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*Were going to pick up where we left off last week* *with our teaching on* *“**the divine order of faith**.”*
*So far we’ve covered* *step 1* which was to *“IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.”*
*STEP 2* was to *“MAKE A DECISION TO STAND IN FAITH.”*
*Step No. 3* was to *“GET THE EVIDENCE FROM GOD’S WORD,”* *and* *that’s what we’re going to finish up on today* *and* *move on to** **step 4*.
*I) **1st* of all *turn* with me *to* *HEB 11:1*
*A) **Paul* *very cle**a**rly **tells us* *in this V* *that* *“FAITH is the EVIDENCE.”*
*1) **But as we have seen* *from last week* *FAITH** IS ONLY **BASED** **ON** THE **WORD** OF GOD*; *so you could say it this way*, *“Believing what the Word says is your Evidence** **that God’s promises belongs to you.”*
*II) **Turn* with me *to* *1 JOHN 5:14,15*
*A) **In **(verse 15)* *if we read over it to quickly* *we’ll miss a very important point on the subject of faith*.
*Notice** that **he says* here *at the end of **(verse 15)*, *“We know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.”*
*1) **This is **one of the main keys to Faith**, **“We know that we have.”*
*It’s all in the **present tense*.
*a) **We **know** that we **have** it* *as **soon as we pray* *before we see it*.
*2) **But there is **something else** is **very important** in* *(**verse 15**)* *listen to what he says,* *“If we ask according to His will.”*
*a) **The **only things* *that we can **know** that **we have* *when we ask* *are** **things** that are **in accordance to His Word* *or in line with **His will*.
*God’s Word is God’s will for your life*.
*b) **If** you can see it **in your Bible*, *you** can **know** that that is the expressed perfect **will of God** **for your life**.*
*3) **If you’re **new** to the Bible* *you have to get into it and start reading it*.
*The place I tell people to begin is in the **book of John* *and* *read it all way through*.
*a) **You have to **find** the **promises** of God* *for **yourself*, *if you can afford it*, *get a **concordance*, *or* *one of those small books entitled* *“Gods Promises”* *to help you along the way*.
*b) **Go to the Word** of God* *and* *find** a verse* *that promises the answer to your need*.
*(i) **That promise is your evidence that the answer is yours*.
*You could say* *it’s your TITLE DEED*.
*(ii) **If I were to show you the* *TITLE DEED* *to my house* *you would **know** that there is a house at that location*.
*(iii) **The Word is your* *TITLE DEED*.
*It’s your assurance* *that* *what the Word says is yours*.
*c) **Once** you’ve **found** the **title deed** in Gods Word*, *you should pray and **consider the matter settled*.
*In fact*, *you should **start acting** as if you **possess** the **thing** you’ve prayed for*, *because **you do!*
*B) **You **can’t dabble** in the **Word* *and** **expect** to get **results*.
*You can’t** just try it out for a while to see if it will work*.
*1) **Effective faith** is a **commitment** to **live** by the **Word*; *it’s a **lifestyle*.
*The **Bible** **says** **the just shall** **live by faith*.
*2) **Once** you’ve **found** your **title deed*, *the promise* of God, *hold on** to it* *and* *don’t let it go*.
*a) **At **first** it may seem like **nothing is happening*.
*Sometimes **things** even **get worse*.
*No matter what happens*, *don’t let go of your evidence*.
*C) *Turn with me to *Hebrews 10:35*
*1) **I don’t care how **hard** things get* *or how **bad** your **situation** appears*, *hold on** to your **title Deed*, *which is*, *the promise of God*.
*God will come through*.
*a) **If** **you’re sick*, *get** the **evidence** of **healing** **from** God’s **Word*.
*If you’re **lacking finances*, *get** your **evidence*.
*In **bondage** to **habits*, *get** your **evidence*.
*Depressed**, **get** your **evidence*.
*(i) **No matter what you’re facing* today, *there’s a promise** in the God’s Word that addresses your need*.
*b) **Find it*, *and let’s go on to the **next step*.
*2) **So far*, *I’ve giving you the first three steps of God’s divine order of faith*.
