It Is Impossible To Please God Without Faith
Jesus Gives Us Victory Over The Goliath's In Our Lives
HEBREWS 11:5-6
“By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
”Hebrews 11:5-6 NKJV
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Most believe that God exist, but belief is only the beginning, even the demons believe that much (JAMES 2:19-20).
Acknowledgment of His existence is not enough, He wants a personal relationship with each and every one of us; He wants us to put our trust in Him and believe even in that what we cannot see (HEBREWS 11:1).
God blesses people for their faith-Enoch is one of a few who did not see death, but was taken in his own body. Why? Because he had this testimony, that he pleased God by his faith. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.”
Hebrews 11:1-4 NKJV
My beloved, like Abel, by faith we offer an excellent sacrifice of which we obtain witness from the Holy Spirit that Christ is our righteousness, and by faith alone we are saved.
For “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”
Romans 8:16-17 NKJV
But the truth is, one cannot have faith in anyone without knowing them, and the same goes for trusting God.
The only way to gain faith is through personal relationship with Christ.
Only by personal time in private with good productive conversation with Christ through prayer can relationship and faith grow.
It is by the experience of God’s loving faithfulness, His supernatural power at work in their lives, and God’s Word actively working from within that faith, knowledge , and understanding, shall grow.
It is impossible to please God without faith, and it is impossible to have faith without relationship.
Jesus said, “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
Matthew 7:22-23 NKJV
If people cannot make time to know Jesus while still living, He will refuse to know them when they call out to Him in death.
As Christians, we are all obligated to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.
But the truth is, once one has heard the Good News, he or she becomes responsible for his or her own destiny (2 CORINTHIANS 6:1-2).
It is up to him or her to seek and find.
My brethren, Jesus said, “”Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”
Matthew 7:7-11 NKJV
Today, the Lord has this message for His people: “Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:5-8 NKJV
By faith we believers have life everlasting and can overcome any situation at all through Christ; by faith we believe that God is with us through it all and nothing is impossible with Him (LUKE 18:27; MATHEW 19:26).
We may not be battling Galiath, but we all face giants in our life.
Like David, by giving those giants to God, you shall bring them down (1 SAMUEL 17), but like David you need the five smooth stones that David picked up.
They are the five stones that represent the five fold ministry of Christ, apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, and evangelist, and Christ who is the head (EPHESIANS 4:11).
He is the cornerstone, the very foundation on which we stand and put our trust (EPHESIANS 2:20-22).
My beloved, if’s it’s not the Apostolic five fold ministry of Christ, it shall profit you nothing.
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
