Introduction
Faith, indescribable worth. Faith is invaluable. When the Messiah spoke, that was pure faith, with His word. Faith will uplift you. It will change your bad days into good days. It refreshes all life in contact with it. Void faith is dead, saith the Lord, and dead faith is void. You can make yourself all new by your faith. Your faith will not fail you when all else, all your friends, and everybody else, fails you.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”John 5: 24
Jesus is “The everlasting Father”. Isaiah 9: 6.
He that believeth is passed from death unto life. He that believeth hath everlasting life. He that believeth already has it.
It means the moment, not five minutes later, not the next day, that you truly believe the Lord Jesus for salvation, you pass from death unto life. You can go about your daily life knowing that you now have eternal life.
After you believed the Lord Jesus for salvation, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit, who is the Lord Jesus, as a downpayment of your eternal inheritance in Him, until when your body is gloried at the time of translation. Ephesians 1: 13 – 14.
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?”John 11: 25 – 26
Christ says this, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me shall not die. And he shall live again. Though he were dead, yet shall he live because he’s not dead spiritually. He is not dead with his faith. His faith is a seed that’s in him that shall never die. And that faith will reach on up. It’ll open them gates. It’ll reach on into that translation in there. It’ll draw you right to Him like a magnet.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”John 8: 51
He that keeps Christ’s sayings shall never die spiritually. If you believe in what He said. You believe in what He did, and all that He spoke, and everything that He did, you’ll never die. Spiritually, that’s speaking there. Oh, in this life, you might pass on from one body into the next in paradise, and so forth like that.
But here is the believer. That believes in His death and resurrection. The believer believes in the words that He spoke. They believe in everything that Jesus said. He is full of faith. He has that faith and that power. And the presence and power of that faith, God is near it. It’s just like a twin to Him.
When the translation takes place, your physical body will be changed to a body that is incorruptible, a body that is immortal, a body that is eternal. And so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53; 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18.
He that believeth is passed from death unto life. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. The believer. Somebody said, well, that sounds easy. Believe upon the Son. If you believe upon the Son, you believe what was said about Him in the Old Testament, how He fulfilled it in the New Testament, believe upon His miracles. That’s believing upon the Son. Jesus said, believe for the works’ sake. You must believe on the words that He spoke. You must believe on the miracles that He did. And you must believe, lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
You will believe that Jesus is “The mighty God”. Isaiah 9: 6.
The Lord puts in us “a desire yea to know the deep things of God”.
Hold to that great faith, and the power, because He loves the people that have faith. He’s drawed, He’s magnetized, to that faith, because that says they believed His word, and nothing comforts God’s heart, nothing makes Him more joyful than somebody that actually, really, all pure in their heart, believes what He said. Then He knows that is faith.
The Holy Spirit is our Comforter, but you can comfort the Lord by believing His word. Nothing makes the Lord more joyful than for Him to see someone who truly believes His word.
Lord Jesus, we thank you for the eternal life that we now have in you, for we have already passed from death unto life, and when you come for us at the translation, you will change our physical bodies to glorified bodies so we can continue to live with you for eternity. What a great God that you are. Thank you, Jesus.
You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Summary of the Sermon
We listened to a sermon titled “Faith Value”, CD # 1328, by Brother Neal Frisby.
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
Faith, indescribable worth. Only Christ’s words, supersedes any type of faith. And His words were pure faith anointed. When the Messiah spoke, that was pure faith, with His word. We have our faith today, and only His word will supersede that, and both of them work together by His power.
Faith is invaluable. What your faith will do for you, when all else fails, if you begin to learn how to activate your faith, it will work for you. Faith will uplift you. It will change your bad days into good days. It refreshes all life in contact with it. Void faith is dead, saith the Lord, and dead faith is void. Forward faith opens the door to scores of opportunities. Forward faith is in action. Faith becomes a quickening power. Your spirit lives anew. You can make yourself all new by your faith. It is food for well-being.
Some people are uneasy. Sometimes people worry too much, and sometimes they don’t know which way to turn. But you get the proper faith in your heart with those promises, and He’ll give you a well-being because He’ll take out that fear, and He’ll move for you.
