KNOWING IS NOT THE SAME AS BELIEVING

Believing (in the biblical sense of the term) is not just simply
knowing that something is there.

It’s deeper. And going deep is at a premium in the Kingdom of God (in the here and now).

1 Thessalonians 2:13 (AMP) – “And we also [especially] thank God
continually for this, that when you received the message of God [which you heard] from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the Word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its superhuman power in those who adhere to and trust in and rely on it].”

Man, that is one beautiful passage. It contains so many elements of truth about God and His Word.

First of all, the study of the Word of God aids in believing.

When I say believing I do not mean the superficial understanding that there is such a thing, but moving way past that.

Certainly we must first realize that there is a Word to be studied and ingested. Then we are to move quickly further along into adhering, trusting, and relying.

That’s what it means to “believe”. Adhering, trusting, relying. We
apply that rule over the entire scope of biblical understanding.

The Word of God is “supernatural in it’s ability, and superhuman in
it’s foundation.”

There is nothing superficial about it.

When we grasp and grab onto this Truth, especially that we as
born-again believers are no longer “mere human beings”, that is when the change comes, the revelation of Truth for our lives, the
dissolution of the evil plague that had beset us for however long we existed before.

Hebrews 4:12 (AMP) – “For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two- edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.”

Take this deep into yourself today and let it begin to live in you.

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