Faith That Will Work for You by Charles Capps

Author:Charles Capps
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion, Christian Life, General, Inspirational, Faith
ISBN: 9781577942603
Publisher: Harrison House Inc
Published: 2000-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

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Doers of the Word Are Confident

I want to share with you several things that will help you have faith in your faith. Being a doer of the Word is a good place to start.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

—James 1:22,26

James says you deceive your own self if you are not a doer of the Word. Notice verse 26 says if you don't bridle your tongue, it will deceive your heart. So it is imperative that you keep God's Word in your heart.

This is where many Christians miss it in faith. They know the Word. They have the Word in them. Yet they have no faith in their ability to pray the prayer of faith because their heart condemns them.

Let's look at what Paul said in Romans, chapter 14:

For meat destroy not the work of God.

All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

—Romans 14:20-22

Paul is talking about eating meat offered to idols. He says, Happy is the man who condemns not himself in that thing which he allows. In other words, don't allow yourself to do things that will cause condemnation to come upon you.

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin (v. 23).

There are certain things that you may not be able to do with a good conscience because of the way you have been taught. However, I could do those things with a good conscience because my mind has been renewed by the Word of God. It wouldn't affect my faith at all, but it would affect others' faith because they couldn't do it with a good conscience.

Paul is saying, "If something has been offered to idols, it doesn't mean anything because an idol is nothing." It wouldn't affect anything unless the person had been taught that it was wrong; then it would affect his conscience. The man who believes that it is wrong would be damned if he eats because he's not doing it in faith. His heart would condemn him.

So the bottom line is: Be a doer of Gods Word, and don't do things that would condemn you.

Wrong Teaching—Wrong Believing

In the early days of the Pentecostal movement, men preached against radio and against automobiles. Years later one minister said, "I wish I hadn't preached so hard against those automobiles. I'd sure like to have one!" They preached against television, too, when it came out.

So the hearts of some would condemn them if they had a television set. To others it wouldn't affect their faith.

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