Study Notes

I.      To have faith that receives it must be full or complete

A.    Fullness of faith

1.     Full-complete, lacking nothing

a.      Acts 6:8-Stephen walked in fullness of faith and did great miracles

b.      Acts 11:24-Barnabas was full of faith

c.      Hebrews 10:22-Full assurance of faith

d.      Romans 4:5 (AMP)-If it’s possible to believe fully, you can believe partially

2.     Many times people’s faith is incomplete because don’t know about fullness of faith and consequently they don’t receive from God

a.      They stop and believing in the existence of God, the ability of God, or the willingness of God

3.     Incomplete faith wouldn’t receive from God (James 1:6-8)

a.      Nothing wavering-Doubt, stagger, or lack of faith

b.      Some people get appalled when you talk about lack of faith keeping them from receiving from God, but according to that scripture it happens

c.      6-“Let him ask in faith, not lacking faith or not incomplete in his faith.”

d.      7-That man, who’s faith is in complete will receiving nothing from God

B.     We should be highly interested in walking in faith that actually produces results in our lives-Results is the name of the game 

1.     John 15:7-8-If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

2.     Colossians 1:10-That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work

3.     1 Timothy 4:15-Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting (progress, advancement) may appear to all.

4.     2 Tim 3:5-Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away

a.      It says get away from people who aren’t getting results

5.     1 John 3:22- And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.  And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

a.      We receive what we ask because we believe fully on the name (word-Rev 19:13)

6.     Mark 11:24-Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them and you will have them

a.      Fully believe and you’ll receive

C.    Faith is a law and it should work every time we put it to work (Romans 3:27)

1.     The law of faith works to be your victory that overcomes the world (1 John 5:4)

2.     Laws are established principles that work every time you put them to work

3.     Our faith should be working and producing victory in your lives

D.    Believers aren’t seeing the results they should because their faith isn’t full are complete

1.     What exactly are we supposed to believe so that we can receive victory?

a.      You’d get a multitude of answers to this question

2.     The divine order of faith

a.      Believing in God-His reality or existence

1)      James 2:19-The devils believe that

b.      Believing God can-His ability

1)      Matthew 8:2-This unborn again leper believed that

c.      Believing God will-His willingness or will for you to have it

1)      Dan 3:17, 1 Samuel 17:46-Un-born-again men in the OT with no Holy Spirit living in them and no NT and no Jesus and no cross believed that

d.      Believing God has done it and is offering it to you-His Love and Grace

1)      Joshua 6:16-The COI believed God did it and gave them Jericho

e.      Believing you have received-Believing something’s done that can’t be seen with the physical eye

1)      Romans 4:17-Abraham believed he received

2)      Joshua 6:16-Joshau believed he received

3.     People don’t receive until they believe they have received (Mark 11:24)

a.      To walk in fullness of faith where you are fully persuaded in your belief that you have received you have to take the time engage the divine order of faith; you first have to believe in God, then you have to believe God can, next you have to believe God will, and you have to believe God’s done it and is offering it to you

E.     You got to get fully persuaded in every one of those areas; you do that and that’s fullness of faith that will get results in your life

1.     Believing is not revealed in what you say in comfortable times, but it is revealed in what you say and do in times of pressure

2.     You can’t just know those, you have to stir your faith up and believe those things

II.     The necessity of the divine order of faith; Faith has order to it and if you don’t do it in order you’ll struggle to walk in the fullness of it

A.    You must believe God is (Hebrews 11:6)

1.     Mur-For he that draweth near to God, must believe his existence

2.     TCNT-For he who comes to God must believe that God exists

3.     Wey-But where there is no faith it is impossible truly to please Him; for the man who draws near to God must believe that there is a God and that He proves Himself a rewarder of those who earnestly try to find Him.

4.     Must-Necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end

B.     The necessity of the divine order of faith

1.     Before we can go to whether or not God can (faith in his ability), we first have to establish that He is (faith in His reality)

a.      There’s no basis/foundation to believe in God’s ability, if you don’t have faith in His reality

b.      EX: If you don’t believe that I am a doctor, then there’s no basis to believe I can fix you because you don’t even believe I am one

2.     Now that we believe that God the provider exists as a provider can He (does he have the ability to) provide for you. 

a.      Before we can go to his willingness to provide (faith in his willingness), we have to establish whether or not He can provider (faith in his ability)

b.      If you don’t believe He has the ability to provide, then there’s no sense in talking about believing in His willingness to do it (will He) because you believe he can’t

c.      EX: If I was a doctor in a third world country and you tore your knee up and you didn’t know me and I came to you I’d first tell you that I’m a doctor (believe I am), then I’d tell you I can fix your knee (believe I can), and then I’d tell you that I’ll fix it if you’d like (believe I will).  I wouldn’t just come up to you and say I will fix it or I can fix it because I first of all have to establish your faith who I am, then what I can do, then that I will do it for you.

1)      If I’m wanting to help that person has a doctor I’ll do it just like that: I first have to establish their faith in who I am, then what I can do, and then that I will do it for them.

2)      If you don’t believe I’m not a doctor, then there’s no need in discuss with you whether or not I can or will fix your knee.  However, if you believe I am a doctor, then the next thing we must discuss is it within my ability to do something here.  If it’s not within my ability to do something, then we don’t need to discuss “will I” because I can’t.  Bu if I can do something, then we must discuss will I do it for you. 

3.     Now that we believe He will do it or it’s His will for us to have it, in light of that we have to examine what has He done already for us to have it

a.      In natural things you’d stop at “will he.” However, in spiritual things if it’s His will for me to have it or if he wants me to have it, then what has He already done so that I could have it? 

b.      If He has done everything necessary for me to have it, then we must discuss is he offering it to me? 

c.      Because he’s done it and is offering it to me, now, am I it and do I have it?

4.     Faith starts with: Is He? Then can He? Then will He? Then has He? Then is He? Then am I?

C.    One thing that costs many believers in their faith is relying on their intellect and what they “know” instead of opening this Word, finding the scripture that proves what they “know,” and then engaging that scripture through their spirit by faith, working with it.

1.     You might know that God the healer exists, He can heal you, He will heal you, He has done everything necessary for you to have healing and is offering healing to you, but don’t rely on what you “know,” because faith isn’t built of what you know from the Word, it’s built off of what you you’re exposed to from this Word.  Open the Word, find the scriptures that prove God the healer exists, He can heal, He will heal, He has done it, He is offering to it you and engage those scriptures with your spirit by faith and work with it.