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ENTER DOUBT, EXIT FAITH!
(Eliminating Doubt, Expressing Faith)
๐Matthew 14:30 But when he SAW the wind boisterous, he was AFRAID; and beginning to SINK, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
✒ "SAW", "AFRAID", "SINK" ✒
๐ Be careful of your FOCUS and your RESPONSE to that Focus because they will ultimately determine what you will EXPERIENCE in life.
Isn't it shocking, disappointing and almost annoying that someone who professes to walk by faith could suddenly be found walking in doubt? This silly rollercoaster lifestyle of vacillating on God's Promises (being unstable & double minded) is the BANE of our existence!
๐ BANE means a cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
One moment PETER is operating in the supernatural, walking on water, the next minute, he's sinking and soliciting for aid because he couldn't believe to the end by keeping his eyes fixed on JESUS, irrespective of the raging boisterous wind! Hypothetically, this is SCHIZOPHRENIC!
Have you ever asked yourself exactly why Peter began to sink? The reason Peter began to sink was because of HIS FEAR.
In verse 31 JESUS used the word "DOUBT" in reference to Peter's FEAR. FEAR is simply negative faith or FAITH IN REVERSE.
FEAR is not abstract, it doesn't just pop up out of the blues. It emanates from somewhere. It has its ORIGIN just as much as Faith has its origin.
✒ WHERE did this FEAR come from?
๐2 Timothy 1:7 says, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love, and of a sound mind."
So, you can agree with ME that this fear that Peter both experienced & expressed didn't come from GOD. This fear was able to come upon Peter because he TOOK HIS ATTENTION OFF OF JESUS and put it on his situation.
This is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, problem in the Body of Christ worldwide. Too many so called Christians have allowed themselves to be distracted, shifting their FOCUS, ATTENTION, CONSCIOUSNESS and CONCENTRATION from the PERSON of JESUS CHRIST and His FINISHED WORK.
As a result, what we have nowadays are VICTIMIZED VICTORS. They were BORN VICTORS. They BORN OVERCOMERS. OVERCOMING is their NATURE; it's in their DNA. Overcoming is the life they were born and ordained to experience.
๐1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Yet for whatever reason such as I am treating now, they have been VICTIMIZED by the enemy because they wouldn't KEEP their EYES on the TARGET
๐ฏ: JESUS CHRIST!
FEAR or DOUBT cannot "just overcome" us. We have to LET it in. If Peter had KEPT HIS ATTENTION ON JESUS, the author and finisher of faith he wouldn't have feared.
๐Hebrews 12:2
NIV: "FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS, the PIONEER and PERFECTER of faith..."
AMP: "LOOKING AWAY [FROM ALL THAT WILL DISTRACT] TO JESUS, Who is the LEADER and the SOURCE of our faith..."
NOW, you need to understand that in the same way that faith comes by hearing the Word of God (by that I mean the Gospel concerning JESUS CHRIST ๐Rom. 10:17), fear comes by hearing or seeing something CONTRARY to God's Word (the Gospel of what JESUS has done for us and made available to us).
We would not be tempted with fear or doubt if we didn't consider THINGS that Satan uses to minister fear and doubt.
The wind and waves didn't really have anything to do with Peter walking on the water. Absolutely not. He couldn't have walked on the water apart from JESUS even if it had been calm.
The circumstances simply took Peter's attention off of his MASTER and led him back into CARNAL THINKING. Likewise, Satan tries to DISTRACT us with THINKING about our problems.
๐2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so YOUR MINDS should be CORRUPTED from the simplicity that is in Christ.
This is why our LORD JESUS CHRIST admonished us to "TAKE NO THOUGHTS". Satan, as a defeated and disarmed foe, is selling THOUGHTS, and JESUS said don't buy them. Don't collect them. Satan's THOUGHTS are like the "Trojan Horse" ๐ด; once you accept them, he comes in and destroy your defenses and rob your City of its Crowns!
๐Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR YOUR LIFE, what ye shall EAT, or what ye shall DRINK; nor yet for your body, what ye shall PUT ON. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
AMP: Therefore I tell you, STOP BEING PERPETUALLY UNEASY (anxious and worried) ABOUT YOUR LIFE, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
Peter's faith didn't fail him all at once, as can be seen by the fact that he only "BEGAN" to sink. If there had been no faith present, he would have sunk all at once and not gradually.
This illustrates that the ENTRANCE OF FEAR and the EXIT OF FAITH do not happen instantly. There are always SIGNS that this is happening.
Once you see yourself thinking more about school fees, house rent, what to eat, what to wear, when you will get married and when you will conceive, etc, than the exceeding great and precious promises of God, it's a sign that Satan is selling you his stinking thoughts and unfortunately you are buying them.
If we will TURN our ATTENTION BACK TO JESUS, as Peter did, He will save us from drowning.
๐2 Corinthians 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall TURN TO THE LORD, the vail shall be taken away.
No problem is too big for God. We should CAST our CARE about the problem over on GOD and just KEEP OUR EYES ON JESUS, the LIVING WORD.
๐1 Peter 5:7 Casting ALL your CARE upon him; for he careth for you.
Cast ALL, not SOME! It will do you no good to cast some and hold on to some. You're not capable enough to regulate them. Their weight could and would eventually crush you into doubt and unbelief.
๐ I would to GOD, that we do more than just READING and PREACHING and CONFESSING and SHARING to actually PRACTICING these truths! It is expected of us! This is the right way to deal in life.
๐James 1:22 But BE YE DOERS of the word, and NOT HEARERS ONLY, deceiving your own selves.
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME!
#MessageFromTheEMPEROR Of D #RocksonmaniaEMPIRE
Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
#TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS #BestInTheWorld
#inspirationalgospelquote
ENTER DOUBT, EXIT FAITH!
