I ONCE THOUGHT "WHAT IF I BELIEVE THE BIBLE, AND IT IS NOT THE TRUTH?"
I WAS RESTRAINED BY THE FEAR OF REJECTION. IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH TO KNOW THAT THE BIBLE IS UNPOPULAR WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
I WANTED TO BE LIKE THE FEW GENUINE BELIEVERS THAT I SAW IN THE BIBLE; AND IN MY LIFE; BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW.
I WANTED TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE; FOR IT OFFERED HOPE IN MANY AREAS. I NEEDED HELP UNDERSTANDING IT.
AS I READ THE BIBLE, I WAS DRAWN TO KEEP READING.
ONE DAY I SPOKE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL STATEMENT - 'IT IS JUST ME AND THE BIBLE!'
TO MY SURPRISE, LORD, YOU IMMEDIATELY SPOKE UP IN ME - THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT -: "NO, IT IS ME, YOU, AND THE BIBLE. WITHOUT ME YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS."
GOD, YOU SPOKE TO ME!
YOU WOULD BE MY HELPER!
ONE DAY, WITH THESE TWO SCRIPTURES ON MY MIND PS119:140 AND PR30:5 I SAID TO GOD "YOUR WORD IS PURE. WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT; MYSELF INCLUDED".
LORD, YOU DROPPED SOMETHING INTO MY HEART - WHICH THE THE HOLY SPIRIT THEN SPOKE TO MY MIND.
"MY WORD IS LIKE A SEED. IN THE NATURAL A SEED HAS A PROTECTIVE HUSK AROUND IT; THAT THE EARTH MUST REMOVE TO CONNECT WITH THE SEED.
PEOPLE HAVE PLACED THEIR OWN HUSK AROUND MY WORD: A HUSK OF LIES AND DECEPTIONS.
BUT IF YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR MY WORD; I WILL STRIP AWAY LAYER UPON LAYER OF THOSE LIES; UNTIL YOU CAN HEAR THE WORD FOR WHAT IT IS SAYING; AND RECEIVE IT."
I THANK YOU, GOD, FOR ANSWERING ME - THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT. JN16:13
GLORY TO GOD!!
THE MORE I HEAR THE WORD OF GOD, THE BETTER I HEAR IT!
GOD, FROM THAT DAY FORTH I HAVE CONFESSED ANY SCRIPTURE THE YOU LED ME TO; NO MATTER HOW 'DIFFICULT' IT WAS; FOR I KNEW THAT IN TIME I WOULD SEE THE LIGHT THAT WAS IN IT.
GOD, TO BE UNAFFECTED; OR AGITATED BY YOUR WORD, INDICATES A MENTAL STRONGHOLD* AT WORK IN ME; THAT IS RESISTANT TO THE TRUTH. [*evil argument, or reasoning, that was planted in my heart by Satan]
GOD, WHEN THIS INTERFERENCE OCCURS, I RESIST SATAN; AND CONTINUE TO CONFESS YOUR WORD; FOR THE ENTRANCE OF YOUR WORD GIVES LIGHT; IT GIVES UNDERSTANDING TO THE SIMPLE. JA4:7;PS119:130
YOUR WORD, GOD, IS LIKE A FIRE. IT IS LIKE A HAMMER THAT BREAKS THE ROCK IN PIECES. JER23:29
IN BELIEVING THAT YOUR WORD IS TRUTH, DOES NOT MEAN THAT I MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND IT, BEFORE I CONFESS IT. THE UNDERSTANDING COMES AS I CONFESS YOUR WORD. RO10:17
GOD, I CONFESS YOUR WORD; IN ORDER TO HEAR IT; FOR FAITH COMES BY HEARING. RO10:17
TO UNDERSTAND SCRIPTURE PEOPLE MUST STOP GOING ONLY TO EACH OTHER; OR TO BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT THE BIBLE; AND TO GO TO THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK - GOD.
FOR IN IGNORING GOD; AND DEPENDING ONLY ON EACH OTHERS UNDERSTANDING; MANY HAVE GONE ASTRAY; AND THROUGH THEIR LIFESTYLE, AND TEACHINGS, HAVE BECOME A HINDRANCE TO UNBELIEVERS; WHO IN TURN REJECTED THE BIBLE; BASED SOLELY ON THEIR OBSERVATION OF THESE PEOPLE.
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING; OR WRITES A BOOK; AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HEARD, OR READ; WE CAN GO TO THE SPEAKER; THE AUTHOR; AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY MEANT.
THIS SEEMS TO BE WHAT IS DONE IN MOST CASES; EXCEPT FOR THE BIBLE.
WITH REGARDS TO THE BIBLE PEOPLE GENERALLY RUN AROUND ASKING EACH OTHER WHAT IT MEANS; OR READ OR WRITE MANY BOOKS THAT DISCUSS IT; BUT RARELY DO THEY ASK GOD WHAT IT MEANS.
