Introduction

Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. It is the same faith that we have to believe God, and it is counted unto us for righteousness. Our faith is based on the grace of God as we did not do any work to be saved. We have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ who paid the entire price for our salvation. He tasted death for everyone. Romans 4: 1 – 8; Ephesians 2: 8 – 9; Hebrews 2: 9; Romans 11: 6; Hebrews 11: 6.

Behold, I give unto you power. You have it in you, the Kingdom of God’s within you. Every promise in the Bible are in Him, are yea, and Amen, unto the glory of God.

You have the Lord Jesus within you. Therefore, you have the Kingdom of God within you. It means every promise of God is within you, and the life which you now live in the flesh, you live by the faith of the Lord Jesus, the mighty God. Galatians 2: 20; Luke 17: 21; 2 Corinthians 1: 20; Isaiah 9: 6.

The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. He’ll not only establish you, but He will absolutely keep you from evil. The Lord will preserve you from all evil. 2 Thessalonians 3: 3; Psalm 121: 7 – 8.

Are we going to be royal? And a peculiar people, a royal people, and those stones, spiritual lively stones of the Lord. And that’s how it’s going to come. It’s going to be that rich divine love with that faith and wisdom until a cloud will just appear with us and lead us right on to heaven. 1 Peter 2: 9.

Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

You were sealed with the Holy Spirit after you believed the gospel of your salvation, and this is the earnest, the down payment, of our eternal inheritance, until the moment of translation when we shall be changed into the glorified body. Ephesians 1: 13 – 14.

He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world. And those are the ones He come to get, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Ephesians 1: 4.

The deep things of God are a mystery, but are revealed unto His elect! … “Behold saith the living God, without faith and knowledge of My Word he cannot attain unto such wonders! Have ye not heard that only Mine elect and those who have died in the faith shall hear My voice and meet Me in the air and the others upon the earth shall not! – It is because I foreknow you, and ye shall hear My voice!”

The dead in Christ and the elect of God shall hear the Lord’s voice at the moment of translation, and they go up to meet the Lord in the air, but the tribulation saints do not hear His voice and that is why they are not translated. John 5: 25; 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18.

You want to thank the Lord Jesus that you love His word, and you will hear His voice when He calls at the moment of translation.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “The Character of Faith”, CD # 1283, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Now, tonight, The Character of Faith. You know, faith has a character to it. It really does. And He’s building that church on the word and the character of faith.

The true character of faith: It will blend with divine love, it will blend with righteousness, authority, power, and mostly, the word of God.

Romans, chapter 4. Abraham was justified by his faith, and power, that was within him. Verse 13: For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law. You can’t get anywhere through doctrine, kind that is tradition, and what man has set up.

God wants that pure word to His elect. He wants that pure word to His people. You get that word to His people in the right manner, they are going to be a joyful people and overcome any obstacle in there.

And so, it says, to Abraham or to his seed through the law, the promise was not that way at all, the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. That will get it done with the Word of God.

For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void.

Now if you’re trying to get it through the law, or through some other way which some people try to do it, your faith is void. And the promise made of none effect.

You must come God’s way. It must be pure, His way, and then these things work.

Therefore, it is faith. It might be by grace, and the end of promise might be sure to all the seed by faith in God.

And then in 17, as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead.

Listen to this right here: Who quicknessed the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. There’s your character of faith, beginning to operate right there.

Now the characteristics of the faith of God, who calleth those things which be not as though they were. He called them just like they were there anyway when He spoke. And we are to do the same thing today.

Jesus said, He said unto the mountain, He didn’t say pray unto the mountain as some people think, but He said, you can say unto this mountain. See, you’re already prayed up.

Prayer, He doesn’t want us to omit prayer or make it void.

You’re to pray, and to praise and give thanksgiving to God, to store up and build up that faith through the messages, and the power of the word.

And when you build up your faith, and begin to get it to work, and you have done your praying, then when something arises, you don’t pray anymore, you just say the words. Speak your word only, and it takes place.

Jesus said, say unto this mountain. Then He said one time, you can have whatsoever you saith in there. He called those things which are not as though they were.

When you pray, it is in an attitude that you need something or wanting something. But as soon as your heart builds up with that faith, then it becomes a saying, and you speak with authority, and you speak with power.

But to have the faith of God means to recognize an indwelling power, the same that Jesus taught about.

One place in the Bible it said, speak the word only.

Here’s your authority, and here’s your power.

He said, let there be light. He’s teaching His children how to call it. Let there be light, and there was light.

Now you say He was God. Yes, but He was teaching us.

And Jesus said, let there be bread, and there were bread. And He said, let there be food, there were food. Let there be quail. Let there be manna.

But something was behind that. There was authority and power. It was stored up power. It was treasure in that body. It was anointing in the body.

And then when an emergency arises, and when something takes place, that power is bubbling in there. Then you can have whatsoever you saith. And say unto this mountain, you no longer pray then.

And so, Jesus brought out a point there. Rather than pray unto this mountain, He said, say unto this mountain.

Speak the word, move it. That’s mountains of trouble, and indeed a literal mountain, He’ll move out of the way because He’s the immortal God.

And so, you can say these things by the faith and power of the Lord.

So, he believed it. And not being weak in faith, he considered not His own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

He staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief: but was strong in faith, giving God the glory.

And being fully persuaded, he believed He was able to perform.

Now you can believe in the promises of God, but you’ve got to believe that He’s also able to perform those promises.

It’s like a lot of people, they do a lot of praying, but they can’t do very much believing. Their mind’s not concentrating unity on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Then the Bible says this in 2 Corinthians 1: 20: For all the promises of God are in Him, are yea, and Amen. Every promise in the Bible are in Him, are yea, and Amen, unto the glory of God.

