The Conception Of Faith

Of having faith, but they're not. Today I want to talk to you about the conception of faith. Now, I know Bishop T.D. jakes did a video recently on the conception of faith. This is not that video. I've not even watched this video. I saw that he did one, but I've not even watched this video. And I didn't watch this video because I didn't want to muddy the water of what I wanted to share with you about this idea of the conception of faith. And I think it's probably gonna blow your mind, because it blows my mind. But then again, maybe your mind's not as easily blown as mine. So if we're gonna talk about the conception of faith, the first thing we have to talk about is what is faith? Now, the Greek word faith is the word pistis, which means, basically, it's a system of. And I'm gonna put this in quotes, a system of religious convictions, especially about faith in Christ. Okay? It's a system of convictions, like beliefs.

And so what is faith according to the Bible? What's the Bible definition of faith? We know what it is. In fact, I'm going to write it on the board because we know. We know. Everybody's familiar with Hebrews. What? Chapter 11, verse 1. Right. What does it say? It says faith is what? The substance of. Of things hoped for. The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. In fact, I'm not even gonna write all that. Cause that's a lot to write. Okay, That's. I'm not gonna write that. So what I'm gonna do instead is I'm gonna erase all that. So. But we know what it says. Faith is substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Now, what's the first word in the verse? Now, the first word is not faith. The first word is now. Now, faith is. Is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Do you understand? Without the word now, the verse is ununderstandable.

Bet you didn't know that was a word, did you? Okay, what I mean, you can't understand it. Why? Because faith, like real biblical faith, the kind of faith we're going to get into, because there's different kinds of faith, but the kind of faith that you. That you desire to have.

Is impossible to have without a now that requires that you have it.

What does that mean? So now, faith, now is not just when you have the faith. Now is the kind of faith you have when you have it. What do I mean? Now, faith is the substance of Things hoped for. It's really interesting. It says substance. What is substance? Sub. The prefix sub means what? Prefix sub means what Under.

So faith is something that is now under me. Substance. What's stance mean? It means to stand. Oh.

Faith is something under me that I'm standing on. Now here's what's really interesting now. Faith is the substance of things. I love this word, things. This is really. It's really an interesting. Like the word things is an interesting Bible word. It's an interesting Hebrew word. It says in. I think it's Proverbs 25:2 or Proverbs 27:2. I'm not sure which one it is. But it says it is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but it's the honor of kings to search out a matter. Here's the interesting thing about that. The word thing and the word matter in Hebrew are the same word, even though in English they're a different word.

And the word in Hebrew is the word debar. Date dalet beit resh, dabar. What does dabar mean? Dabar means to speak.

Which means what? That things are made of the spoken word. In the beginning was the Word, the word was God. The Word was with God. The same was in the beginning with God. And all things were made by Him. Without him was not anything made that was made. That's really interesting. Now here's what it says. It says it's the glory of God to conceal a thing, a debar, a spoken word. Where does he conceal it? He conceals it in his word. It's the honor of kings to search out a matter. Where does he search it out? He searches it out in God's word. You remember Deuteronomy 17, don't you? What does Deuteronomy 17 say? The job of the king is. It says he's supposed to take a notebook. He's supposed to take the word of God and he's supposed to copy out the word of God all the days of his life so that he will not pervert judgment.

That's the king's job, to search out the principles in God's word. So now faith is the substance of things hoped for. The word hope is not a wish. It's a well founded, well grounded expectation.

For the future.

Things hoped for. Evidence. What's evidence? Proof.

Of things not seen. Invisible.

What? Now watch this. Now faith is where I stand. Now faith is something under me that I'm standing on while I prove the things.

I can't see that are invisible. Let me give it to you A different way. What is faith now? Faith. What kind of faith now? Faith. What kind of faith now? Faith. Now, faith is where I stand on the things I expect. Which means if I'm standing on things I expect, they're not here yet. Don't track it. Now, faith is where I stand on the things I expect while I prove the things I cannot see. That's what this is telling us, and that's why it says in the next verse. For by it what faith, the elders obtained a good report or a good reputation. Do you realize every human being in the history of the world who's ever obtained a good reputation obtain that good reputation by believing in something that wasn't there yet so much that they acted on it until they brought it to fruition.

