is what they are referring to when they say “I”.

You must become spirit conscious if you want to walk by faith in the body you live in, for faith comes from your heart (your spirit man), not your head. You are a spirit, not a body, nor a soul, you have a soul (mind, will, and emotions) and you live in a body, but the real you is a spirit being. Once born again we are to walk by faith not by sight. But if we think of ourselves as a body or a soul and we are not spirit conscious, we will walk by sight and not by faith, missing out on what God wants to do in and through us.

So go to the New Testament and start meditating on the scriptures that reveal the real you, the “new creation” you have become once born again. These are the “in Christ” scriptures just like the one above. This will make you conscious of your spirit man, the new you. As you become more aware of the new man on the inside, it will help you to walk by faith and not by sight.
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