As we learned previously, The Bible cannot be learned from, with "The Mind of the Flesh"mindset; meaning that the Natural Mind is blinded to anything spiritual.....period! The natural human mind cannot imagine the half of what God HAS DONE let alone what he will do BY FAITH!
The words of God are of spiritual nature so it is totally understandable and Logical that it must then be spiritually understood, opened within the spirit man to reveal its proof within you once you have obeyed God.
This is what the Bible calls "The Renewing of the Mind" restructuring our thinking so that what God says makes perfect sense to our human mind, the problem is we have become religious rather than smart in our thinking!
Romans 12
1I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.
2Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
The total transformation of the mind through the Word of God, and remember the Words of God are the containers of proof, of evidence, of answers to our deepest questions. Once we renew our thinking and restructure our mind to think as God himself would think then the Will of God becomes second nature to us!
Man's religion, his attempt to reach God aside from God's provisions for Salvation and his CLEAR commands, are mind/flesh agreements that DISAGREE with God's clear Commands. (Idol Worship is a clear case, praying to saints, confessing to men sin, ALL CLEAR DISOBEDIENCE TO SCRIPTURE)
Religion is wearing a Fig Leaf to cover sin instead of allowing God to put the Blood of Christ there. People who are deceived by religion are as blinded by darkness as skeptics who don't know the Lord at all and cannot see the truth before them, the only difference is that Religion has access to the truth in their laps or on their coffee tables daily and Skeptics don't.
WHAT IS BELIEF?
1. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another: My belief in you is as strong as ever.
2. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something: His explanation of what happened defies belief.
3. Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons.
This equally applies to science as it does religion, there's no way around this. Scientists BELIEVE certain things based SOMETIMES on good scientific evidence and other times not so much, so for Atheist's to say they are not a religion, a belief system is at best a denial of the obvious.
I know they are not a religion LIKE a denomination but in basic terms ALL men worship something, god or God or Humanism or science as a concept to explain who we are, why are we here and where are we going?
That is where the similarities end through, because without proof there is NO God, Atheists have no firm base on which to stand since the ALL NATURAL explanation of origins (Evolution) is naked of proof, only circumstantial evidence!
As I have said TRUE BIBLICAL FAITH according to Hebrews 11:1 is the real base on which all Christian evidence rests BUT it must be understood FIRST of all that the requirement of God is to receive HIS FAITH FIRST then all the evidence's PROOF'S are revealed to the Mind!
Faith produces true Knowledge by stirring our Consciousness with "doubtless" confidence in God's ability to fulfill what he has said to us, that goes for evidence for whatever we are desiring to get from him!
True Biblical Faith is the heaven sent SUBSTANCE of what we desire, physically or Mentally need to know or have. Faith given by God CONTAINS within its seed every thing needed to BRING that desire into OUR REALITY.
Just as in Science, you MUST STOP doing everything that will taint your results, your heart must be like a "Clean Room" in a Lab, pure from any desire that is Hypocritical to what you want to happen. If you desire Healing it would be a conflict of Interest to keep claiming your sick. Don't deny the truth, but rather reinforce your true desire with scriptural backing, thus creating the end result as God framed the worlds.
A scientist doesn't REHEARSE a wrong idea when he knows it won't get the result wanted, he changes what he's doing to match the wanted results, in the same way we must change what doesn't work (Our Confessions to others and ourselves) and start confessing what God says about us, that's how FAITH serves God's purposes in our life.
Whenever we excel in our desires we are experiencing prosperity from God and that is HIS PERFECT WILL FOR US!
Did you see that, "whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists", that is clearly proof of what I've been saying about the proper way to get your proof. First accept him by Faith then the proof that he exists follows, its not a blind faith without proof.
"Without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him." God loves a FAITH following believer, and will ALWAYS answer their prayers of heart felt desire. Faith gets God's attention immediately and HIGHLIGHTS YOUR NEEDS AND DESIRES.
Hebrews 10:34 (Amplified Bible)
"For you did sympathize and suffer along with those who were imprisoned, and you bore cheerfully the plundering of your belongings and the confiscation of your property, in the knowledge and consciousness that you yourselves had a better and lasting possession."Faith produces true Knowledge by stirring our Consciousness with "doubtless" confidence in God's ability to fulfill what he has said to us, that goes for evidence for whatever we are desiring to get from him!
True Biblical Faith is the heaven sent SUBSTANCE of what we desire, physically or Mentally need to know or have. Faith given by God CONTAINS within its seed every thing needed to BRING that desire into OUR REALITY.
Just as in Science, you MUST STOP doing everything that will taint your results, your heart must be like a "Clean Room" in a Lab, pure from any desire that is Hypocritical to what you want to happen. If you desire Healing it would be a conflict of Interest to keep claiming your sick. Don't deny the truth, but rather reinforce your true desire with scriptural backing, thus creating the end result as God framed the worlds.
A scientist doesn't REHEARSE a wrong idea when he knows it won't get the result wanted, he changes what he's doing to match the wanted results, in the same way we must change what doesn't work (Our Confessions to others and ourselves) and start confessing what God says about us, that's how FAITH serves God's purposes in our life.
Whenever we excel in our desires we are experiencing prosperity from God and that is HIS PERFECT WILL FOR US!
Hebrews 11:6 (Amplified Bible)
"But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]."Did you see that, "whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists", that is clearly proof of what I've been saying about the proper way to get your proof. First accept him by Faith then the proof that he exists follows, its not a blind faith without proof.
"Without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him." God loves a FAITH following believer, and will ALWAYS answer their prayers of heart felt desire. Faith gets God's attention immediately and HIGHLIGHTS YOUR NEEDS AND DESIRES.
Psalm 35:27 (Amplified Bible)
"Let those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."
SPEAK TO YOUR MOUNTAIN
Mark 11:23-24 (Amplified Bible)
"Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him.
For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it]."
This is an exciting verse, or it should be for the skeptic, who is willing top follow the RULE laid down by God in his word, its a chance to PROVE once and for all if God is real or imaginary, but you must first follow what he's told you to do. This isn't hard, but the skeptical mind cannot be in obedience to what it rejects from the outset.
If your in revolt to God in ANY WAY, faith CANNOT WORK, if you are not in total obedience to his requirements YOU HAVE SPOILED THE EXPERIMENT and have no right to criticize God from a scientific standpoint. A scientific mindset would never do what MOST skeptics do normally, rebel against the results because you don't want to believe the alternative idea.
A true Scientist goes into an investigation UNBIASED trying to find Evidence of ether side of the argument NOT going into it with doubts of one side and belief of the other side strong, HOW could any result but the one expected ever happen? If you are like that your not serious about the results and are the biblical definition of a HYPOCRITE!
