The Spirit Of Faith

[emekrus]

“We having the same SPIRIT OF FAITH, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak”—2 Corinthians 4:13

A few weeks back, as I was rebuking my course mates and friends concerning their sinful lifestyles, one of them asked; “are you righteous?” then I replied; “Yes I am”. Immediately I said that, he and others started fussing at me, for ever saying I’m righteous and holy…

But then, I called the one that was very infuriated, and in front of them all, I explained to him- with the above opening scripture, why I said I’m righteous. I told them, I believe God has made me righteous and Holy through Christ. Because the scriptures says, I’m the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; and after my explanation, they were pacified.

Over the years, in my walk with God, I have discovered that no virtue of righteousness pleases God as much as Faith (Heb 11:6). And yet, so many Christian folks emphasize every other virtue, but undermine the indispensable place of Faith (which is the cornerstone of true righteousness)…

And as a result, the devil takes undue advantage of them, and they suffer unnecessary defeat in almost every areas of life. Even in the walk of righteousness, which they try and struggle to establish by the energy of the flesh and ‘powerless religion’ (gospel without power).

Hence, this article seeks to reveal scripturally the features or the fruits of the operation of the spirit of faith in the life of a believer, so people could seek and ask of it from God…

[SIZE=14pt]The Attributes of The Spirit Of Faith[/SIZE]

1. The Spirit of Faith is a Believing Force: -- Heb 11:1: The number one fruit of the spirit of faith, is that it empowers you for absolute confidence in every revealed truth in the Word of God-The Bible. It enables you walk practically, in the reality of all the truth entrenched in the Bible.
   
   
2. The Spirit of Faith is a Speaking Force: -- 2 Corinthians 4:13; Matthew 17:20, Jesus says, “If you have faith, you will SAY…” and the opening scripture (2 Corinthians 4:13) also says; if you believe, you will also speak. So a remarkable attribute of the spirit of faith, is that it pushes you, to boldly speak out what you believe. To this end, anyone who cannot publically proclaim or profess what he/she claims to believe, does not believe enough.
   
   For instance, I believe that I have dominion over sin; so therefore, I always proclaim publically that “I live above sin”. I believe Christ have given me power over all the powers of the wicked, hence, I have been publically declaring for years that “all the devils, witches, wizards and occult powers in the whole world, put together, cannot do me anything”…
   
   I believe that by the stripes of Jesus, I was healed- so therefore, I always declare boldly that “Till I sleep in the Lord, or till Jesus returns, I can never be sick”. To mention but a few. And since I’ve been declaring them for years, it has been exactly as I have been professing them by the special grace of God.
   
   
3. The Spirit of Faith is a Driving Force: Another very important attribute of the spirit of faith, is that it drives you tirelessly to take practical actions in line with what you believe. You know, James says; we cannot say we have faith, without corresponding works (James 2:26).
   
   For instance, when I gained admission into the university, I believed I must be among the best students in my department; because the Bible says I shall be the head and not the tail. And as such, I always ensure I dedicate myself to reading by the grace of God. And to the glory of God, presently, I’m one of the best students in my department.
   
   So faith is not just an empty confession, it is action based…
   
4. The Spirit of Faith is a Daring Force:-- Daniel 3:16-18: Finally, as I try to round up this article to continue it in another post, I would want us to understand-amongst so many other features- that the spirit of faith is a daring force.
   
   It empowers you to dare the ‘undarable’. And you do that for a righteous course or motive. Just as Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego, dared Nebuchadnezzar to do his worse, when he commanded that everyone must bow to his idol image.
   
   It was the manifestation of the spirit of faith, that enabled my pastor- Dr. David Oyedepo (in Nigeria)- to proclaim publically that one million members of the Boko Haram sect can’t do him anything- and indeed they’ve not been able to do him anything since he proclaimed it.
   
   It is the operation of this same spirit, that enables me dare any occultic agent that believes what I preach is empty, to come and meet me in my house in the night for a spiritual fight…
   
   I have been making that proclamation in many of my public ministrations for years and have been going on victoriously (by the grace of God) because of the operation of the spirit of faith in me.

You too still need this righteous spirit in you. So you can dominate every situation of life. So you can begin to treat the devil and all his cohorts with great disdain. So you can begin to live above sin instead of struggling with it.
If you desire the spirit of faith, just ask God and he will fill you, instantly in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!


Remain Blessed!