And then it says in the next verse, by faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Now, I was a kid, I memorized this verse when I was 17 years old. Verse 3. Now, faith, by faith, we understand the world framed by the word of God. So things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. I was in my 40s. I'm sitting in church listening to my brother. He's preaching. He's preaching on this passage. He reads it. He reads Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 3. And he says, by faith, we understand that the worlds were framed. I'm thinking, what is he talking about? It doesn't say the worlds were framed. It says the world was framed. And I looked it up, and sure enough, somebody changed it. It said the worlds were framed. No, nobody changed it. When I was a kid, when I read it and memorized it, I couldn't conceive of the worlds being framed. I could only conceive of the world being framed. Because I'm 17 years old, what do I know about the worlds? I barely know about the world. And so I saw the worlds were framed, and now I'm bothered. The worlds were framed? What worlds? What are these worlds that were framed? Like, when you read that, don't you make well, what worlds are talking about? Well, the good news is it tells us in the same verse, by faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen, that's one world, were not made of things which do appear. Which means the visible world is made of the substance of the invisible world. So people make the mistake of thinking, no, I'm not talking about the invisible world. I'm not talking about the spiritual realm. I'm talking about the realm you don't understand, baby. The spiritual realm is the real realm. The physical realm is nothing more than a manifestation of the real realm. Physicality is not reality. Physicality is a mere representation of reality. I'm looking at folks on that zoom screen right now. The folks I'm looking at on that zoom screen right now, I promise you, not one of them is in that television set.

That's just where they showed up. Are y' all tracking? And so we have to understand that the real world is the invisible world, and we have to operate based on invisible truth. Why? Well, the scripture tells us what we're supposed to walk by what faith, not by what. Why does God tell us that we're supposed to walk by faith and not by sight? Because doubt is created in the eyes and faith is created in the ears.

Myron, what do you mean, doubts created in the eyes? Okay, so one of my favorite Bible characters is Peter. He really reminds me of myself in a lot of ways. But I'm reading this one story and I'm like, nah, we ain't that much alike.

Peter and the other disciples are in a boat on the Sea of Galilee and a storm comes. I've been in a boat on the Sea of Galilee, and a storm came.

No, I've experienced that. So it's like. I'm like, this is what they went through. Okay, so. But it was nighttime. I was there. The daytime. Hallelujah, right? And so the scripture says, these are men who were fishermen for a living. Being afraid of dying in a storm wasn't, you know, I mean, come on. This is what we do, y', all, you know, this is what we do. We fishermen, you know, this is where we hang, we boats. That's what we do. This storm was so bad, they were afraid they were going to die. Jesus comes to them, walking on the water.

They said.

If it ain't bad enough we about to die in this storm, here comes a ghost to haunt us before we die.

This is how I know. Me and Peter, we cut out two totally different pieces of cloth. Because Peter said, Jesus said, be not afraid. It is. I, Peter, had enough nerve to say, if it's really you, call me out there with you. I know I wouldn't have said that. There's no universe in which I would have said that. Because my first thought would be, what if he calls me out there and it ain't him?

That's what I'd have thought. But Peter said, call me out there with you.

Jesus said, come. Peter gets out of the boat and starts walking on the water.

First he's, this is amazing. If I did get out of the boat, which I wouldn't do, but if I had somehow, temporary insanity, I got. This is a. I'm walking on the very circumstance that threatens to destroy my life.

He looks around, y' all see what I'm doing. I'm walking on the water. I'm walking on the water. And then it says, when Peter saw the wind.

Now let me ask y' all a question. What does the wind look like?

When Peter saw the wind.

Boisterous, he was afraid and began to sink. Now, why was he able to walk on the water? Because he heard the voice of God say, come.

When did he start to sink? When he stopped listening and started looking around.

And.

So doubt is created in the eyes. See.

Here'S one of the principles I'm learning in my life. I can't believe my eyes because my eyes tell lies.

I wish I had some help in here. Oh, lies.

So faith is. Now faith is where I stand on the things I expect while I prove the things I cannot see. Okay, that's great. So where do I get it from? Okay, let me. Before I tell you where you get it from, let me tell you where you don't get it from. You don't conjure it up. You do not conjure up. You can't manufacture faith. You don't have the ability to manufacture faith.

Controversy, here we come.

You can't speak faith into existence. You can't speak things into existence. I know there's a whole bunch of preachers and a whole bunch of motivational speakers who disagree with me on that. They've been wrong before, they'll be wrong again. To speak something into existence out of nothingness in Hebrew is to bara. In Greek, it is to ex nihilo. The only person in the entire Bible who baras or ex nihilos is God.

We have the ability to make things from something. We do not have the ability to make things from nothing. Not even with words.

I'm going to tell you how words come in handy now. Words come in handy. But.

Where does faith come from then? I can't conjure it up.

Another person can't give it to you. Where does it come from? Well, you have to be exposed to some truth.

Romans, chapter 10, verse 17 says.

Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. In fact, I want to read it to you because this whole passage is amazing. From verse 9 all the way down to verse 17.

Romans, chapter 10. It's amazing because here's what it says in starting in verse numero nine. Okay, says Myron. Put your glasses on. Stop straining your eyes. We already talked about that. All that doubt you create in your eyes. Okay, here we go.

Then. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus shalt believe in thine heart, that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek. For the same Lord is rich over all unto all that call upon him. For who, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But how shall they call upon, call on him whom they've not heard? I mean whom they've not believed? How say they believe on him whom they've not heard? How shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent as it is written? How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things. But they have not all obeyed the gospel. That's a really interesting verse.

