| The key to growing one's faith is to understand faith | | | | spirit, understanding the Kingdom of God is natural. All |
| and how it works: How Faith Works, by Dr. Frederick | | | | that is needed is our willingness to follow Jesus Christ. |
| K. C. Price, is a book I strongly recommend. Visit | | | | We must understand our spirits if we are to grow in |
| faithdome for more information. | | | | Jesus Christ. The human spirit cannot be harmed |
| Over the past several years, I have been reading the | | | | physically. Emotionally, it is harmed because of our |
| Bible in-depth and was quoting Psalms, not knowing for | | | | disobedience to the Word of God (Lamentations 1:3). |
| what reason they were written, but the more I | | | | The spirit definitely has our characteristics by which |
| understand faith, the more I understand David's faith. | | | | we will live in eternal life and on that day of the coming |
| Psalms illustrates the confidence and boldness of | | | | of Jesus Christ, life will once again enter our bodies. On |
| David in expressing God's love. He does not fear his | | | | the Day of Judgment, the bodies in which the spirits |
| enemies nor give place to the evil one. Whenever | | | | exit will be the unsaved souls that enter hell. The |
| someone can be as bold as David in the Gospel of | | | | decision to communicate with God, the Father of |
| Jesus Christ, then they are ready to commit their life to | | | | Jesus Christ, will not be in our control anymore. |
| Jesus Christ, our Lord whom God his Father rose from | | | | Therefore, death will be inevitable for those who have |
| the dead. | | | | lost their spirits (Revelation 21:8), but for us whose |
| Attaining this victory can be a struggle because of the | | | | spirits remain in the body, death has already been |
| things we were taught to believe. One has to choose | | | | removed because of our fellowship with Jesus Christ. |
| life or death; that is, God may either be obeyed to give | | | | This death I speak of is not the death of our body, but |
| life or disobeyed to allow death. The human souls | | | | rather, the reality that one has lost his or her soul and in |
| make the decisions. The evil one knows this and | | | | so doing has no hope to be with God, the Father, and |
| works overtime for the decision to be in his favour | | | | his son Jesus Christ. We who are saved will not be |
| (Luke 21:19), but there is a consolation from our | | | | affected by this death (Revelation 20:6). |
| Heavenly Father, and that is salvation. Eternal life is our | | | | The proof lies with the Crucifixion and Resurrection of |
| consolation after death. We live in hope to achieve | | | | Jesus Christ because as death approached him, his |
| eternal life, but first, we must have and grow our faith | | | | spirit exited his body (Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke |
| to the satisfaction of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 6:17-19). | | | | 23:46). On the third day, his Spirit reentered his body |
| Salvation cannot be destroyed (1 Peter 1:4); therefore, | | | | (Matthew 12:40). |
| the evil one uses worldly temptations to entice us | | | | God, the Father, made it possible for all to achieve |
| away from the life of Jesus Christ. I pray for all who | | | | eternal life. Jesus Christ is eternal life; he lives in both |
| believe in Jesus Christ that we become strong in faith | | | | body and spirit, but our spirits live only in the body until |
| and resist the temptations of the evil one. | | | | the time of death, when God, the Father of Abraham |
| If one wishes is to understand the Word of God for | | | | and Moses, will receive those whose names are |
| the purpose of obedience (Matthew 5:6), then consider | | | | written in the Book of Life (Ecclesiastes 12:7) and send |
| time a major factor. Within a twenty-four hour time | | | | those whose names are not written in this book to a |
| span, we use this time to rest, work, and study. It | | | | place where they will wait on Judgment Day. |
| requires strong determination to use our time wisely. | | | | Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God in whom |
| The distractions that one encounter will lead to two | | | | he is well pleased. If we join in the new covenant with |
| decisions: One decision is about what is right and what | | | | him, our responsibility will be to act on the Word of |
| is wrong, and we each decide that for ourselves (1 | | | | God. Only then will we be able to please God. The full |
| Timothy 5:24-25). The other is one in which you have | | | | control of the Holy Spirit has been given to Jesus |
| no clue so a prayer of dedication becomes the prayer | | | | Christ; thus, the Holy Spirit has been made to be "our |
| of choice. | | | | comforter" until the time of Jesus Christ's next coming. |
| The flip side is also true. There are those who choose | | | | The Holy Spirit is the head of all spirits; Jesus Christ is |
| not to understand the Word of God, develop a taste | | | | the "King of kings" and "Lord of lords." I am truly |
| for unrighteousness, and thus, hinder their growth in | | | | comforted knowing that this same Jesus is our |
| faith. The thoughts that follow are thoughts that lead | | | | righteousness and the answer to all our needs. |
| them back into the world. These thoughts characterize | | | | I highly recommend Ephesians 6:11-18 as an in-depth |
| covetousness, jealousy, grudges, and persecution, | | | | study to protect your spirit and Matthew 4:2-4, 6-7, 9-11 |
| which lead to ignorance, a characteristic of the evil | | | | as references for your understanding. These verses |
| one. However, for those who have the fruit of the | | | | are referring to the human spirit. |