Jesus mentions the use of it, besides the healings and besides the miracles that He performed. And He always mentioned, great is thy faith, or this one had faith, or where is your faith, or they didn’t have any down here, and all of that. Besides that, He gave another main viewpoint, which supersedes all of the rest. And it has to do with the spiritual. It says how valuable it is, beyond description.
The spiritually dead bury the physical dead. Jesus said, follow me and let the dead bury the dead. In other words, they are dead of faith, dead of spirit, and they are burying the dead, and they’re just as dead as the ones that they’re burying. They are dead while they’re yet alive, saith the Lord. It’s in Matthew 8: 22. Follow me; don’t pay any attention to those without faith. Don’t pay any attention to those that doubt. Don’t pay any attention to the unbeliever. Let those dead bury the dead. They’re just as dead. So, the spiritually dead bury the physically dead and that’s what the people are without faith in His word.
The believer Passes from death unto life. Verily, verily, that means truly, truly. It is true, I say unto you, he that heareth the word and believeth on Him that sent me, and believeth in what I’ve done, and all that, He said he passed from death unto life. He that believeth, there’s that faith. Without faith, you’ll never come forth. You must have that faith.
He that believeth of the bread from heaven shall not die. Now, that’s spiritually speaking there. He shall not die in John 6: 50.
He that keeps Christ’s sayings shall never die spiritually. If you believe in what He said. You believe in what He did, and all that He spoke, and everything that He did, you’ll never die. Spiritually, that’s speaking there. Oh, in this life, you might pass on from one body into the next in paradise, and so forth like that. But to believe, it is really great.
Let the dead bury the dead. Keep that living faith in your heart there.
The bread from heaven, if you take that, that’s His word. The bread means the word that came down with Him. You’ll never die spiritually.
He that keeps Christ’s sayings shall never die. Believers in Christ shall never die, spiritually. Every time He used that word, believers, and then He would go to faith, and healing the sick. But believers, and the other was faith.
The believer not only gets their healing, not only believes in miracles, but the believer believes in the Word. There’s a little bit of difference there. All these churches have preached healing. And many ministers have preached healing, faith, and power. Many of those don’t stay right with the word. And so, the believer, He said, when He’s talking on these subjects, instead of saying faith, He had the believer. Now the believer, these signs shall follow them that believe.
But here is the believer. That believes in His death and resurrection. The believer believes in the words that He spoke. They believe in everything that Jesus said. They are the believer. He is full of faith. He has that faith and that power. And the presence and power of that faith, God is near it. It’s just like a twin to Him. And then, the believer shall never die spiritually. Now, church at Sardis had works, but they were spiritually dead. He said, I know thy works and all of that.
Constant faith is a quickening power. It brings active reward, saith the Lord.
And then He said, all which hath been given me, I will lose none. They’ll have the faith. He has faith, doesn’t He? I will lose none. You say, that’s quite an ego. No, that’s God talking there. I will lose none. But I will not lose the one that believeth. Why? I know the hairs on your head. They are numbered. And what sparrow falls to the ground, I know, preceding where it falls. What an infinite, how great your faith can be with God there.
Christ says this, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me shall not die. And he shall live again. Though he were dead, yet shall he live because he’s not dead spiritually. He is not dead with his faith. His faith is a seed that’s in him that shall never die. And that faith will reach on up. It’ll open them gates. It’ll reach on into that translation in there. It’ll draw you right to Him like a magnet. He said command me and I will do it. Ask anything in my name.
Faith is a wonderful thing. The word, only the word will supersede, and it has to have faith to be with it.
He that believeth, not he that doubteth. He that, may be so. Well, I’ll let God do what He wants to do. When He talks about faith, when He talks about believing, it is positive, very positive. There’s no negative to it. He that believeth hath everlasting life. He that believeth already has it. Believeth means he’s working upon those promises. He’s believing on those promises of eternal life there. He that believeth hath everlasting life. You read John 3: 15 and 16.
He that believeth is passed from death unto life. In other words, while you’re yet walking around, you’re not dead. You’re alive. But those without faith are dead while they yet liveth, saith the Lord.
Your faith will not fail you when all else, all your friends, and everybody else, fails you. That faith is something people, casually, toss it aside. They’ve got better ways than to using their faith. But you practice that faith, and you exercise that faith, and it’ll grow.
