| In the Bible, when God exhorts us to believe His word, He is talking about believing without doubt. God's will is for us to be fully persuaded in our hearts, without any doubt, that what He promised He is able also to perform. We know this is His will because it's in His recorded word. Let's dive into God's word about believing without doubt. In Matthew 21:21 Jesus Christ's followers marveled over how soon the fig tree had withered away so soon. The context shows that earlier they approached the tree, and being hungry, desired to partake of the fruit of the tree. The season was right for good fruit on the tree, but it was found with no fruit. Finding it fruitless, Jesus commanded that it would never bear fruit and immediately the tree withered away. As with all the miracles he did, Jesus did this by revelation from God. He received God's word by revelation and took the believing action by making the command, and the tree withered away immediately instead of taking a longer period of time to die. Every time Jesus Christ did a miracle he followed it with a teaching. Here he exhorted his followers with the following, "...verily I say unto you if ye have faith and doubt not ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree but also if you shall say unto this mountain, 'Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea;' it shall be done." What a fantastic teaching! If God gives us revelation to command a mountain to be removed and cast into a sea, and we believingly act on that revelation by making the command, it absolutely shall be done. This is not teaching God's people and children to look for mountains to command away. God was teaching us through his son that if we believe God's word without doubt, it shall absolutely be done. The above scripture was addressed to Israel during the Gospel period of time, and is strictly for our learning. Now we are living in the same period of time as the early Church in the book of Acts. According to Ephesians 3:2 we are living in the Administration of the Grace of God. God's word addressed to His people and children during this time can be found in the Epistles. During the age of the Grace of God, all the promises of God are in Christ Jesus indeed and in him guaranteed to the end that we are getting dynamically desirable results and glorifying God in heaven (2Corinthians 1:20). In the name of Jesus Christ we have the authority to believe any promise found in God's word. Through Jesus Christ all God's promises are alive and work mightily for all who believe to receive. The Gospels are packed full of examples of how to believe God's word. Jesus Christ believed without doubt, gave the command, the tree immediately withered. Next he meekly did His Father's will by teaching others. Jesus Christ glorified his Father in heaven before all who witnessed the miracle. Anytime we believe God's word without doubt, it absolutely shall be done. That's because God is the original source of His, and He is faithful to back it for anybody who believes. Just as He backed His word for His first born son Jesus Chirst, so also is He able to back His word for all who believe it in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen |
| Believing...Without Doubt By Timothy W. Burnett |