Because.

The gospel.

The word gospel means good news. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a four letter word. D, O N E. That's the gospel. What does that mean? It's not a two letter word. It's not do, do this, then do that, then do this, then do that, then do this, then do that. The gospel is D O N E. Done. It is finished. It's done. It's complete. It's tetelestai. It's finished. Okay, what does that mean? That means religion says, and it doesn't matter which religion, you can name any religion, it doesn't matter which one you name. Religion says, do, do, do, do, do, do, do so you can be accepted by God.

But this gospel says.

Not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to his mercy, he has saved us by the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ says that.

There'S not a just man upon the earth that doeth good and sinneth not.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ says, for by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. I'm going to get into that a little bit. That's why I'm going by it really fast. It. It is the gift of God, not of works. Lest any man should boast. So the salvation which is the restoration of man to God can only be done by God through Christ. It's not done by some religious activity, regardless of what that religious activity is and regardless of who that religious actor is. So when it says obeyed the Gospel of Christ, what obeying the gospel of Christ means, stop trying to do it yourself. Stop trying to restore your relationship to God yourself, and trust the restoration that God provided for you. You know, one of my favorite Old Testament pictures of this is in Genesis, chapter 15. I'm not going to read it for sake of time, but in Genesis chapter 15, when God entered the covenant with Abram. It's interesting that atav, the last letter of the Hebrew Aleph, beat that ATAV is a covenant or a cross. In fact, the ancient Hebrew symbol for Tav for a covenant, I mean, for tav was a cross. What's interesting, that God entered a covenant with Abram. And he told Abram to bring a she goat three years old, a ram three years old, a heifer three years old, a turtle dove and a young pigeon, and to kill the animals and cut them in pieces. But don't cut the birds in pieces. And then he put them in a pile and. And then right before God gets ready to go enter the covenant with Abram, he puts him to sleep.

Why do you put him to sleep? Because there is no work that we can do to be accepted by God. God put Abram to sleep. And then what does it say after that? It says it came to pass when the sun went down and it was dark. Behold, a smoking furnace. That's a picture of God the Father. When God came down and talked to Moses on Mount Sinai, what happened? The smoke ascended like the smoke of a great. What? Furnace. A smoking furnace and a burning lamp. I am the light of the world. I must work the work of him that sent me. Wise day. That's a picture of Christ. That's an Old Testament picture of Christ. It came to pass when the sun went down and it was dark. Behold, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp passed between those pieces. They did the covenant walk. Why? Because when you enter covenant with somebody, you'd walk in a circle around those animals. You'd cut your hands. You put your hands together, you'd make a promise. If I break my covenant to you, may what happened to these animals happen to me. God's getting ready to enter this covenant with Abram. But Abram would have had to die. He would have been in double jeopardy. One, because they walk, they stand back to back but when they walk around the animals, they come back face to face. No man has seen God at any time and lived. Abram would have had to die because he would have been face to face with God. He needed a substitute. But the other problem Abram had was he couldn't keep covenant. And because he couldn't keep covenant, he would have had to die again. He was in double jeopardy. So God put Abram to sleep.

Just like God put Adam to sleep when he created the marriage covenant with Adam and Eve. This holy anesthesia and covenant thing, it's a thing, right? And so God entered the covenant with Abram. But Abram needed a substitute. It was a substitute. The substitute was the burning lamp. So God says to the burning lamp, if I don't keep my covenant with Abram, may what happened to this animal happen to me. The burning lamp is saying to the smoking furnace, if Abram doesn't keep his covenant with you, may what happened to this animal happen to me. So it was an Old Testament prophecy.

Of the forthcoming crucifixion that would be thousands of years later. Anyway, I. I got a little sidetracked, but it was a good track that needed to be cited. Okay, so it says. It says, believe the gospel, verse 16. But they that have not obeyed the Gospel. For he Isaiah saith, lord, who hath believed our report? So faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Do you understand?

If you want to be a messenger of faith, what you have to do is you have to speak God's word to people. The conception of faith happens when God's word, which is God's seed, is received by the spirit of man. And it germinates and it gestates and produces works. That is the conception of faith. Just like when a baby is conceived, a woman's body receives the seed from a man's body. It creates a new life.

And then that woman carries that new life and then delivers that new life into the world. Oh, man. There's so many things happening in my head right now.

When we receive the seed of the Word of God, when we open, our spirit receive the seed of the Word of God. When the seed of the Word of God germinates our spirit.

It creates new birth.

The conception of faith happens as the result of God's word being heard. Not just heard audibly, but heard and received.

Like hearing it is just hearing it. I'm not talking about. I'm not just talking about hearing the words. I'm talking about actually receiving it. Now, here's what's interesting about that.

