Believe That You Receive
I. Apart from faith there is
no victory and we have no means of success (1 Jn 5:4)
A. People who don’t know
and apply the principles of faith will be limited in the victories they
see manifest in their lives
B. Every victory in life is
given as an act of grace that flowed through your faith
1. 1 Corinthians 15:10
– We need to have balance in grace on faith
2. Faith is the channel
through which the grace of God flows (Ephesians 2:8)
3. Faith is not working to
earn, it’s doing what’s necessary to receive
II. What is faith? What
exactly are we supposed to believe?
A. Faith is perceiving as
real fact what’s not yet revealed to the senses (Heb 11:1)
1. Fact-Anything done or that comes to pass; facts are
stubborn things, reality
a. It’s not yet revealed to
my senses, but I believe it as real fact
b. If it doesn’t become
fully persuaded real fact faith you won’t receive
2. Faith-Conviction of the truth or reality of anything
a. When a report comes
that’s not in line with the Word something inside of convicts you that the
report is not true
B. Faith levels
1. Believing in God- His
Reality---The devils do that (James 2:19)
2. Believing God can-His
Ability---An unborn again man did that (Matt 8:2)
3. Believing God will-His
Willingness---Lack revelation of the Father’s will (Eph 5:17)
4. Believing God has done it
and he’s offering it-His Grace/Faith; Agreeing w/ His Word (Rom
3:3-4)
a. This is believing that
Jesus has already obtained for you everything that you could ever need and is
offering it to you
5. Believing you have
received-Receiving---Working Principles (Mark 11:23)
C. Faith to receive (Mark
11:23-24)
1. It didn’t say believe God
can or God will and you’ll receive; It said believe that you have received them
and you will have them
2. Faith is perceiving that
I have it at and it’s fact even though it’s not yet revealed to my senses
a. Religion never believes
it receives; it always talks about what God can do, what God will do, but never
talks about what God has done and what’s mine b/c of it
3. Faith says Lord I believe
you done it, I believe you’re offering it to me, so I take it and it’s mine now
in Jesus name.
D. The trying of your faith
is coming (1 Peter 1:7)
III. Every born again child of God was given the measure of faith
(Romans 12:3)
A. God’s no respecter of
persons; He didn’t give me more faith than you (Gal 5:22, 2 Thessalonians 3:2)
B. That measure of faith
(the fruit of faith) has the potential to grow if you spend time hearing the
Word of God (Romans 10:17)
1. No Word = No Faith = No
Victory---Little Word = Little Faith = Little Victory; A lot of Word = A lot of
Faith = A lot of Victory
a. The amount of victory
that we see in your life can be traced back to the amount of Word that you
spend time with
2. To think that you have
big faith and yet don’t spend time in the Word violates spiritual law
a. What’s interesting is
that hearing that many believers won’t go home and spend anymore time in the
Word (Proverbs 13:13)
3. One of the main reasons
people lose in life is because they spend time with the wrong words (Genesis 3,
Numbers 13, Matthew 14)
C. Double-minded,
non-persuaded faith won’t receive from God (James 1:8)
1. The only way to develop
you faith to this place of full persuasion and see victory manifest in your
life is through time spent in the Word
2. You got to spend so much
time with this word that when an evil report comes there’s something inside of
you convicting about what’s really real
IV. Two of the greatest deceptions where faith is concerned in
the church today:
A. Putting off till tomorrow
instead of putting on today
1. As long as you believe
something is going to happen you haven’t believed you’ve received anything; you
believe you’re going to receive
2. Proverbs 23:7-It didn’t
say as a man thinks he’s going to be, he will be
B. People asking for things
that God’s already offering; so instead of believing that they have received it
they’re asking for it
1. This is a grace-faith
system and everything that you receive from God will be given by grace and
received through faith (Rom 4:16, 5:2, Eph 2:8)
a. We’ve had the wrong
picture; the picture we’ve had is that God has it and we don’t and we got to
ask Him for it because He’s not offering it
2. Your were saved by grace
through faith (Eph 2:8, Rom 10:8-10)
a. You can believe God can
