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Where is faith to be used?2 Corinthians 5: 1717 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.[a] The old has passed away; behold,the new has come.-we are in Christ, all things have become new all of the time!-We are to live and breathe in and by faith. It’s like a fish swimming in water.– Faith in action happens in places from our stillness in prayer alone with God, all the way outinto the world, in the face of evil.Matthew 28: 19-2019 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of theFather and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I havecommanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”-It is to act where the weak are.-Where the suffering lament.-Where the oppressed languish in bondage.-Where tyranny rules.-Where sin dominates.-Where hopelessness looms.-New line where fear is in control.-Where doubt influences.-Where love is unknown.-Where tribulations are reality.– We must remember that Jesus and the early church existed in a world completely hostile to Christians. Everywhere they went people worshipped other gods.How is faith to be used?John 1: 1-51 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was inthe beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.– The spiritual realm is the parent source of all things physical and much more powerful.Everything in the physical is driven by the spiritual, good and bad.-We discipline ourselves to choose life.Deuteronomy 30: 19-2019 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life anddeath, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring maylive, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is yourlife and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to yourfathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”-Study in his word daily. Meditate on it day and night.Joshua 1: 88 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on itday and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. Forthen you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.– Be sensitive to the spiritual things happening around us at all times. Be Kingdom minded.-Proclaim the power, promises of God and testify to all that you have seen.-Speak truth to lies. The power of life and death are in the tongue.Proverbs 18: 2121 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruits.-It is a matter of the heart. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.Luke 6: 4545 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evilperson out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart hismouth speaks.– We must choose either faith or fear.They are the substances of our existence and themessage of good and evil.– The heart is a vessel. If it isn’t filled with the word, it will be filled with the world. Faith comes by hearing the word of God.Romans 10: 1717 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
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