As we go back to what is faith? Where does it come from? It comes from God. What does faith do in us? Faith produces transformation. That's what faith does. Faith always produces transformation. So if you really wrap your mind around what I just said, faith produces transformation. Before I had faith in Christ, I was dead in my sins. I was dead in trespasses and sins.

When I received.

The seed of the word of God.

God didn't just give me the seed, but he gave me the faith to receive that seed in my spirit. How do I know that? Ephesians 2, 8, 9. Here's what it says.

For by grace. What is grace? What is the word grace? It's the Greek word charis, which means what? Gift. It's an unmerited favor, but it's a gift. You received it, you didn't earn it. It's not a paycheck. Grace is not a paycheck. Grace is when I receive good that I don't deserve. Mercy is when I don't receive judgment that I do deserve. Understand the difference between those two? For by grace are you saved through faith. And then it says, and that. What is the. And that? And that what? And that? Faith is not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works. Lest any man should boast, you know how you receive faith? I'm sorry? You know where faith comes from? God gives it to you.

Don't give it to you, you ain't getting it.

How do I know that? Well, maybe.

Somewhere in John, chapter one, it says.

As many as received him.

To them he gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believed on his name. Watch this. Which were born not of the will of the flesh.

Which means it wasn't that I willed it in my flesh, which were born not of the will of flesh, nor the will of man. I didn't will it as a man which are born not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Grace is a gift that you can only receive after you receive the gift of faith.

You sat somewhere and heard the gospel of Jesus Christ and you responded to it. You did not respond to it because you were smarter than the person sitting beside you who did not respond to it. It. You responded to it because God gave you the faith to receive the gift of grace. That's the conception of faith. That's where faith comes from. It comes from God's word. Now, there are different kinds of faith. Most people I love how Jesus taught. Most people think.

That it's the size, the seed of faith that matters, not the size of the seed that matters. It's the breed of the seed that matters. What does that mean? Well, I'm going to show you because I can show you better than I can tell you over in James, chapter number one.

I love the fact the Bible is the best commentary on the bible.

James, chapter one. I think it's verse 19.

James. I could really go. I could really do the whole first chapter of James, really. But just for the sake of time, I'm not going to. Because the whole first chapter of James. James wrote the book of James to the church at Jerusalem that was scattered abroad because of the persecution of the Romans. So they were going through it like, we think we're persecuted when we get a traffic ticket. No, no, no, no, no. These people were murdered and they were tortured and they were sewn up inside animal skins and thrown to the lions as entertainment for the Romans. Okay. I mean, barbarism. Okay, so verse 19.

Wherefore. Oh, I can't start there. I got to start verse seven. I got to start verse 17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom there's no variableness. In other words, he doesn't change. Neither shadow of turning of his own will begat he us. Does that sound like I did it? Definitely not. Of his own will begat he us.

That we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, whenever there's a therefore or wherefore, we have to refer to what came before he said, because. Because every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom no no shadow of turning, with whom there is no variableness. Neither shadow of turning because of his own will be. Gad he us that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creature. Because of that, let every man be what swift to hear.

Hmm. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear. Verse 19. Slow to speak, slow to wrath. Why do I need to be swift to hear? Because faith is created in the ears. Doubt is created in the eyes. And then he goes, wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness what the engrafted word which is able to save your souls. Do you understand that he's saying the same thing I just said? Faith brings transformation.

And then he says, but be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only deceiving your own selves. If any man be a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he's like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. For he beholdeth himself and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. He said, if you read the Word of God or hear the Word of God, and you don't do something about what you've read or what you've heard, you're like the person who wakes up in the morning, hair all disheveled, sleep in your eyes, slobber on your face. You look in the mirror and say, well, off to work I go.

The whole purpose of the mirror is to show you what's wrong so you can fix it.

Brings transformation.

The Word of God is a mirror that shows us not just what we look like, but it shows us what we're supposed to look like because we're changed into his image from glory to glory. The more I look into the Word of God and the more faith is created because of that Word of God in my life, the greater the transformation happens in my life.

But it gets more better. He keeps on talking because, you know, the Bible wasn't separated into chapters like, I mean, it makes it easier to find stuff, but it doesn't always make it easier to understand.

And then he says, for he beholdest himself, goeth away straightway, forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and continueth therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work.

This man shall be blessed in his deeds. And I love the fact that it talks about widows and orphans. I love this because it says, if any man among you seem to be religious and bridleth not his tongue, he deceiveth his own heart. And this man's religion is vain, pure religion undefiled before God and the Father. Is this to keep. To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and keep himself unspotted from the world? Then we get into James Chapter two. Y' all know what James Chapter two is about, right? James Chapter two is about faith without works. Now, so the title of this video is the Conception of Faith, the Perception of Faith and the Deception of Faith. So the conception of faith. Faith is conceived when God's Word speaks to us and gives us a space in our spirit to receive it by faith. Then transformation happens. That's the conception of faith. The perception of. Well, the conception of faith is when God's word is spoken and then we receive it. The perception of faith is when God gives us the faith to perceive it. That's the perception of faith. But what's the deception of faith? The deception of faith. First deception of faith. Let me talk about this. First.