They are; *(1)* *Identify the problem*, *(2)* *Make **a quality decision to overcome the problem*, *and* *(3)* *Find your title deed, the answer in God’s Word.*
*III) **The **next step* *in getting victory* *involves* *understanding the importance of “HEARING God’s Word.”*
*A) **Hearing** God’s Word is so **vitally important* *to your **spiritual life*.
*1) **Your ears** are one of the only two natural gateways to your spirit*.
*Your eyes are the other*.
*a) **But as far as the Word of God is concerned*, *there is no receiving without hearing**.*
*(i) **Jesus illustrated** to us just how **serious* *it is to **hear** **God’s Word*.
*In the book of **revelation*, *(chapters 2 and 3)*, *Jesus said seven times*, *“**He that hath and ear, let him here with the spirit saith unto the churches.”*
*(a) **I think that shows us** pretty clearly* *that* *Jesus** places a great deal of importance on us hearing what he has to say*.
*2) **Many can hear the Word being preached*, *but the **Bible** kind of **hearing** **involves** more than just mere listening*.
*It requires **attentiveness*, *belief*, *and* *obedience*, too.
*B) *Turn to *Proverbs 4:10*
*1) **Notice** how* *the promise of long life*, *the good life* *is for those who* *both hear and receive* *God’s saying*.
*a) **Actually*, *the Word* *“HERE”* *means* *“hear and obey.”**
*ἀκούω (/ akouō/ )
*(i) **If you’re not determined to obey* *what God has spoken*, *you haven’t really received it*.
*James** tells us to be*: *“doers of the Word and not hearers only.”*
*b) **But* *notice* *that in this Verse* *(Pro 4:10)*, *the result of hearing and receiving is long live*.
*(i) **The end result* *to you hearing* *and* *receiving* *means a harvest*.
*C) *Turn with *me* to *Proverbs 8:34*
*1) *The Word *“blessed”* *means* *“receiving God’s best.”
**Receiving God’s best comes by hearing his Word*.
*a) **Hearing** God’s Word* *opens** the door for victory*.
*b) **You control** the circumstances* *instead of your circumstances controlling you*.
*Hearing** God’s Word* *gives you** that kind of power*.
*2) **But** on the other hand*, *if you’re listening to the doctor’s negative reports* *and* *all the negativity of people around you*, *saying** things like you’re going to die*, *you had better get your affairs in order*.
*You’re not empowered to do anything*.
*a) **You need to be careful* *about* *what you permit yourself to hear*.
*Whatever** you hear goes inside you*.
*(i) **“Oh, but pastor, I just let that stuff go in one ear and out the other.”*
*There’s no such thing*.
*(ii) **Have you ever listened to a song* *and* *that song stays with you all day*, *even if it’s an ungodly song*.
*Sometimes it takes hours for you to get rid of it*.
*(iii) **You simply have to guard your ears*.
*(a) **Sometimes you’re at work* and *people say things* *or the music is being played* *and* *you can’t* *get away from it*. *What do you do* *to keep from hearing it?*
*You might not be able to get away form it.*
*(b) **But the best thing you can do is to rebuke that* *under your breath* *and* *speak the Word*.
*b) **One** of the most frequently cited Vs. of scripture* *concerning** faith is found in Romans chapter 10, but I want to look at the whole thing in context*.
Turn with me to *Romans 10:14-17*
*(i) **“Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”*
*(a) **We’ve heard this said so many times*, *it’s almost become a cliche*.
*c) **But* *(V 14)* *introduces* *a very important spiritual truth*.
*It says* *they can’t believe** in Him of whom they have never heard*.
*d) **You can’t believe in or ask for something* *that you never heard preached*.
*That shows us the importance of hearing God’s Word*.
*(i) **But on the other hand*, *you just don’t want to hear any old thing*.
*(Proverbs 4:23)* *says*, *“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”*
*(ii) *The *NIV* translation *says*, *“Above all else, guard your heart.”*
*e) **If you’re still there in** (Romans 10)* *look with me one more time **to verse 17*.
*Romans 10:17*
*(i) **If your sick* *and need faith** to get healed*, *Faith comes by hearing** the Word* of God *concerning healing*.
*(a) **It does you no good* *to hear the Word concerning finances* *if you have cancer*.
*(ii) **Faith** for what* *you need* *comes by hearing** and acting on the Word* *for that specific area*.
(*Whatever promise you hear* *that is what you’ll have faith for*.
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