 

[rockytopva]

Good stuff my brother, thanks for sharing! :)

 

[Butch5]

“We having the same SPIRIT OF FAITH, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak”—2 Corinthians 4:13

A few weeks back, as I was rebuking my course mates and friends concerning their sinful lifestyles, one of them asked; “are you righteous?” then I replied; “Yes I am”. Immediately I said that, he and others started fussing at me, for ever saying I’m righteous and holy…

But then, I called the one that was very infuriated, and in front of them all, I explained to him- with the above opening scripture, why I said I’m righteous. I told them, I believe God has made me righteous and Holy through Christ. Because the scriptures says, I’m the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; and after my explanation, they were pacified.

Over the years, in my walk with God, I have discovered that no virtue of righteousness pleases God as much as Faith (Heb 11:6). And yet, so many Christian folks emphasize every other virtue, but undermine the indispensable place of Faith (which is the cornerstone of true righteousness)…

And as a result, the devil takes undue advantage of them, and they suffer unnecessary defeat in almost every areas of life. Even in the walk of righteousness, which they try and struggle to establish by the energy of the flesh and ‘powerless religion’ (gospel without power).

Hence, this article seeks to reveal scripturally the features or the fruits of the operation of the spirit of faith in the life of a believer, so people could seek and ask of it from God…

[SIZE=14pt]The Attributes of The Spirit Of Faith[/SIZE]

1. The Spirit of Faith is a Believing Force: -- Heb 11:1: The number one fruit of the spirit of faith, is that it empowers you for absolute confidence in every revealed truth in the Word of God-The Bible. It enables you walk practically, in the reality of all the truth entrenched in the Bible.
   
   
2. The Spirit of Faith is a Speaking Force: -- 2 Corinthians 4:13; Matthew 17:20, Jesus says, “If you have faith, you will SAY…” and the opening scripture (2 Corinthians 4:13) also says; if you believe, you will also speak. So a remarkable attribute of the spirit of faith, is that it pushes you, to boldly speak out what you believe. To this end, anyone who cannot publically proclaim or profess what he/she claims to believe, does not believe enough.
   
   For instance, I believe that I have dominion over sin; so therefore, I always proclaim publically that “I live above sin”. I believe Christ have given me power over all the powers of the wicked, hence, I have been publically declaring for years that “all the devils, witches, wizards and occult powers in the whole world, put together, cannot do me anything”…
   
   I believe that by the stripes of Jesus, I was healed- so therefore, I always declare boldly that “Till I sleep in the Lord, or till Jesus returns, I can never be sick”. To mention but a few. And since I’ve been declaring them for years, it has been exactly as I have been professing them by the special grace of God.
   
   
3. The Spirit of Faith is a Driving Force: Another very important attribute of the spirit of faith, is that it drives you tirelessly to take practical actions in line with what you believe. You know, James says; we cannot say we have faith, without corresponding works (James 2:26).
   
   For instance, when I gained admission into the university, I believed I must be among the best students in my department; because the Bible says I shall be the head and not the tail. And as such, I always ensure I dedicate myself to reading by the grace of God. And to the glory of God, presently, I’m one of the best students in my department.
   
   So faith is not just an empty confession, it is action based…
   
4. The Spirit of Faith is a Daring Force:-- Daniel 3:16-18: Finally, as I try to round up this article to continue it in another post, I would want us to understand-amongst so many other features- that the spirit of faith is a daring force.
   
   It empowers you to dare the ‘undarable’. And you do that for a righteous course or motive. Just as Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego, dared Nebuchadnezzar to do his worse, when he commanded that everyone must bow to his idol image.
   
   It was the manifestation of the spirit of faith, that enabled my pastor- Dr. David Oyedepo (in Nigeria)- to proclaim publically that one million members of the Boko Haram sect can’t do him anything- and indeed they’ve not been able to do him anything since he proclaimed it.
   
   It is the operation of this same spirit, that enables me dare any occultic agent that believes what I preach is empty, to come and meet me in my house in the night for a spiritual fight…
   
   I have been making that proclamation in many of my public ministrations for years and have been going on victoriously (by the grace of God) because of the operation of the spirit of faith in me.

You too still need this righteous spirit in you. So you can dominate every situation of life. So you can begin to treat the devil and all his cohorts with great disdain. So you can begin to live above sin instead of struggling with it.
If you desire the spirit of faith, just ask God and he will fill you, instantly in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!


Remain Blessed!

I think you're misunderstanding the phrase "The righteousness of God"

 

[emekrus]

I think you're misunderstanding the phrase "The righteousness of God"

So what's your own understanding?

 

[Butch5]

So what's your own understanding?

