"That Your Faith Fail Not"
Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 09:48AM
Dwayne N. Hunt

What is faith?

 

 

 

 

Walk of Faith is about uncertain movement 

          Don’t always know where He will lead you

                              We can’t let our Faith fail

 

What happens when Faith meets failure? 

 

Luke 22:31-32

And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you,

that he may sift you as wheat. 

32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail;

and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren."

 

“Exaiteo”  Demanded the Test   (ex.  Job)

          Wants to prove you’ll fail and that you’re a failure

 

Sift like wheat – Shake you till you come apart

          Constant shaking – until you’re shaken into pieces & quit

 

Job 16:7a, 12

Now He has worn me out;

12 I was at ease, but He has shattered me;

He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;

He has set me up for His target,

 

Satan wants to see you & your faith completely destroyed


 

Jesus said, I have prayed for you! – Interceded

Heb 7:25.  He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God

through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

 

In this shaking process, there will be loss & even failure

          But I will not let your faith fail

 

If the enemy can get your faith to fail, it totally shakes up the relationship with GodWithout faith it’s impossible to please Him

 

He takes what Satan uses to destroy you – Sifting

Turns the evil to good

 

Constant shaking in sifters until tares (weeds) appear on top,

soil falls below, and wheat on bottom

 

This sifting creates another issue

At first sight, all you see is the dirt at the bottom, and the weeds on top

 

“Accuser of the Brothers”

Points to the weeds & the dirt – what’s easy to see

Says that’s all there is to you

 

Satan tries to condemn you before God

        Wants you to condemn yourself

 

Jesus is still interceding !!!!

Rom 8:34.  Who is he who condemns?  It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God,

Who also makes intercession for us

 

God allows the process – to separate the stuff out of your life

 

 

There’s substance in there

 

 

Satan had plans to take you out…

God’s won’t let anything happen to you, unless

 

Jesus says, I already have plans for your recovery

When you are converted – have returned

 

You are not disqualified because of your failure

        You become responsible

 

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