save, will save, is offering salvation, and die and go to hell; you have to
believe you receive salvation
b. You didn’t ask to get
saved; you placed a demand on the salvation that God was offering; You took the
salvation that God was offering
c. You didn’t confess he was
going to be your Lord
3. The day you got born again
there was a deposit made into your account with everything that you would ever
need that pertains to life and godliness and God put it there by grace (2 Peter
1:4, Ephesians 1:3, Galatians 3:13)
a. Life-Absolute fullness of
life, life real & genuine, life active & vigorous, devoted 2 God,
blessed
b. You are a joint heir with
Jesus (Romans 8:17, John 16:13, Heb 1:2)
c. You don’t ask for your
inheritance; you do what’s necessary to receive it
4. John 15:7,16:23-Ask (Aieto) – To be adamant in requesting and demanding assistance
to meet tangible needs, to demand, insist, require, call for
a. You place a demand on
what God’s offering with your faith by believing you have received
b. EX-When you go to the
bank to get money you take the steps necessary to make the withdrawal. You’re
placing a demand on what’s already yours. You don’t ask for your money, it’s
yours
C. Once you have believed
you received there’s no more asking (Philippians 4:6)
1. If you really have
believe that you have received it’s seen most in your words and in your
attitude (Rom 15:13)
2. You thank God like it’s
already done because you believe you received it
a. You keep your faith
engaged through thanksgiving
b. Psalm 8:2-This is the
praise that stills the avenger
c. Joshua 6:2,16
3. Through faith and
patience be consistent and receive (Heb 6:12)
V. The just live by faith
(Hebrews 10:38, Rom 1:17, Galatians 3:11, Habakkuk 2:4)
A. To live by faith means in
every situation you agree with what God’s Word says
1. 1 Peter 2:24 – God
says you’re healed, you say you’re sick
2. 2 Corinthians 8:9 –
God says you’re are rich, you say you can’t afford
3. Romans 8:37 – God
says you are more than a conqueror, you say you feel so defeated
4. 1 Corinthians 2:16, 1:30,
1 John 2:20 – God says you have the mind of Christ, the wisdom of God,
and an unction from the Holy one to know all things, you say you don’t know
what to do
5. John 14:27 – God
says you have Jesus peace, you say you’re stressed
6. John 16:22 – God
says you have joy, you say you’re discouraged
7. 2 Timothy 1:7 – God
says he hasn’t given you the spirit of fear, you say you’re afraid
8. 2 Corinthians 5:21
– God says you’re the righteousness of God, you say you’re a sinner
9. Hebrews 13:5 – God
says I’ll never leave you, we say please be with us
10. Romans 6:22 – God
says you’re free from sin, you say you got a sin problem
11. Philippians 4:13 –
God says you are strong, you say you’re weak and tired
12. 1 John 5:14 – We
say here our prayer; he says if you pray according to my word I’ll hear you
13. Ephesians 4:28 –
God says you work to give, you say you work to live
14. Romans 8:1-2 – God
says you’re not guilty and you’ll not be ashamed
15. Prov 18:21 – God says
life and death is in the power of the tongue, you say it doesn’t matter
B. The righteous should live
by agreeing with what God said in his Word
1. 1 of the biggest failures
of the church is the failure 2 actually know what God has said in His
word
2. You can’t have genuine
real faith without knowing what God said in His Word
C. We have to watch bringing
Old Covenant principles into the New Covenant
1. He didn’t say cry and
ball and squall and beg me and you’ll receive
a. Romans 15:14 – The
OT was written for our learning
2. Mark 11:24, Philippians
4:6, Hebrews 4:14
D. Faith makes the word of
God final authority and places itself in agreement with the Word-Rom 3:3-4
1. I put myself in agreement
with what the Word says about me and things and people that say things that are
in opposition to the Word of God I let them be a liar
2. Matthew 8:5-10 – I
know what his body is saying, but if you speak the Word your word trumps that
and now what his body says we don’t even believe that or acknowledge that as
true anymore because you said something else
E. There’s no grounds for
faith without words being spoken
1. Without knowing what God
spoke you have no grounds for faith
2. You can only have faith
in God according to that which He has spoken
3. Which words did God speak
to give you grounds to believe that