GOD, YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF THE BIBLE. YOU INSPIRED WHAT WAS WRITTEN.
KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. 2PE1:20
FOR THE PROPHECY CAME NOT IN OLD TIME BY THE WILL OF MAN: BUT HOLY MEN OF GOD SPOKE AS THEY WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 2PE1:21
ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE; FOR REPROOF; FOR CORRECTION; FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: 2TI3:16-17
THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE PERFECT; THOROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS. 2TI3:16-17
IT IS WHEN I CHOSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS THE TRUTH; JN17:17 AND CONFESS IT; THAT YOU, JESUS - THE TRUTH - BEGAN TO SPEAK TO ME - THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. JN14:6;JN16:13
I THANK YOU, LORD!
I THANK YOU, HOLY SPIRIT!
GOD, BY MIXING MY FAITH WITH YOUR WORD; AND CONFESSING IT; YOU ARE GUIDE ME INTO IT - THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT. JN16:13
I WONT BE ABLE TO STAY WITH YOUR WORD IF I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE TRUTH. JN17:17
TRUTH, ON THE SURFACE, MAY NOT APPEAR TO BE THE TRUTH. IT IS THROUGH BELIEVING IT; AND CONFESSING IT; THAT THE TRUTH OPENS HIMSELF UP TO THE BELIEVER. JN14:6;JN16:13
THE SAYING "YOU HAVE TO SEE IT, TO BELIEVE IT", IS NOT TRUE; FOR THERE IS NO NEED FOR BELIEVING, IF THE THING IS IN FRONT OF YOU!
FOR GOD'S WORD IT IS TRUE THAT "YOU WILL SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT!"
THE PEOPLE WHO "TRY" GOD'S WORD TO SEE "IF IT WORKS"; WILL SOON DEPART FROM IT; FOR THEIR LACK OF FAITH WILL NOT SUSTAIN THEM DURING THE 'TRYING' PERIOD. PS105:19
THOSE WHO TRIED THE WORD AND "THE WORD FAILED"; ARE THOSE WHOM THE WORD TRIED, AND "THEY FAILED" TO BELIEVE IT.
THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORD ARE BLESSED; AND THEY RECEIVE FROM GOD. JAS1:25
AS PER YOUR GUIDANCE, GOD, I PERSONALIZE EACH SCRIPTURE; AND I SAY THEM DIRECTLY TO YOU. WE WILL BOTH KNOW WHEN I AM IN FAITH.
GOD, I AM TO SIMPLY SAY YOUR WORD IN ORDER TO HEAR IT.
WHEN THE FAITH COMES I'LL KNOW IT - FOR THERE WILL BE JOY AND PEACE. RO15:13
GOD, YOU TAUGHT ME TO NOT 'ACT' LIKE I AM IN FAITH; AS TO DECEIVE OTHERS.
HOWEVER, I CAN CALL THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT (PRESENT) AS THOUGH THEY ARE. RO4:17
I CALL THEM INTO EXISTENCE.
I CONTINUE TO CONFESS A SCRIPTURE UNTIL I BELIEVE IT.
THE DEVIL TRIES TO STOP THE FAITH FROM COMING.
HE CONTINUALLY SAYS "STOP! YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING."
GOD, FAITH COMES BY A CONTINUAL HEARING OF YOUR WORD. ROMANS 10:17
GOD, IT REQUIRES HUMILITY TO HEAR YOUR WORD. THE PROUD: IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ON THE FIRST HEARING, WON'T LISTEN TO IT AGAIN.
NEITHER WILL THE PROUD HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND ASK OF YOU; FOR THAT IS TOO 'HUMILIATING' FOR THEM.
GOD, I TAKE HEED TO WHAT I HEAR. THE DEGREE OF HONOR THAT I GIVE TO YOUR WORD SHALL BE MEASURED BACK TO ME: AND IN HEARING MORE SHALL BE GIVEN TO ME. MK4:24
IN BELIEVING YOUR WORD TO BE THE TRUTH; I SAY IT WITH REVERENCE; AND WITH AN ATTENTIVE EAR.
GOD, YOU TAUGHT ME TO SAY YOUR WORD WHEN I WANT TO; AND WHEN I DON'T WANT TO; ESPECIALLY WHEN I DON'T WANT TO.
YOU TAUGHT ME TO SAY IT, WITH MY MOUTH, IN ORDER TO HEAR IT - AS TRUTH; AND NOT TO 'ACT' LIKE I AM IN FAITH. THE FAITH WILL COME. WHEN I AM IN FAITH: JOY, AND PEACE WILL BE PRESENT. RO15:13
THE DEVIL TRIES TO STOP ME BEFORE THE FAITH COMES.
