Faith Is the Substance
by Gloria Copeland
There’s nothing more wonderful than living by faith in the Word of God. REAL BIBLE FAITH IS UNDEFEATABLE. Even when seemingly impossible situations loom large in front of us and everyone thinks, Man, that person has had it, if we’ll maintain a spirit of faith we can march right through those situations in triumph.
We can look right past them and rejoice knowing, “THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH” (1 JOHN 5:4).
Don’t ever be insulted when people wrinkle their nose and refer to you as “one of those faith people.” Whether they mean it to be or not, that’s a compliment! If you weren’t a faith person, God wouldn’t be pleased. For Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith it is impossible to please [God].”
Faith is what opens the door for you to receive everything God has provided for you in Christ Jesus—from the new birth, to healing, to prosperity. The more you grow in faith, the more victory you can walk in because faith is what connects you with THE BLESSING of God and makes you a winner in every area of life.
“Well,” someone might say, “I consider myself a person of faith and it certainly hasn’t made me much of a winner.”
Then maybe you’re not totally clear about what world-overcoming faith actually is. It’s not just a theological doctrine. It’s not just going to church or agreeing in general with the basic tenets of Christianity. Faith is believing what God said in His written Word and believing it enough to live on it—right now. As Hebrews 11:1 says: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
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Points to Get You There:
1) Faith brings into the natural realm what God has already established in the spiritual realm. Heb. 11:1
2) Faith pleases God because it connects you with His BLESSING.
Heb. 11:2
3) God’s faith-filled words are what gave substance to this entire universe.
Heb. 11:3
4) When you speak God’s Word by faith, it will work for you the same way it does for Him. Isa. 55:11
5) If you don’t have time for the Word, you don’t have time for faith, so always put the Word first place in your life.
Rom. 10:17
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