He that believeth is passed from death unto life. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. The believer. Somebody said, well, that sounds easy. Believe upon the Son. If you believe upon the Son, you believe what was said about Him in the Old Testament, how He fulfilled it in the New Testament, believe upon His miracles. That’s believing upon the Son. Jesus said, believe for the works’ sake. You must believe on the words that He spoke. You must believe on the miracles that He did. And you must believe, lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of the world. I will work miracles, and I will bring your faith.
If you have faith, all things are possible to him that believeth. Keep your faith in the words of God. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. So, you must believe in His miracles too when you believe upon Him.
He that eateth and drinketh of Christ hath eternal life. And Jesus said, He that drinketh of my blood and eateth of my flesh hath eternal life. We know what that’s talking about. That’s in your communion if you want to take it. But it means you believe in the Spirit of God. And you believe in the Word of God. That’s what He said about His blood and about His flesh. The flesh and the blood is the Word of God and the Spirit of God in there. That’s exactly right. And he that eateth and drinketh of Christ hath eternal life. And I will raise him up at the last day.
Faith is your reward. When you have faith, it’s beyond any dream or anything that you can think about. So many failures in Christianity, so many people in their failures, it’s because that their faith is not active. It’s inactive, it’s void, let the dead bury the dead. Don’t get in that kind of a condition. Operate, activate, keep your faith level high. Keep it up because great deception is coming across the earth, and delusion, that we have never seen since the beginning of time. And some of those were just the word, and they’ve read the word, is going to be swept on away. There’s a sands of the sea come out of that great tribulation in there. And some of those just have the word alone, is going to be swept away. But when you have the faith of God, you’re standing on the Rock. And that faith must be strong with that word.
Your faith and the word of God together, all things are possible. It doesn’t make any difference how many failures you’ve had, that has nothing to do with faith. Failure, just let them go on. It will actually build faith if you know how to do it. If you go through a lot of things, and you know how to operate your confidence in the word, your faith will work. It’s these people that give up, and throw it out the door, and they throw their faith away. He said, don’t cast away your confidence, the Bible said, but keep your confidence in the Word of God.
So, you hold on to that faith. No matter how many failures you’ve got, you hold on to that faith in God. Say, for instance, you may have not seen all the prayers you wanted to be seen, worked in your life. But you can never lose, because with that faith, you’re changed into a white light, and you go up to meet Jesus. You can’t lose, you’re not going to lose with Him, and He knows all about it.
Elijah, great as he was, as powerful things happen instantly, things happen suddenly, great and powerful miracles would take place. And seven times he wouldn’t give up. Failure after failure met him. A fellow run back, negative every time. And he just kept running back. Well, maybe, he finally said, I’m tired of running. Maybe, I better believe. I see a little cloud now out there. I’m tired of running. I don’t know how far the distance was from there to where he was sending him. But the thing was, and that old prophet dug down. He bowed down. Next thing you know, out of that little cloud, that didn’t look very much to that other fellow, but, he said, I’m getting up now. I’ve got it done. He didn’t give up. He didn’t throw his faith aside. In fact, that faith was so powerful that that chariot come down, and they united together, because they believed together.
Daniel the prophet. No greater power. A staying prophet, one that would stay with it. Three times a day, he told them Israel was going home. He stayed right with it. He knew the word of God, too, from Jeremiah. And that old prophet stayed right with it. One time he fought one of the terriblest battles that’s ever been fought, with one of the evilest princes that’s ever been on this earth. They’re worse than Abaddon. Just a terrible thing. 21 days, he shoved all the things aside. And he fasted. He couldn’t get an answer. Daniel fought it out. Now remember, he’d had a lot of tests and trials in his life. But not one time was he discouraged away from the Word of God and his faith. And after 21 days, he hung on. Greatly thou art beloved, because of your faith. You don’t just read the promises in the Bible and the Old Testament, but he said, you really believe God with all of your heart. God loved his faith in there.
Moses had to go 40 days and nights one time. You talk about discouragement. Went down a mountainside; had to turn right back around, go right back up to the top again. After all, that Israel had seen in that pillar of fire, in the cloud by night, went on 40 more days, and when he finally left there, he was just glowing. There was nothing left to him but God. His faith did not fail him because he stayed right in that pocket with God. It’s when you jump out of the boat or jump out of that pocket, that’s when you’re through, you’re spiritually dead.