People make the first deception of faith, and I'm calling it that. But it's not really that is that most people think that all belief is faith. All belief is not faith.

Why do I say all belief is not faith? Because faith and doubt are both belief. Doubt is belief. Doubt is belief in a lie. Doubt is belief in the promise of the enemy. Faith is belief in the promise of the Father.

Doubt is belief in the outcome I don't desire. Faith is the belief in the outcome I do desire. Doubt and faith are both belief. So the first deception of faith is thinking that all beliefs are faith. If you believe in, for instance, let's say you believe your religious exercise, whatever it is, is going to get you closer to God. That belief is not faith.

It's a belief. But you're not believing in the truth. So it's not faith.

Faith is belief in God's truth.

That causes transformation. And if I think I'm going to do something, do you understand? God did not send his son to die.

Because he was going to receive part of the payment from you or me.

And when you say, well, I'm going to do this. I get it. I'm going to do this, though, because I want to make sure I get in. Well, what you're doing is you're telling God what he did was not good enough.

Okay, I'm gonna keep reading. So.

Okay, I'm gonna keep reading. So my brethren, remember, it wasn't separated into chapters. Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. With respect to. First, I'm gonna keep reading. For if there come into your assembly a man with gold ring and goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment, and you have respect unto him that weareth the gay clothing. And by the way, the word gay means happy. It doesn't mean homosexual. So, like, we gotta. The fact that I even have to stop and say that is tragic because they've redefined all the words in the world. And the implication like, that's why I don't ever refer to homosexuality as gay. Because gay means happy. And the implication is, unless you're homosexual, you're not happy. And I refuse to capitulate to that. So I call it sodomy or perversion or Homosexuality, I'll call it what the Bible calls, but I'm not going to call it something else, because can two walk together except they be agreed? And I'm in agreement with God, so I can't be in agreement with the world about something that God opposes. And I don't hate homosexuals, but I hate homosexuality. But I also hate fornication and adultery and whoremongering. Right. And drug dealing. I don't hate drug dealers, but I hate drug dealing. Okay, y' all figuring out what I'm putting down. So gay doesn't mean homosexual. Okay. You have respect in him that weareth the gay clothing and say unto him, sit thou here in a good place. And say unto the poor, stand out there, sit here under my footstool. Are you not then partial in yourselves and become judges of evil thoughts? Wow. Okay. So a lot of people make the mistake of thinking, the Bible says, don't judge. The Bible doesn't say, don't judge. The Bible says, when you judge, judge, righteous judgment. We're supposed to. And also the Bible commands us to judge everything.

What it says, First Corinthians says, he that is spiritual judgeth all things. So I'm judging everything, but I'm not judging people. And when I'm not judging people, when I'm not judging, I'm not judging their motives. I'm not saying this person did this because of that, because I can't. Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart. So I can see clearly what you're doing, and I can see if it's right or wrong, but I can't see why you did it. And I can't assume you did. I can't assume that the evil you did was because you intended to do evil. Maybe that was the reason, maybe it wasn't. Are you tracking. So don't make the mistake of thinking that all judgment, like all judging, is wrong. No, all judging is not wrong. But judging of evil thoughts, like, you make a judgment and you look at one person and assume because they got it going on on the outside, they got it going on on the inside. And you look at somebody else that doesn't have it going on on the outside. You assume they don't have it going on on the outside, because they don't. No, you'll become a judge of evil thoughts. Don't do that. The Bible says, judge not that you be not judged. For with what judgment, what measure you meet, it shall be measured also unto you. Again, when it's saying that, it's Saying, don't you judge the little sin in somebody else's life when you got a big sin in your own life. In other words, your brother has a splinter in his eye. You got a telephone pole in your eye. Don't try to do eye surgery on your brother with a telephone pole who has a splinter. You got a telephone pole in your eye.

Okay.

So.

Then it says, hearken, my beloved brethren. Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith, heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him, but ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seas? By the way, this is not. This is not a universal principle. It is an individual prescription. What does that mean? These people were going through something where the rich Romans were persecuting them and killing them. And you're like, they're turning. And even some rich Jews were turning these people over to the Romans because they wanted to keep their stuff. Like, this is not. This is not saying all rich people are persecuting you. Don't make that mistake of thinking that that's not what this is saying. You got to read it in the context. There's a really good book that y' all would benefit you to read. If you really want to understand the New Testament better, there's a book called the Untold Story of the New Testament. I don't know if any of you have ever read it, but it's mind blowing.

And basically it gives a chronology of what was going on in all of the epistles that were written when they were written. It's really, really beneficial. Okay, anyway.

I'm gonna. There's so much in here. I'm just gonna. I'm gonna go down to where it says.