Well, Paul wrote to the Christians in the Roman church that there is none righteous. I don't see how he could say that if believers are righteous.

 

[DPMartin]

emekrus

A couple of things here, one "spirit of faith":

Is Paul saying spirit of faith like spirit of truth? Or in scripture is it understood there is only one spirit of truth and Paul states "same spirit of faith" for a reason other than what you are saying here? What is faith, in the English language when the KJV was translated it?

According to the OED its: I. Belief, trust, confidence.
1. a. Confidence, reliance, trust (in the ability, goodness, etc., of a person; in the efficacy or worth of a thing; or in the truth of a statement or doctrine). Const. in, of. In early use, only with reference to religious objects; this is still the prevalent application, and often colours the wider use.
b. Belief proceeding from reliance on testimony or authority.

So what you are saying is all who place trust in something are of the same spirit, and that, as you know, can’t be so. You plainly know many people place their faith in many different things.
And note that "spirit of faith" is said once through out the whole of the KJV OT and NT and in the context of "same spirit of faith" to mean there can be other spirits, faiths, and spirits of faiths. Where as in the case of Truth, there is only one truth, isn’t there?

Also don’t take the "we are righteous" theology to seriously. Yes:

Gal:3:6: Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

Note this faith in Christ is the same as the faith of Abraham. So because God sees you through His Beloved Son that you believe in His Son who is the Word of God, which is what Abraham believed, is what is accounted as righteousness according to the Almighty. But this doesn’t make you righteous in the eyes of the world that believes it is justified to be without it’s Creator and Judge. Whereas the same man Paul tell us that Jesus is our justifier. So technically you are not righteous, God sees you as righteous because of your Justifier Jesus Christ who is Justified and Righteous for you in God's sight, to be in the Presence of the Almighty in His Peace.

 

[Josho]

“We having the same SPIRIT OF FAITH, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak”—2 Corinthians 4:13

A few weeks back, as I was rebuking my course mates and friends concerning their sinful lifestyles, one of them asked; “are you righteous?” then I replied; “Yes I am”. Immediately I said that, he and others started fussing at me, for ever saying I’m righteous and holy…

But then, I called the one that was very infuriated, and in front of them all, I explained to him- with the above opening scripture, why I said I’m righteous. I told them, I believe God has made me righteous and Holy through Christ. Because the scriptures says, I’m the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; and after my explanation, they were pacified.

Over the years, in my walk with God, I have discovered that no virtue of righteousness pleases God as much as Faith (Heb 11:6). And yet, so many Christian folks emphasize every other virtue, but undermine the indispensable place of Faith (which is the cornerstone of true righteousness)…

And as a result, the devil takes undue advantage of them, and they suffer unnecessary defeat in almost every areas of life. Even in the walk of righteousness, which they try and struggle to establish by the energy of the flesh and ‘powerless religion’ (gospel without power).

Hence, this article seeks to reveal scripturally the features or the fruits of the operation of the spirit of faith in the life of a believer, so people could seek and ask of it from God…

[SIZE=14pt]The Attributes of The Spirit Of Faith[/SIZE]

1. The Spirit of Faith is a Believing Force: -- Heb 11:1: The number one fruit of the spirit of faith, is that it empowers you for absolute confidence in every revealed truth in the Word of God-The Bible. It enables you walk practically, in the reality of all the truth entrenched in the Bible.
   
   
2. The Spirit of Faith is a Speaking Force: -- 2 Corinthians 4:13; Matthew 17:20, Jesus says, “If you have faith, you will SAY…” and the opening scripture (2 Corinthians 4:13) also says; if you believe, you will also speak. So a remarkable attribute of the spirit of faith, is that it pushes you, to boldly speak out what you believe. To this end, anyone who cannot publically proclaim or profess what he/she claims to believe, does not believe enough.
   
   For instance, I believe that I have dominion over sin; so therefore, I always proclaim publically that “I live above sin”. I believe Christ have given me power over all the powers of the wicked, hence, I have been publically declaring for years that “all the devils, witches, wizards and occult powers in the whole world, put together, cannot do me anything”…
   
   I believe that by the stripes of Jesus, I was healed- so therefore, I always declare boldly that “Till I sleep in the Lord, or till Jesus returns, I can never be sick”. To mention but a few. And since I’ve been declaring them for years, it has been exactly as I have been professing them by the special grace of God.
   
   
3. The Spirit of Faith is a Driving Force: Another very important attribute of the spirit of faith, is that it drives you tirelessly to take practical actions in line with what you believe. You know, James says; we cannot say we have faith, without corresponding works (James 2:26).
   
