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*We’ve started teaching on* *“The Divine Order of Faith”* a few weeks ago and *we’re going to pick up where we left off last week*.

*Just about everything* *operates in a proper order*.

*At least* *for things to operate correctly* *we have to follow the correct procedure* or the correct order.

*Last week* *we said* that *the* *1st* *step* *in the divine order of faith* *is to **IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.

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*I) **We’re going to have problems*.

Jesus said in *(John 16:33)* *“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.

In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”*

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*A) **Jesus told us* *that we’re going to have TRIBULATION or PROBLEMS*.

*1) **That’s not a negative confession*, *it’s what Jesus said*.

*2) **But in this same V* *Jesus said* *that He has overcome the world*, *and* *through the Word of God* *we are told how we too can overcome* *the tribulations and problems we face*.

*B) **John** said* *under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost*; *in other words* *the Holy Ghost said* *in* *(1 John 5:4)* *“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”*

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*1) **If you want to have victory* *over* the *problems* that the *world offers*, *you have to do it by faith*.

*C) **So in order for us to begin* *to operate in faith* *we have to take the 1st step* *and* *that is* *to IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM*.

*1) **Is it SPIRITUAL*, *PHYSICAL*, *EMOTIONAL*, *or* maybe it’s *FINANCIAL**?

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*D) **Know what the problem is* *and* *IDENTIFY the SOURCE*.

*1) **Jesus said* *in* *(MARK 4)* *that* *Satan comes immediately** to steal the Word that was sown in their hearts*.

*2) **Mark 4:14-20** offences here are things that come along that cause you to stumble by not doing what God wants you to do, & thus leads you into sin.

(Sin by not obeying God.)*

*(a) **Offence may think** that they are doing right because of human emotion.*

*(i) **James and John did this same thing** in LUKE 9:52-56, when the Samaritans did not receive them.

They were offended and said, “Lord consume them.”

This was there human emotion were getting involved and Jesus said, “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.”*

*(b) **If he can’t steal it immediately*, *he will come with the cares of this world*, *afflictions* *and* *troubles* *to try to choke the Word*.

*(c) **Many** times problems* that *we face* *are not our fault*; *they are just attacks of the enemy*.

*(i) **There are* even *times* *when things happen to us* *that are not a direct result of Satan* *or* any other *demon*.

(*Like a traffic accident*, *sometimes* it’s *just human error*)

*3) **But there are times* that *we do miss it and sin*, *when we do* *we get ourselves out of God’s protection*.

*(a) **If that happens* *we can confession our sins to God* *and He will forgive us all our sins*.

*(b) **Once** you’ve IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM* it’s time to *go on the next step*.

*II) **Step 2, MAKE A QUALITY DECISION*.

*A) *Turn to *JOEL 3:14*

*1) **After** you have a handle on what the problem is*, *the next step* *is to make a quality decision to OVERCOME*.

*(a) **And* *you overcome by faith*.

*2) **But** you have to CHOOSE*.

*(a) **Either you’re going to choose* *to except the problem* *and** live with it* *or* *you have to choose** to overcome* *and** walk in victory*.

*B) **It seems like everything operates by a decision*, *and* *that’s even true* *for** your salvation*.

*1) **Jesus died on that cross* *so* that *you might have the forgiveness of sin* *and* *receive* *eternal life*.

*(a) **But that will do you no good* *unless you choose to accept it*.

*(b) **God’s not going to make a decision for you*.

He’s *given us* the *freedom of choice*.

*2) **Sometimes people say*, *“Well*, *I’m just waiting** for God to do what He wants in my life.”*

*(a) **But God says*, *“No, I’m waiting for you.

Decide.”

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*(b) **Do you know* *that God can’t move* *in many areas of your life*, *until you make a decision** on which way you’re going to go?*

*C) *Look at *DEUT 30:19*

*1) **Throughout the Word of God* *we can see the importance* that *God has placed* *on man making his choose*.

*2) *Let me just *read* to you *a few*

*(a) **(Joshua 24:15)* Says*, “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”*

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*(b) **(2 Samuel 24:12) *Says, *“Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.”*

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*famine, **enemy pursuit*, or *pestilence*).

*David’s sin was of pride and self-sufficiency.*

*3) **The direction that your life is moving in* *is a direct result of past decisions*.