In verse number 14, what does a prophet, my brethren, though a man say he have faith and have not works, can faith save him? I'm going to read all of it so you can understand this in context. So, like, whatever this is saying, it cannot be. Contradiction contradicting Romans chapter four. So this and Romans chapter four are in agreement, but they seem like they're saying something different. Okay, verse 14. What does a prophet, brethren, though a man say he hath faith and have not works, can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, depart in peace, be warmed and filled. That's churchianity. They love to play that game, don't they? Bless you, brother. I'll pray for you. No, let me Bless you, brother, and pray for you. I don't want to just say bless you. I want to bless you. I remember one time I was a visiting preacher at a church in Georgia, and there was only a handful of people, maybe 30 or 40 people there on a Wednesday night Bible study. And I came through and I was speaking, and they made an announcement that so and so in the church, their house burned down the day before, and they took up an offering for them. So cool. I'm like, okay, well, my house didn't burn down. I'll give them some money. So the next day I asked, so how much money did y' all get for the family whose house burned down? They said, $137. I put in 100. And I don't even know the family.

Like.

We pretend care.

Like, let's don't pretend care. Let's really care.

Let's when we can do. Do something to help someone, even if it inconveniences us a little. Anyway. Anyway, I got a little sidetracked. It just blows my mind. But I've seen that a lot. I've also seen the other side, where people actually demonstrate that they care. Okay, so.

And one of you say unto them, depart in peace, be warned and filled notwithstanding. Ye give them those things that are needful for the body, what do the profit? Even so, faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith. You have faith, and I have works. Show me. Those are the key words to understand this passage. Show me thy faith without thy works. I will show thee. I'll show you my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God. Thou doest well. But wilt thou, O man? Wilt thou know, O man, that faith without works is dead? Then it says, was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou? You see.

How faith wrought with his works? And by works faith was made perfect. For the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, abram, abraham believed in believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. That was in Genesis, chapter 15 that I was talking about earlier. And he was called the friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, not by faith only. Now, what is it saying? Notice it keeps saying, you see, I see. You see, I see. You see, I see. You see then, that faith without works is dead. You. You show me your faith without your works. I'll show you my faith without by my works. Okay, the deception of faith is this. We make the mistake of thinking that.

Everybody sees our faith the same way. God doesn't need to see our works to see our faith.

People have to see our works to see our faith. The only way you can show a person what you believe is by doing something. You don't have to do something to show God what you believe. Why he can look all the way in your heart of hearts.

But to show a person your faith. So if you go read Romans chapter four.

It'Ll say it'll be seeming to say the exact opposite. Why? Because it's showing you how God sees Faith. Romans chapter 4 shows you how you show how God sees your faith. James chapter two is showing you how people see your faith. The ucic you see? I see. You see then that faith without works is dead. You show me your faith without your works. I'll show you my faith by my works. Okay. The deception of faith is this. We make the mistake of thinking that.

Everybody sees our faith the same way. God doesn't need to see our works to see our faith.

People have to see our works to see our faith. The only way you can show.

Y' all picking up what I'm putting down. Okay, so they're the first kind of faith. So the deception of faith is thinking all faith, all faith is the same. So there we see in the passage so far, there is dead faith. What is dead faith? Dead faith is head knowledge. You know something in your head enough to believe it, but not enough to do something about it.

That's dead faith. Faith is faith you person what you believe is by doing something. You don't have to do something to show God what you believe. Why he can look all the way in your heart of hearts.

But believe something that doesn't bring a transformation. That's the see.

How many church going.

Christian people who practice churchianity and speak to show a person your faith. So if you go read Romans chapter four.

It'Ll say it'll be seeming to say the exact opposite. Why? Because it's showing you how God sees Faith. Romans chapter 4 shows you how you show how God sees your faith. James chapter two is showing you how people see your faith. Christianse think that because they believe stuff.

That that is.

Equivalent of doing something.

See, I don't do works to be accepted by God. I do works out of gratitude to God in service to man.

Are y' all tracking like I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't work to please y' all Picking on what I'm putting now. Okay, so they're the first kind of faith. So the deception of faith is thinking all faith, all faith is the same. So there please God so I can be saved. I work to please God because I'm grateful that he saved me.

And I work to please God to serve other people. Because how I treat other people is how I treat Him.

Y' all tracking so we have dead faith. Faith without works. But if there's faith without works, there also has to be what? Faith with works. That's dynamic faith. See, Dead faith is faith without works. Dynamic faith is faith with works or faith that brings transformation. But we see in the passage so far there is dead faith. What is dead faith? Dead faith is head knowledge. You know something in your head enough to believe it. But not the other deception of faith. There's one more faith.

Kind of mind blowing. Look what it says.

In enough to do something about it. That's dead faith. Faith is faith. You believe something that doesn't bring a transformation. That's the dev. See? How many? How many Church. How many church verse.