   For instance, when I gained admission into the university, I believed I must be among the best students in my department; because the Bible says I shall be the head and not the tail. And as such, I always ensure I dedicate myself to reading by the grace of God. And to the glory of God, presently, I’m one of the best students in my department.
   
   So faith is not just an empty confession, it is action based…
   
4. The Spirit of Faith is a Daring Force:-- Daniel 3:16-18: Finally, as I try to round up this article to continue it in another post, I would want us to understand-amongst so many other features- that the spirit of faith is a daring force.
   
   It empowers you to dare the ‘undarable’. And you do that for a righteous course or motive. Just as Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego, dared Nebuchadnezzar to do his worse, when he commanded that everyone must bow to his idol image.
   
   It was the manifestation of the spirit of faith, that enabled my pastor- Dr. David Oyedepo (in Nigeria)- to proclaim publically that one million members of the Boko Haram sect can’t do him anything- and indeed they’ve not been able to do him anything since he proclaimed it.
   
   It is the operation of this same spirit, that enables me dare any occultic agent that believes what I preach is empty, to come and meet me in my house in the night for a spiritual fight…
   
   I have been making that proclamation in many of my public ministrations for years and have been going on victoriously (by the grace of God) because of the operation of the spirit of faith in me.

You too still need this righteous spirit in you. So you can dominate every situation of life. So you can begin to treat the devil and all his cohorts with great disdain. So you can begin to live above sin instead of struggling with it.
If you desire the spirit of faith, just ask God and he will fill you, instantly in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!


Remain Blessed!

Great stuff again mate, i love how you really dig and read the Bible word for word, not a lot of people can do that, you have a great understanding of the word of God, keep on preaching mate, I reckon Boko Haram will be amazed by your faith in God, and many will turn to Jesus.

 

[emekrus]

emekrus

A couple of things here, one "spirit of faith":

Is Paul saying spirit of faith like spirit of truth? Or in scripture is it understood there is only one spirit of truth and Paul states "same spirit of faith" for a reason other than what you are saying here? What is faith, in the English language when the KJV was translated it?

According to the OED its: I. Belief, trust, confidence.
1. a. Confidence, reliance, trust (in the ability, goodness, etc., of a person; in the efficacy or worth of a thing; or in the truth of a statement or doctrine). Const. in, of. In early use, only with reference to religious objects; this is still the prevalent application, and often colours the wider use.
b. Belief proceeding from reliance on testimony or authority.

So what you are saying is all who place trust in something are of the same spirit, and that, as you know, can’t be so. You plainly know many people place their faith in many different things.
And note that "spirit of faith" is said once through out the whole of the KJV OT and NT and in the context of "same spirit of faith" to mean there can be other spirits, faiths, and spirits of faiths. Where as in the case of Truth, there is only one truth, isn’t there?

Also don’t take the "we are righteous" theology to seriously. Yes:

Gal:3:6: Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

Note this faith in Christ is the same as the faith of Abraham. So because God sees you through His Beloved Son that you believe in His Son who is the Word of God, which is what Abraham believed, is what is accounted as righteousness according to the Almighty. But this doesn’t make you righteous in the eyes of the world that believes it is justified to be without it’s Creator and Judge. Whereas the same man Paul tell us that Jesus is our justifier. So technically you are not righteous, God sees you as righteous because of your Justifier Jesus Christ who is Justified and Righteous for you in God's sight, to be in the Presence of the Almighty in His Peace.

The faith I'm talking about is not faith in just anything, but faith in God. There is only one spirit of faith in God. Anyone who has faith in God, shares the same spirit of faith with every other believers.

Well, I confess that I'm righteous and Holy because I'm perfected (consummated) in Christ--John 17. You know, the righteousness I have is not mine, but Christ's that lives in me. You know, the Apostle Paul says "It is no longer I that live but Christ who lives in me".

 

[emekrus]

Great stuff again mate, i love how you really dig and read the Bible word for word, not a lot of people can do that, you have a great understanding of the word of God, keep on preaching mate, I reckon Boko Haram will be amazed by your faith in God, and many will turn to Jesus.

My brother, thanks for the encouragement I really needed it... God bless you a great deal.

 

[emekrus]

My brother, thanks for the encouragement- I really needed it... God bless you a great deal.

 

[GodcallsmeOlivia]

Regarding none being righteous and the believer being the righteousness of God:

"everything that does not come from faith is sin" (Romans 14:23).

