Adventures of Faith

Our subject today may not sound like a question you have heard many believers ask often, but it is a question that is always seeking for answers in the heart of many, particularly those who have been taught on the subject of faith, and who look forward to practicing their faith. To begin with, we must ask ourselves if there is any difference between being honest and telling the truth in the context of scriptures. The two words may seem closely related, and even used interchangeably, but they convey different thoughts in the context of the scriptures as we will see. In my last article on Deliverancethrough the word , I said to be honest is to be open enough to tell it as it is i.e. without any exaggerations or trying to introduce any form of deception. This description may also fit for the truth, but truth goes far beyond that, truth is the highest form of reality there is. We know that there are physical realities as well as spiritual realities, and we also know that spiritual rea...

For many years now, I have wondered why many Christians don’t receive permanent deliverance from their challenges or troubles. It bothered me so much to see believers being afflicted over again after having supposedly received their deliverance. Sometimes I thought could it be the personalities involved in helping them get delivered, if the personality were some very “powerful” man of God, would the deliverance be more permanent? Many have been delivered from one affliction or the other, could be a sickness or disease, bad habits, addictions and so on, even under very powerful men of God or ministries, and sometimes down the line, they are back to where they started from, and at other times even worse. Now, this is not to say that this always the case, there are countless number of people who have been delivered permanently from their troubles. My goal is see what could be responsible for making some others loss their deliverance if they got it in the first place. If we understood...

As I reflect on what to share that will be a great blessing to you this season of Christmas, I could think of no other message than to encourage you to let this Christmas be a time of loving and sharing with OTHERS. Most often we tend to share with only family and friends, but I encourage you this season to step out of that circle to be a greater blessing to OTHERS who are not necessarily family or friends. I leave you with this short piece which you may have read before and I pray that this will be your best Christmas season ever. It was Christmas Eve, 1910. General William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army in London, England was near the end of his life. His health was poor, and he was going to be unable to attend the Army’s annual convention. Booth had become an invalid, and his eyesight was failing him. No one knew that he would not live to see another Christmas. Somebody suggested that General Booth send a telegram or a message to be read at the opening of ...

Rom. 10:17 (KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rom. 1:17  (KJV) For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. By now you may be wondering why several of our discussions have focused on the subject of faith. Well, the answer is really simple, the scripture tells us that the Just shall live by faith. Since there is no other way for the believer to live, other than by faith, then faith becomes a very important subject of discuss. This is because the more understanding of the subject we have, the better we are able to live our lives. The word of God is the foundation of faith. Faith is inseparable from the word of God because where you find faith, you necessarily will find the word of God. This is why you will observe that people who fellowship where the word of God is properly taught have their faith more developed than those who fellowship in merely re...

Heb. 11:1. (KJV) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb. 6:18-19 (KJV) That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:   Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; The scriptures describe faith as the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hence, it is impossible to discuss faith without touching on hope. If you have followed our discussion thus far, you would have learnt some fundamentals of faith like; Faith and the will of God , Faithand trust , Believe in God’s love , and so on. Now we come to yet another fundamental of faith – hope. Hope is an integral part of faith, but many usually mix both up because of how closely related they are. Faith isn’t hope and hope isn’t faith, but where you find fa...

Psalm 25:2 (KJV) O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me Matt. 27:43 (KJV) He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. As we continue our discussion on this crucial subject of faith, we must now look at another key factor of faith. Remember that we had previously discussed on Faith and the will of God , where we established clearly that faith begins where the will of God is known. If you haven’t read that piece it will greatly benefit you to do so, click here to read it now. In that discuss, we brought out the fact that if you keep attempting to exercise faith without first finding out the will of God concerning issues, then you will fall flat on your face many times. We established that the more this happens, the weaker your faith will grow, because your ability to trust God to keep His words will keep on decreasing. This is where trust becomes an essential facto...

I John 5:14 (KJV) And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us Rom. 12:2 (KJV) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. We have always emphasized the placed and importance of faith in getting answers to prayers, but there are many believers who can’t really even tell whether they are in faith or not. Someone may say I am believing God for so and so but I am not even sure if it is the will of God for me to have it or not. This is a big error that makes a mockery of faith itself. You cannot exercise faith where you are not sure whether what you are exercising faith over is the will of God or not. It is really that simple – faith begins where the will of God is known . The starting point of your faith is a certainty that what you are releasing your faith over is God’s will. If you ...