I lost it.

Verse 19. Yea, I'll read 18 first. Yea. A man may say thou hast faith much going.

Christian people who practice churchianity and speak thy works. Show me thy faith without thy works. I'll show you my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God. Thou doest well, the devils also believe and tremble.

What?

What? You got dead faith. You got dynamic faith and you have demonic faith. What's demonic faith? The kind of faith that Christians think that because they believe stuff.

That that.

Equivalent of doing something.

See, I don't do works to be accepted by God. I do works out of gratitude to God in service to man.

Are y' all tracking makes you afraid enough of judgment to be afraid of it and tremble, but not afraid enough to transform.

Wait a second. But wait, there's more.

We need to understand.

That the conception of faith.

Is.

Like I don't, I don't. I don't. I don't. I don't work to please God so I can be saved. I work to please God because I'm grateful that he saved me.

And I work to please God to serve other people. Because how I treat other people is how I treat Him.

Y' all tracking so we have dead faith. Faith without works. But if there's faith without works, there also has to be what? Faith with works. That's dynamic faith. See demonstrated in the fact that we receive faith. So we have the receiving of Faith. How do we receive it? Receive? We receive faith because faith is bestowed by the giver of truth. It's a gift. For by grace are you saved through faith. And that? That what? That faith is not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works. Lest any man should boast. Why? Because no flesh should glory in his presence.

So faith is bestowed by the giver of truth. Faith causes us to believe the truth. And then faith causes us to behave in accordance with the truth. Bible faith. What kind of faith? The now faith. That is where I stand on the things I expect while I prove the things I cannot see. That's the receiving of faith. But the responsibility of a person of faith is dead. Faith is faith without works. Dynamic faith is faith with works or faith that brings transformation. But to hear God's word.

And to heed God's word, the other deception of faith. There's one more faith.

Kind of mind blowing.

But not just to heed God. Hear God's Word and he got it says.

In.

Word. It is also our responsibility to herald God's word. The reason why do I teach verse.

Business based on biblical principles?

Because I really have a desire for the people that I consult and coach to succeed. And God's word is your best chance. Because business is a good idea. Because business is a God idea. And if you do it his way, your chances of succeeding are infinitely greater than if you do it some other way.

And the results are faith. The results of faith are this. I lost it.

Verse 19. Faith brings awareness. How do I know faith brings awareness? Hebrews chapter 11. Yea, read 18 first. Yea, a man may say, thou hast faith. I have works. Show me thy faith. Without thy works. I'll show you my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God. Thou doest well. Verse number three. Here's what it says. By faith we understand. It didn't say by understanding we have faith. See, people think that understanding brings faith, but you got it backwards. Understanding doesn't bring faith. The devils also believe. And faith brings understanding. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which were not seen were made of things which do appear. So faith brings awareness.

Faith brings action.

You know what Bible faith gives you? It gives you a very, very, very bad case of the I can't help it.

You'll be walking around doing good deeds cause you can't help it. Why? Because you got some Bible faith. You'll help your brother or sister in need. Cause you can't Help it. Can't help but help them. You'll smile at people and be encouraging because you can't help it. You'll bring joy into every space you see. What?

What? You got dead faith. You got stepping too. Because you can't help it. You'll wake up praising the Lord with an attitude of gratitude. And you'll have dynamic faith. And you have demonic faith. What's demonic faith? The kind of faith that go to bed the same way. Why? You can't help it.

Faith breeds action.

And lastly, faith breaks apprehension. How does faith break apprehension?

Because faith makes you afraid. Enough of judgment to be afraid of it and tremble, but not afraid enough to transform. Replaces doubt.

And see, when you have doubt gives us anxiety. What is anxiety? People think anxiety is fear, don't they? I'm just afraid of failure. You're not afraid of failure. You have anxiety over failure. It's not the same thing. What does that mean? Well, faith is caution over a real and present danger. Anxiety is caution over a future imagined danger. What does that mean if there is no real danger?

Wait a second. But wait. There's more.

Danger. There can be no fear.

There can only be anxiety. If you're imagining an outcome in the future that's unfavorable and you're having a physical reaction in your body, that physical reaction is not fear, it is anxiety.

But what does faith do? Just like doubt creates anxiety in our heart, faith creates anticipation in our heart. What is anticipation? Anticipation is the energy I get when the outcome I expect is desirable to me and what I've got to learn how to do. We need to understand.

That the conception of faith.

Is.

Demonstrated in the fact that we receive faith. So we have the receiving of faith. How do we receive it? We receive faith because faith is bestowed by the giver of truth. It's a gift.

I've got to learn how to replace the lie that my eyes are portraying to me with the truth that God is speaking to me in real time.

When I do that, I'm replacing anxiety with apprehension. I mean, anxiety with anticipation. And that anticipation causes me to act. In fact, it makes it so I can't help it. Here's what's interesting. For by grace are you saved through faith. And that. That what? That faith is not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works. Lest any man should boast. Why? Because no flesh should glory in his presence.