*(a) **(Proverbs 3:31)* *Says*, *“Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.”*

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*(i) **And* *there are many more*.

*D) **Faith’s power* *to change your circumstances* *is not going to operate* *in your life* *until** you decide you are going to live by faith*.

*1) **It takes a quality decision*.

*(a) **It’s not an* *“OUGHT TO”* *and* *it’s not a* *“PROBABLY SHOULD.”*

*It is** a* *DETERMINATION THAT* *“I WILL.”*

*2) **Before you’re going to see victory in your life*, *you have to make that quality decision that* *“I WILL STAND IN FAITH for my needs to be met.”

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*3) **You have to make a decision*, *are you going to live with the problem and let it defeat you* *or* *are you going to MAKE A FIRM*, *UNWAVERING DECISION TO OVERCOME IT?*

*(a) **Many people miss it because* *of a half-hearted decision* *or* *they are wishy-washy in their commitment to win*.

*(b) **You have to say*, *“I’m coming out of this situation*.

*I’m coming out by the power of God*, *and* *I’m coming out by the Word of God.”*

*(i) **“I have made my decision to stand in faith and* *nothing is going to move me or change my mind.”*

*III) **Step # 3 “GET THE EVIDENCE.”

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*A) **Our entire system of justice* *is based on evidence*.

*1) **If you’re put on trial*, *the prosecuting attorney* *will present evidence against you*.

*If he has no evidence against you the case will be thrown out of court*.

*B) **Well*, *the same can be said of your faith in the spiritual court of heaven*.

*1) **If your going to claim** that healing*, *provision*, *peace*, *safety*, *or* *some other spiritual blessing* *belongs to you*, *you better have some evidence to back it up.*

*2) **Many Christians* *and* *maybe* even *most*, *pray and believe for the things* *that we just mentioned*, *they say that it belongs to them*, *but they don’t have a shred of evidence to back up their claim*.

*(a) **The Devil** and his crew* *just laugh* *and your case gets thrown out of court* *for a lack of evidence*.

*C) **After you have made that quality decision to overcome*, *your next step* *in GOD’S DIVINE ORDER OF FAITH* *is** to* *GO TO THE WORD OF GOD* *and* *FIND A PROMISE* *that speaks to your particular situation*.

*1) **That promise* *is your LEGAL EVIDENCE* *to the power and provision of Almighty God*.

*2) **But* *let’s take it 1 step further* *and* *turn** with me to* *HEB 11:1*

*(a) **1st* *of all* *it tells us that faith is a real SUBSTANCE*.

*We talked about* that in 1 of the last few messages.

*(b) **But* *look at the* *2nd* *part of that V*, *“FAITH IS ALSO THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS.”*

*(i) **Most of the time when you are praying*, *you are asking and believing* *for a certain thing*.

*(a) **That thing might be* *money** to pay a bill*.

*It might be* *for a car you need*, *or* *the thing you need is* *healing*.

*(ii) **Whatever it is*, *faith is the evidence of it*.

*(a) **You’re not going to obtain anything without* *faith evidence*.

*3) **But* *now let’s take it just a little further* (*HEB 11:1*) *says* *that* *faith is the evidence OF THINGS NOT SEEN*.

*(a) **The unrenewed mind says*, *“Seeing is believing.”*

*Or* *“I’ll believe it when I see it.”*

*(b) **But real*, *BIBLE FAITH IS THE EVIDENCE that a thing is his*, *even though he has never seen it*.

*(c) **The AMP translation sheds some light* on this.

*(i) **(HEB 11:1)* *from* *the AMP* says, *“Now, faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title-deed) of things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality – faith perceiving as a real fact what is not revealed to the senses.”*

*4) **This is what faith is*, *but it is always based on the Word* of God.

*(a) **(ROM 10:17**)* *Says* that *Faith comes by hearing the Word of God*.

*(b) **If you have a need in your life* *go to the Word** of God* *and* *find scripture** that promises the answer* *and stand on those promises* *with unwavering faith*.

*(i) **Your faith in what God says in His Word* *is the evidence** that the promise belongs to you* *and* *that it is yours*.

*IV) **So far* *what are the 3 steps* *of the divine order of faith?*

*A) **# 1, IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.