When a person is unsaved they in their own self are exceedingly wicked sinners (it only took one sin, one lack of faith, one disobedience to God for Adam and Eve to be self subjected to sin).

If you were to rate Adam and Eve's sin (lack of faith in God which is disobedience to God) compared to murder (lack of faith in God {"God is love." 1 Jn 4:8} which is disobedience to God you would find that they both come from the same lack of faith which is the cause of sin. God is life and everything that is not of faith in Him the One who is life is therefore death ("the wages of sin is death" {Romans 6:23}) for it is contrary to God who is the life.

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).

One sin is complete and utter separation from God and makes a person not partially, but fully unrighteous (in fact Adam's sin is passed down to all of humankind making all fully unrighteous before sinning themselves).

"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned," (Ro 5:12).

So yes there are none righteous, that is none righteous outside of Christ.

When a person gets saved they become a new creation in Christ, they become part of righteous Christ’s spiritual body, they are given righteous Christ’s mind, and they are given a new heart. All believers are indwelled by God’s Spirit. In Christ where every believer is knit together they are righteous.

The old sin self of the person who believed was spiritually buried with Christ at the person's salvation and isn’t made righteousness and will never become righteousness. Instead, the believer who has been washed and sealed by God’s Holy Spirit is risen in Christ as Christ’s righteousness, not their own righteousness.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Co 5:17). (The sin self has passed away spiritually by someone having faith in Christ being their ONLY righteousness).

“Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it” (1 Co. 12:27).

“we have the mind of Christ” (1 Co. 2:16).

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you” (Eze. 36:26).

[SIZE=12pt]“Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you,” (1 Co. 3:16)?[/SIZE]

16but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, 16from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.om whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love” (Ephesians 4:16).

Believers are one righteousness, not their own, but Christ’s righteousness.

“and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; 12having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions” (Colossians 2:12).

Believers are no longer their own self, but they now belong to God. 1 Co 6:19.

When a believer sins they are identifying with their sin self (Paul calls the flesh) which is already spiritually dead and buried. When a believer walks in God's Spirit they are identifying with the new creation they are in Christ.

I know my posts can get too long so if you want more explanation just ask.

 

[GodcallsmeOlivia]

Sorry, I should have put this under your other faith topic. I am moving it.

 

[lforrest]

Regarding none being righteous and the believer being the righteousness of God:

"everything that does not come from faith is sin" (Romans 14:23).

When a person is unsaved they in their own self are exceedingly wicked sinners (it only took one sin, one lack of faith, one disobedience to God for Adam and Eve to be self subjected to sin).

If you were to rate Adam and Eve's sin (lack of faith in God which is disobedience to God) compared to murder (lack of faith in God {"God is love." 1 Jn 4:8} which is disobedience to God you would find that they both come from the same lack of faith which is the cause of sin. God is life and everything that is not of faith in Him the One who is life is therefore death ("the wages of sin is death" {Romans 6:23}) for it is contrary to God who is the life.

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).

One sin is complete and utter separation from God and makes a person not partially, but fully unrighteous (in fact Adam's sin is passed down to all of humankind making all fully unrighteous before sinning themselves).

"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned," (Ro 5:12).

So yes there are none righteous, that is none righteous outside of Christ.

When a person gets saved they become a new creation in Christ, they become part of righteous Christ’s spiritual body, they are given righteous Christ’s mind, and they are given a new heart. All believers are indwelled by God’s Spirit. In Christ where every believer is knit together they are righteous.

The old sin self of the person who believed was spiritually buried with Christ at the person's salvation and isn’t made righteousness and will never become righteousness. Instead, the believer who has been washed and sealed by God’s Holy Spirit is risen in Christ as Christ’s righteousness, not their own righteousness.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Co 5:17). (The sin self has passed away spiritually by someone having faith in Christ being their ONLY righteousness).

“Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it” (1 Co. 12:27).

“we have the mind of Christ” (1 Co. 2:16).

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you” (Eze. 36:26).

“Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you,” (1 Co. 3:16)?

16but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, 16from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.om whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love” (Ephesians 4:16).

Believers are one righteousness, not their own, but Christ’s righteousness.

“and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; 12having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions” (Colossians 2:12).

Believers are no longer their own self, but they now belong to God. 1 Co 6:19.

When a believer sins they are identifying with their sin self (Paul calls the flesh) which is already spiritually dead and buried. When a believer walks in God's Spirit they are identifying with the new creation they are in Christ.

I know my posts can get too long so if you want more explanation just ask.

Good post!

Welcome to the forum Olivia.