Now He which stablished us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God. He will establish you too.

Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

In verse 24, Not for what we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy, by faith ye stand.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, Philippians 4: 13.

The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. He’ll not only establish you, but He will absolutely keep you from evil.

That character of faith when it starts in you, it will begin to form you. It will begin to lead you. It’s the character of faith that Jesus is looking for.

And among that character, blends with divine love, power, and authority. And that character of faith will begin to grow. Then when you want something, it’ll be right there.

I am more than a conqueror.

I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me. And I can say unto this mountain of trouble, not pray to it anymore. And I can say unto this mountain, be thou removed, mount of financial troubles, mounts of sickness. Be thou removed, and it will be removed for you. Let there be light, and there was great light. He’s showing us, have the faith of God.

The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you. Now He just won’t, kind of do a little bit. He said He will establish you, and keep you from evil.

He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world. And those are the ones He come to get, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Ephesians 1: 4.

Did you catch the last words on that there? Holy and without blame before Him. How? In divine love. There is something that the church is striving for. But that must come from the Holy Spirit. And when it does, there’s your genuine revival, with wisdom involved with it. That would be the most genuine revival, meaning, with those gifts of power, will be incredible. It will be a rich revival. A revival that you can almost feel the wealth of heaven, saith the Lord.

Are we going to be royal? And a peculiar people, a royal people, and those stones, spiritual lively stones of the Lord. And that’s how it’s going to come. It’s going to be that rich divine love with that faith and wisdom until a cloud will just appear with us and lead us right on to heaven.

Behold, I give unto you power. You have it in you, the Kingdom of God’s within you.

And behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents. Now, that’s talking about all powers of the devil. Anything that Satan wants to throw at you, and scorpions, any kind of demons that will raise up, and any kind of powers, literally or otherwise. But it is speaking of the demonic world here. Now, that didn’t say part. It said all the power of the enemy. No matter what the enemy is, demon power, Satan, devil’s fallen angels, it makes no difference. You have all power. Power over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10: 19.

And we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, 2 Corinthians 1: 9; that’s who you put your trust in.

2 Corinthians 2: 14. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph, always, it says, in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place.

Now in verse 2 of chapter 3, ye are epistles written in our hearts, known and read of all men.

For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God.

And then he says this way, who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirit, for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

But we all, with an open face beholding as in a glass, glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Now you’re changed from glory to glory. And you go from glory to glory, and change from power to power, from faith to faith, and to dimension after dimension, and you’re beginning to grow in the Lord, and to begin to learn things from the Lord. And somehow, behold, the bride is making herself ready. Finally, you’ll just change into the glorified body, saith the Lord.

Another place Jesus was talking and said that if you believe the way He was teaching, He said, you can have whatsoever you saith, and it’ll come to pass.

But this power is within you, and that power, it works as much as you allow it to work. And as much as you work with God, He works with you.

At the end of the age, there’s going to be some wonderful great things. There’s a slow harvest growth across the earth now. But there’s coming that real true revival. It’s going to be the pure word revival of the character of faith, the divine love, and wisdom from God, and it will lift you out of any problem.

Scripture Reading

Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. It is the same faith that we have to believe God, and it is counted unto us for righteousness. Our faith is based on the grace of God as we did not do any work to be saved. We have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ who paid the entire price for our salvation. He tasted death for everyone.

“What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS COUNTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, BLESSED ARE THEY WHOSE INIQUITIES ARE FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS ARE COVERED. BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN.”Romans 4: 1 – 8

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”Ephesians 2: 8 – 9

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”Hebrews 2: 9

“And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.”Romans 11: 6

“But without faith it is impossible to please him”Hebrews 11: 6

Behold, I give unto you power. You have it in you, the Kingdom of God’s within you. Every promise in the Bible are in Him, are yea, and Amen, unto the glory of God.

You have the Lord Jesus within you. Therefore, you have the Kingdom of God within you. It means every promise of God is within you, and the life which you now live in the flesh, you live by the faith of the Lord Jesus, the mighty God.

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2: 20

“for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”Luke 17: 21

“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”2 Corinthians 1: 20

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. He’ll not only establish you, but He will absolutely keep you from evil. The Lord will preserve you from all evil.

“But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil.”2 Thessalonians 3: 3

“The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”Psalm 121: 7 – 8

Are we going to be royal? And a peculiar people, a royal people, and those stones, spiritual lively stones of the Lord. And that’s how it’s going to come. It’s going to be that rich divine love with that faith and wisdom until a cloud will just appear with us and lead us right on to heaven.

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”1 Peter 2: 9

Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

You were sealed with the Holy Spirit after you believed the gospel of your salvation, and this is the earnest, the down payment, of our eternal inheritance, until the moment of translation when we shall be changed into the glorified body.

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”Ephesians 1: 13 – 14

He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world. And those are the ones He come to get, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”Ephesians 1: 4

I read from Special Writing # 030 – “GOD’S FOREKNOWLEDGE – HIS ETERNAL REALM”

The deep things of God are a mystery, but are revealed unto His elect! … “Behold saith the living God, without faith and knowledge of My Word he cannot attain unto such wonders! Have ye not heard that only Mine elect and those who have died in the faith shall hear My voice and meet Me in the air and the others upon the earth shall not! – It is because I foreknow you, and ye shall hear My voice!”

The dead in Christ and the elect of God shall hear the Lord’s voice at the moment of translation, and they go up to meet the Lord in the air, but the tribulation saints do not hear His voice and that is why they are not translated.

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.”John 5: 25

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18

You want to thank the Lord Jesus that you love His word, and you will hear His voice when He calls at the moment of translation.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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