GOD, DIFFICULTIES WITH FOCUSING ON; OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR WORD; CAN COME FROM DEMONIC INTERFERENCE.
IF WHEN HEARING YOUR WORD, I EXPERIENCE MENTAL, OR EMOTIONAL UPSET; IT IS SATAN TRYING TO STEAL YOUR WORD OUT OF MY HEART: THROUGH DISTRACTING THOUGHTS, LIES, OR FEAR. MK4:15
I TAKE A MOMENT, AND RESIST HIM; AND HE FLEES. JA4:7
FAITH COMES BY HEARING; AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. RO10:17
GOD, I WILL KNOW WHEN I BELIEVE YOUR WORD; FOR THE JOY, AND THE PEACE WILL BE PRESENT! RO15:13
IT IS YOU, GOD, THAT MAKES THE WORD COME ALIVE TO ME. MY FLESH PROFITS NOTHING. JN6:63
THE LORD'S WORDS THAT YOU SPEAK UNTO ME; THEY ARE SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE LIFE. JN6:63
GOD OF HOPE, YOU WILL FILL ME WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING; THAT I MAY ABOUND IN HOPE/EXPECTATION; THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. RO15:13
LORD, YOU LEFT ME YOUR PEACE. YOU GAVE ME YOUR PEACE.
I HAVE THE PEACE OF GOD. JN14:27
I WILL NOT LET MY HEART BE TROUBLED. I WILL NOT LET MY HEART BE AFRAID. JN14:27
I SPEAK "PEACE" TO MYSELF.
GOD, YOU HELP ME TO ARRANGE SCRIPTURES IN SUCH A WAY THAT MY MIND CAN RECEIVE THEM.
AS I SINCERELY PRESS INTO THE WORD; AND RECEIVE UNDERSTANDING; YOU GIVE ME MORE UNDERSTANDING.
"...FOR THOSE WHO HONOR ME I WILL HONOR..." ISA2:30
"AND HE SAID TO THEM, TAKE HEED WHAT YOU HEAR. WITH THAT MEASURE WHICH YOU MEASURE, IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU. AND TO YOU WHO HEAR, MORE SHALL BE GIVEN." MK4:24
HOW ARE WE TO VALUE GOD'S WORD: WHICH IS THE TRUTH? JN17:17
JESUS, YOU ARE THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO MAN COMES UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY YOU. JN14:6
YOU ARE NOT A TRUTH; BUT THE TRUTH.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE TRUTH.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS A LIE.
JUST AS THE NATURAL GROUND WORKS ON THE SEED'S HUSK; MY MIND 'WORKS' ON GOD'S WORD; TO UNDERSTAND IT.
JUST AS IT TAKES TIME FOR THE GROUND TO REMOVE THE HUSK; MY MIND NEEDS TIME FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO REMOVE THE ABUNDANT, DEVILISH, AND WORLDLY, 'HUSK OF CONFUSION', THAT HAS COME TO SURROUND GOD'S WORD.
SATAN FIGHTS HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM HEARING GOD'S WORD; LET ALONE BELIEVING IT.
THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM WHICH BELIEVE NOT; LEST THE LIGHT OF THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD, SHOULD SHINE UNTO THEM. 2CO4:4
"FAITH COMES BY HEARING" IS A FACT; AND SATAN DOES NOT WANT US HEARING THE TRUTH.
THE EAR TRIES WORDS, AS THE MOUTH TASTES MEAT. JOB34:3
THE WORD OF GOD IS TO THE SPIRIT, AS FOOD IS TO THE BODY.
WE HEAR GOD'S WORD TO NOURISH OUR SPIRITS. WE EAT FOOD TO NOURISH OUR BODIES.
CHEWING HELPS TO BREAK DOWN THE FOOD INTO A FORM THAT THE STOMACH CAN RECEIVE.
CONTINUAL HEARING OF GOD'S WORD HELPS TO 'BREAK DOWN' THE WORD INTO A FORM THAT THE MIND CAN RECEIVE.
ONCE THE MIND 'RECEIVES' IT (BELIEVES IT), IT IS 'TAKEN TO HEART'.
GOD, YOU GUIDE ME INTO YOUR WORD.
HOWBEIT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, IS COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH..... JN16:13
SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH YOUR TRUTH: YOUR WORD IS TRUTH. JN17:17
YOUR WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH. PS119:105
GOD, YOU BROUGHT MY ATTENTION TO THREE SCRIPTURES, IN PARTICULAR
SCRIPTURE #1
SO THEN FAITH COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. RO10:17
I QUESTIONED THE INCLUSION OF THE COMMA. YOU'VE HEARD THE LIE: GOD'S WORD WAS WRITTEN BY MEN; AND THERE ARE MANY MISTAKES IN IT.