If we go on to Hebrews chapter 12, which we're not going to do for time, we went on from Hebrews chapter 11. All the way through Hebrews chapter 12. Hebrews chapter 12, verse 1 says, wherefore, because of all the things in Hebrews chapter 11, seeing we're encompassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. That's not all the people who've died and are gone to heaven, they're sitting in heaven, cheering us on. That's the people whose testimonies while they were on earth are testifying, witnessing to us about the benefits of having faith. That's what that's talking about in the context now. Wherefore, seeing we're compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. Who in Abraham and Moses and Isaac and Jephthah and Pharez and all the people that were named in Hebrews chapter 11. Their testimony is witnessing to us about the benefits of having faith, seeing we're compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. Let us lay aside every weight, put down every burden, and let us run with patience. Patience is persistent, consistent endurance. Let's run with patience the race that is set before us. How do we do that? Looking unto Jesus.

The author and finisher of our faith. So faith is bestowed by the giver of truth. Faith causes us to believe the truth, and then faith causes us to behave in accordance with the truth. Bible faith. What kind of faith? The now faith. That is where I stand on the things I expect while I prove the things I cannot see. That's the receiving of faith. But the responsibility of a person of faith is to hear God's word.

And to heed God's word. What did he do? Who? For the joy that was set before him. Okay, you got to understand. You got to understand the significance of what this is saying.

Jesus suffered the greatest travesty against a human being that's ever been suffered against that a human being has ever suffered. How did he go through the difficulties of his assignment? He set the joy before him while he was in the middle of being crucified. He set the joy before him.

But not just to hear God's word and heed God. That's why when it says looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, it's not saying some esoteric. It's saying, look at the example of Christ, who finished his race.

Looking out of Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, he set the joy before him, endured the cross. How do you endure the difficulties of your assignment? Take up your cross and follow me. How do you take. How do you do that? By looking at the example of Christ. He set the joy before him. So what did he do? He replaced the anxiety of the reality that he was going through with the joy that he would experience when his assignment was complete.

And so I have to learn in real time how to replace the anxious apprehension of the outcome I don't desire with the joyful anticipation of the outcome I do desire. So what was the joy that he set before Him? It tells us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross. And now he's what, sat down on the right hand of the throne of God. He's reunited with the Father. Wait a minute. He was already with the Father before? That's right. But when he was with the Father before, he was with the Father's Word. It is also our responsibility to herald God's Word. The reason why do I teach business based on biblical principles?

Because I really have a desire for the people that I consult and coach to succeed. And God's Word is your best chance. Because business is a good idea. Because business is a God idea. And if you do it his way, your chances of succeeding are infinitely greater than if you do it some other way.

And the results are faith. The results of faith are this other before by himself, but now he's seated with him, with us, in him, in heavenly places. And that was the joy that was set before him, that gave him the ability to endure the cross.

And when you learn to endure the cross of your assignment by setting the joy before you, that one day, just like you're already seated there in heavenly places, you will be like in real. Faith brings awareness. How do I know faith brings awareness. Hebrews, chapter 11. Real time. Or should I say outside of real time, inside real eternity. You'll be seated with Christ at the right hand of God set that joy before you. That is the conception, verse number three. Here's what it says. By faith we understand. It didn't say by understanding we have faith. See, people, the perception and the deception of faith stay blessed by the best. We appreciate y' all watching. Share this video with somebody who you think it'll bless. And in the meantime, in between time, we're out of here. See you next time. Well, think that understanding brings faith, but you got it backwards. Understanding doesn't bring faith. Faith brings understanding. By faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which were not seen were made of things which do appear. So faith brings awareness. Faith brings action. You know what Bible faith gives you. It gives you a very, very, very bad case of the I can't help it's.

You'll be walking around doing good deeds because you can't help it. Why? Because you got some Bible faith? You'll help your brother or sister in need because you can't help it. Can't help but help them. You'll smile at people and be encouraging because you can't help it. You'll bring joy into every space you step into because you can't help it. You'll wake up praising the Lord with an attitude of gratitude. And you'll go to bed the same way. Why? You can't help it.

Faith breeds action.

And lastly, faith breaks apprehension. How does faith break apprehension?

Because faith replaces doubt.

And see, when you have doubt gives us anxiety. What is anxiety? People think anxiety is fear, don't they? I'm just afraid of failure. You're not afraid of failure. You have anxiety over failure. It's not the same thing. What does that mean? Well, faith is caution over a real and present danger. Anxiety is caution over a future imagined danger. What does that mean? If there is no real danger, there can be no fear.

There can only be anxiety. If you're imagining an outcome in the future that's unfavorable and you're having a physical reaction in your body, that physical reaction is not fear. It is anxiety.

But what does faith do? Just like doubt creates anxiety.