(Eliminating Doubt, Expressing Faith)
๐Matthew 14:30 But when he SAW the wind boisterous, he was AFRAID; and beginning to SINK, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
✒ "SAW", "AFRAID", "SINK" ✒
๐ Be careful of your FOCUS and your RESPONSE to that Focus because they will ultimately determine what you will EXPERIENCE in life.
Isn't it shocking, disappointing and almost annoying that someone who professes to walk by faith could suddenly be found walking in doubt? This silly rollercoaster lifestyle of vacillating on God's Promises (being unstable & double minded) is the BANE of our existence!
๐ BANE means a cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
One moment PETER is operating in the supernatural, walking on water, the next minute, he's sinking and soliciting for aid because he couldn't believe to the end by keeping his eyes fixed on JESUS, irrespective of the raging boisterous wind! Hypothetically, this is SCHIZOPHRENIC!
Have you ever asked yourself exactly why Peter began to sink? The reason Peter began to sink was because of HIS FEAR.
In verse 31 JESUS used the word "DOUBT" in reference to Peter's FEAR. FEAR is simply negative faith or FAITH IN REVERSE.
FEAR is not abstract, it doesn't just pop up out of the blues. It emanates from somewhere. It has its ORIGIN just as much as Faith has its origin.
✒ WHERE did this FEAR come from?
๐2 Timothy 1:7 says, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love, and of a sound mind."
So, you can agree with ME that this fear that Peter both experienced & expressed didn't come from GOD. This fear was able to come upon Peter because he TOOK HIS ATTENTION OFF OF JESUS and put it on his situation.
This is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, problem in the Body of Christ worldwide. Too many so called Christians have allowed themselves to be distracted, shifting their FOCUS, ATTENTION, CONSCIOUSNESS and CONCENTRATION from the PERSON of JESUS CHRIST and His FINISHED WORK.
As a result, what we have nowadays are VICTIMIZED VICTORS. They were BORN VICTORS. They BORN OVERCOMERS. OVERCOMING is their NATURE; it's in their DNA. Overcoming is the life they were born and ordained to experience.
๐1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Yet for whatever reason such as I am treating now, they have been VICTIMIZED by the enemy because they wouldn't KEEP their EYES on the TARGET
๐ฏ: JESUS CHRIST!
FEAR or DOUBT cannot "just overcome" us. We have to LET it in. If Peter had KEPT HIS ATTENTION ON JESUS, the author and finisher of faith he wouldn't have feared.
๐Hebrews 12:2
NIV: "FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS, the PIONEER and PERFECTER of faith..."
AMP: "LOOKING AWAY [FROM ALL THAT WILL DISTRACT] TO JESUS, Who is the LEADER and the SOURCE of our faith..."
NOW, you need to understand that in the same way that faith comes by hearing the Word of God (by that I mean the Gospel concerning JESUS CHRIST ๐Rom. 10:17), fear comes by hearing or seeing something CONTRARY to God's Word (the Gospel of what JESUS has done for us and made available to us).
We would not be tempted with fear or doubt if we didn't consider THINGS that Satan uses to minister fear and doubt.
The wind and waves didn't really have anything to do with Peter walking on the water. Absolutely not. He couldn't have walked on the water apart from JESUS even if it had been calm.
The circumstances simply took Peter's attention off of his MASTER and led him back into CARNAL THINKING. Likewise, Satan tries to DISTRACT us with THINKING about our problems.
๐2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so YOUR MINDS should be CORRUPTED from the simplicity that is in Christ.
This is why our LORD JESUS CHRIST admonished us to "TAKE NO THOUGHTS". Satan, as a defeated and disarmed foe, is selling THOUGHTS, and JESUS said don't buy them. Don't collect them. Satan's THOUGHTS are like the "Trojan Horse" ๐ด; once you accept them, he comes in and destroy your defenses and rob your City of its Crowns!
๐Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR YOUR LIFE, what ye shall EAT, or what ye shall DRINK; nor yet for your body, what ye shall PUT ON. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
AMP: Therefore I tell you, STOP BEING PERPETUALLY UNEASY (anxious and worried) ABOUT YOUR LIFE, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
Peter's faith didn't fail him all at once, as can be seen by the fact that he only "BEGAN" to sink. If there had been no faith present, he would have sunk all at once and not gradually.
This illustrates that the ENTRANCE OF FEAR and the EXIT OF FAITH do not happen instantly. There are always SIGNS that this is happening.
Once you see yourself thinking more about school fees, house rent, what to eat, what to wear, when you will get married and when you will conceive, etc, than the exceeding great and precious promises of God, it's a sign that Satan is selling you his stinking thoughts and unfortunately you are buying them.
If we will TURN our ATTENTION BACK TO JESUS, as Peter did, He will save us from drowning.
๐2 Corinthians 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall TURN TO THE LORD, the vail shall be taken away.
No problem is too big for God. We should CAST our CARE about the problem over on GOD and just KEEP OUR EYES ON JESUS, the LIVING WORD.
๐1 Peter 5:7 Casting ALL your CARE upon him; for he careth for you.
Cast ALL, not SOME! It will do you no good to cast some and hold on to some. You're not capable enough to regulate them. Their weight could and would eventually crush you into doubt and unbelief.
๐ I would to GOD, that we do more than just READING and PREACHING and CONFESSING and SHARING to actually PRACTICING these truths! It is expected of us! This is the right way to deal in life.
๐James 1:22 But BE YE DOERS of the word, and NOT HEARERS ONLY, deceiving your own selves.
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME!
#MessageFromTheEMPEROR Of D #RocksonmaniaEMPIRE
Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
#TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS #BestInTheWorld
#inspirationalgospelquote
nice one, keep it up
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