WHY DIDN'T IT SAY 'FAITH COMES BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD'
GOD, YOU HELPED ME TO SEE THAT 'FAITH COMES BY HEARING' IS A SPIRITUAL LAW.
I WILL BELIEVE WHAT I HEAR, IF I HEAR IT LONG ENOUGH. (THE QUESTION IS 'AM I HEARING THE TRUTH, OR A LIE?')
AND THAT GOD IS DIRECTING ME TO HEAR HIS WORD.
SCRIPTURE #2
WHO BEING THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY, AND THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, AND UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER, WHEN HE HAD BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS, SAT DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MAJESTY ON HIGH; HE1:3
WHY DIDN'T IT SAY 'THE POWER OF HIS WORD'
GOD, YOU HELPED ME TO SEE THAT THERE IS POWER IN GOD'S WORD
AND THEY WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS DOCTRINE: FOR HIS WORD WAS WITH POWER. LU4:32
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT IN WORD, BUT IN POWER. 1CO4:20
YOUR EVERY WORD CONTAINS YOUR POWER. HE1:3
SCRIPTURE #3
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, THAT HIS BURDEN SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM OFF YOUR SHOULDER, AND HIS YOKE FROM OFF YOUR NECK, AND THE YOKE SHALL BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING. IS10:27
BEING DEAF TO GOD'S WORD IS A YOKE.
GOD, YOU HELPED ME TO SEE THAT THE POWER THAT IS IN YOUR WORD, IS THE ANOINTING; AND THE ANOINTING CAN DESTROY THE YOKE OF DEAFNESS.
THAT IS WHY SATAN FIGHTS SO HARD AGAINST CHRISTIANS; AGAINST THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD; AND AGAINST THE MENTIONING OF THE NAME OF JESUS. IT IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT THEREIN LIES THE POWER TO SET US FREE.
THE WIN-WIN CONCLUSION ON THE THREE SCRIPTURES
GOD, I HEAR AND BELIEVE YOUR WORD (RO10:17); AND THE POWER THAT IS IN YOUR WORD (HE1:3) DESTROYS THE YOKE (IS10:27) OF DEAFNESS TO YOUR WORD; AND I RECEIVE IT.
WHAT ARE YOU FULL OF?
THE LIGHT OF THE BODY IS THE EYE: IF THEREFORE MY EYE BE SINGLE, MY WHOLE BODY SHALL BE FULL OF LIGHT. BUT IF MY EYE BE EVIL, MY WHOLE BODY SHALL BE FULL OF DARKNESS. IF THEREFORE THE LIGHT THAT IS IN ME BE DARKNESS, HOW GREAT IS THAT DARKNESS! MT6:22-23
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
IF ALL I DO IS HEAR THE WORD, AND NOT DO IT, I AM DECEIVING MYSELF. JA1:22
HOW DO I DO THE WORD?
THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE: 'HOW DO I DO A SEED'?
THE SEED IS THE WORD OF GOD. (THE WORD OF GOD IS THE SEED) LU8:11
GOD'S WORDS ARE SEEDS.
THEY FUNCTION JUST LIKE NATURAL SEEDS.
I CANNOT REAP OFF A SEED THAT HAS NOT BEEN SOWN.
I CANNOT REAP OFF OF GOD'S WORD IF I HAVE NOT BELIEVED IT TO BE THE TRUTH; SAID IT; AND PLANTED IT IN MY HEART.
I CANNOT BENEFIT FROM GOD'S WORD - HIS SEED - IF I HAVE NOT CULTIVATED IT IN MY HEART.
WHAT I SAY, AND/OR HEAR, IS SOWN DIRECTLY INTO MY HEART. MK4:15
WHEN ANY ONE HEARS THE WORD OF THE KINGDOM, AND UNDERSTANDS IT NOT, THEN COMES THE WICKED ONE, AND CATCHES AWAY THAT WHICH WAS SOWN IN HIS HEART. THIS IS HE WHICH RECEIVED SEED BY THE WAY SIDE. MT13:19
THE HEART IS THE GROUND. LU8:15
THE KINGDOM OF GOD, IS AS IF I SHOULD SPEAK 'SEED' INTO THE GROUND OF MY HEART;MK4:26;MT13:19,23;LU8:11
AND SHOULD SLEEP; AND RISE; NIGHT AND DAY; AND THE SEED SHOULD SPRING, AND GROW UP; I KNOW NOT HOW. MK4:27
FOR THE HEART BRINGS FORTH FRUIT OF ITSELF; FIRST THE BLADE; THEN THE EAR; AFTER THAT THE FULL CORN IN THE EAR. LU8:15;MK4:28
GOD, YOU GUIDE ME INTO YOUR WORD; AND YOU GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING. PS119:130;MT13:19;JOHN16:13;RO10:17