Hebrews 11:3
"Through faith we understand that the worlds
were framed by the word of God, so that
things which are seen were not made
of things which do appear."
It is belief in God against the world. If we follow the world's standards we may well have ease and comfort and prosperity; if we follow God's standards we may well have pain and loss and unpopularity. It is the conviction of the Christian that it is better to suffer with God than to prosper with the world. In the book of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego are confronted with the choice of obeying Nebuchadnezzar and worshiping the king's image or obeying God and entering the fiery furnace. Without hesitation they choose God (Dan 3:1-30)
The Christian hope is belief in the spirit against the senses. The senses say to a man: "Take what you can ,and taste, and handle, and enjoy." It is faith to believe that God made this world and that the things which are seen appear from the things which are not seen. God did not work with existing material but created the world from nothing. We need not argue or ever be interested in the scientific side of the matter; we know and teach that in fact this is God's world.
We know that even when it may not look like it, somehow God is in control. If we believe that this is God's world then our lives have a new sense of responsibility and a new power of acceptance, for everything belongs to God, and all is in his hands.
Amen!!
Reading: (Heb. 11:1-33)
The Christian hope is belief in the spirit against the senses. The senses say to a man: "Take what you can ,and taste, and handle, and enjoy." It is faith to believe that God made this world and that the things which are seen appear from the things which are not seen. God did not work with existing material but created the world from nothing. We need not argue or ever be interested in the scientific side of the matter; we know and teach that in fact this is God's world.
We know that even when it may not look like it, somehow God is in control. If we believe that this is God's world then our lives have a new sense of responsibility and a new power of acceptance, for everything belongs to God, and all is in his hands.
Amen!!
Reading: (Heb. 11:1-33)
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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