Hold to that great faith, and the power, because He loves the people that have faith. He’s drawed, He’s magnetized, to that faith, because that says they believed His word, and nothing comforts God’s heart, nothing makes Him more joyful than somebody that actually, really, all pure in their heart, believes what He said. Then He knows that is faith. Faith value, indescribable worth. Only the word can supersede anything like that. And Jesus’ words, was, pure faith.
Scripture Reading
Faith, indescribable worth. Faith is invaluable. When the Messiah spoke, that was pure faith, with His word. Faith will uplift you. It will change your bad days into good days. It refreshes all life in contact with it. Void faith is dead, saith the Lord, and dead faith is void. You can make yourself all new by your faith. Your faith will not fail you when all else, all your friends, and everybody else, fails you.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”John 5: 24
Jesus is “The everlasting Father”. Isaiah 9: 6.
He that believeth is passed from death unto life. He that believeth hath everlasting life. He that believeth already has it.
It means the moment, not five minutes later, not the next day, that you truly believe the Lord Jesus for salvation, you pass from death unto life. You can go about your daily life knowing that you now have eternal life.
“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
After you believed the Lord Jesus for salvation, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit, who is the Lord Jesus, as a downpayment of your eternal inheritance in Him, until when your body is gloried at the time of translation.
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?”John 11: 25 – 26
Christ says this, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me shall not die. And he shall live again. Though he were dead, yet shall he live because he’s not dead spiritually. He is not dead with his faith. His faith is a seed that’s in him that shall never die. And that faith will reach on up. It’ll open them gates. It’ll reach on into that translation in there. It’ll draw you right to Him like a magnet.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”John 8: 51
He that keeps Christ’s sayings shall never die spiritually. If you believe in what He said. You believe in what He did, and all that He spoke, and everything that He did, you’ll never die. Spiritually, that’s speaking there. Oh, in this life, you might pass on from one body into the next in paradise, and so forth like that.
But here is the believer. That believes in His death and resurrection. The believer believes in the words that He spoke. They believe in everything that Jesus said. He is full of faith. He has that faith and that power. And the presence and power of that faith, God is near it. It’s just like a twin to Him.
When the translation takes place, your physical body will be changed to a body that is incorruptible, a body that is immortal, a body that is eternal. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53
“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
He that believeth is passed from death unto life. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. The believer. Somebody said, well, that sounds easy. Believe upon the Son. If you believe upon the Son, you believe what was said about Him in the Old Testament, how He fulfilled it in the New Testament, believe upon His miracles. That’s believing upon the Son. Jesus said, believe for the works’ sake. You must believe on the words that He spoke. You must believe on the miracles that He did. And you must believe, lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
You will believe that Jesus is “The mighty God”.
“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
I read from Scroll # 41:
“Behold saith the Lord Jesus this is the hour of which I have spoken I would gather My chosen Sheep by name! Yea they will turn in and follow Me, Yea they be but few but they will be powerful! I have with held many wonders until now and I will release them unto My Elect, for in them I have put a desire yea to know the deep things of God. I have spoken that the spirit shall show you things to come, yea the mighty secrets of the Lord shall appear in this last hour of prophecy! “Behold run little ones, run unto the sanctuary of My Word and ye shall be clothed with sudden power”, but the nations shall be covered with astonishment. Yea I am writing, this is the last time and signs, and My Elect shall be given the last signal!!
The Lord puts in us “a desire yea to know the deep things of God”.
Hold to that great faith, and the power, because He loves the people that have faith. He’s drawed, He’s magnetized, to that faith, because that says they believed His word, and nothing comforts God’s heart, nothing makes Him more joyful than somebody that actually, really, all pure in their heart, believes what He said. Then He knows that is faith.
The Holy Spirit is our Comforter, but you can comfort the Lord by believing His word. Nothing makes the Lord more joyful than for Him to see someone who truly believes His word.
Lord Jesus, we thank you for the eternal life that we now have in you, for we have already passed from death unto life, and when you come for us at the translation, you will change our physical bodies to glorified bodies so we can continue to live with you for eternity. What a great God that you are. Thank you, Jesus.
You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
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