Christ the Healer
Personal Testimonies - General Instructions on Faith - Part 2
-In our last session, we reviewed some of the basic principles of faith. -In this session, I want to cover the sub ect of confession. !"e#re not $oin$ to $o into $reat detail here.% -Give &ou 2 points concernin$ confession. The first thin$, I want &ou to understand is...
(1) CONFESSION IS NOT DENIAL -' lot of times, I#ve heard people snifflin$ and snee(in$ - OBVIOUSLY the& have a cold. -)ut, when someone comes up, and as*s them about it, the& sa&, I DOND HAB A CODE. -'nd, the& thin* the&#re ma*in$ a positive confession. +)ut, fol*s, )I),- ./0F-11I/0 I1 NOT A DENIAL OF THE FACTS. RO ANS !"1# $ Therefore it is of faith, that it mi$ht be b& $race2 to the end that the promise mi$ht be sure to all the seed2 not to that onl& which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of A%raha&, who is the father of us all. !3nderline4 The phrase4 the faith of 'braham. In the ne5t verse, he#s about to tell 's a%o't the (in) of faith that 'braham had, *hen he recei+e) from God.% 's it is written, I have made thee a father of man& nations, before him, !or ,I6- 30T/ 7I8%, whom he believed, even God, who 9uic*eneth the dead, and calleth those thin,s *hich %e not- as tho',h the. *ere. 3nderline that last phrase4 .alleth those thin$s which be not, as thou$h the& were. -That#s the BIBLE DEFINITION of a P/1ITI:- ./0F-11I/0. - T7- ./0F-11I/0 /F F'IT7 calls those thin,s *hich BE NOT- as tho',h the. *ere. 0ow, where a lot of people miss it, is the& $et it t'rne) aro'n), and the& tr. to call those thin$s that ARE, as thou$h the& *ere not. -In other words, when the& have a cold. !That sniffles and snee(es are The thin$s that ARE.% -1o, thinking that the&#re operatin$ in faith. The& start to sa. that the thin$s that are, reall. )ont e/ist. +The&#ll loo* &ou strai$ht in the e&es, and sa&4 I don#t hab a code. -Those aren#t reall& snee(es &ou hear; 'nd, this isn#t reall& half a bo5 of 6leene5 la&in$ on the floor.
0THATS NOT FAITH1 Thats )enial1 !'nd, there#s no power in denial.% +T<3- F'IT7 doesn#t call those thin$s that BE, as thou$h there 2ERENT. T<3- F'IT7 calls those thin$s which BE NOT as thou$h the& 2ERE. !That#s a totall& different thin$;% !,et me show &ou what I mean.% I sai)" T<3- F'IT7 calls those thin$s which %e not as thou$h the& *ere. +,et#s simplif& this4 An)- 3'st ta(e the =st half of the phrase. F'IT7 CALLS T7/1- T7I0G1 "7I.7 BE NOT. It .',,1 them. -In other words, if I have a cold - I shouldn#t waste m& time )en.in, the s.&4to&s. I should CALL for the HEALIN5 I NEED; !.an &ou see that>% I don#t den& the cold. I call for the healin$; It#s *inda li*e4 If I have a cat han$in$ around, botherin$ me. I don#t need to den& the cat#s e5istence; !It wouldn#t help, an&wa&;% -If I want to $et rid of the .'T, I ust have to call for the do$; The cat#ll leave; -2hen I ha+e a col)" I don#t have to den& the sic*ness; !That won#t help, an&wa&;% -I ust call for the healin$; "hen the healin$ $ets here, the cold will leave; !?o &ou $et the point> True faith doesn#t )en. the facts. It calls for what the 2ORD SA6S. 'nd, when that manifests, the sic*ness will leave;% -1o, first, confession isn#t den&in$ the facts.
-I don#t run around sa&in$4 I don#t have a cold. -I run around sa&in$, I DO have healin$; -I call for the thin$ I want.
(7) There are t*o t.4es of confession !a% There is a confession in which &ou school &ourself into faith !b% There is a confession of the faith, which alread& abides in &our heart ,et#s ta*e these one at a time. I said, that first4 -There#s a confession, in which &ou school &ourself into faith. -I call that4 (a) THE CONFESSION 89NTO: FAITH RO ANS 1;"17$1< -3nderline4 "/<?- Gree*4 <hema, spo*en word. -'ccordin$ to this verse4 's &ou hear the "ord spo*en, !or even spea* it &ourself%, there#s a schoolin$ in faith that $oes on. -1ee, &ou ma& not be assured of the fact that @esus too* &our infirmities, and bore &our sic*nesses. -1o, what do &ou do> Go ahead and die> 0o; -Aou school &ourself into faith. -6eep hearin$, and spea*in$ the "ord. 's &ou 7-'< the "ord, !from &our own mouth, or someone else#s%, there#s a schoolin$ in faith that $oes on. That causes &our faith to $row. -1o, that#s the FI<1T 6I0? of confession, where &ou#re schoolin$ &ourself into faith. $No*- this (in) of confession- NE=ER HEALED AN6BOD61 +'nd, that#s where some people miss it. The& don#t have the "ord SOLIDIFIED in their hearts. The&#re not F9LL6 >ERS9ADED, !li*e 'braham%. -The&#ve ne+er ,otten 4ast this first *ind of confession, where the&#re schoolin, the&sel+es into faith; -1o, the& ,o on *ith it for a few da&s, and sa&4 1ee, nothin$ happened; +It wasn#t 13PP/1-? T/ 7'PP-0; -This *ind of confession isn#t desi$ned to %rin, thin,s to 4ass. -It#s desi$ned to %'il) the 2or) into .o'r heart , and $et it there in ')30?'0.-. .onfession 9NTO faith.% -)ut, then, there#s a 1-./0? 6I0? of confession, which I call... !It#s the
(%) THE CONFESSION 8OF: FAITH -This is the *ind of confession that brin$s thin$s to pass. 7 COR? !"1@ $ 0otice, in this *ind of confession. The "ord is alread& )3I,T I0 to &our heart. I believed, and !because I believed%, T7-<-F/<- I have spo*en. That#s the *ind of confession that releases God#s Power; It#s a confession from a heart that#s F3,,A P-<13'?-?;
+"hat do &ou do if &ou#re not there &et> -6eep schoolin$ &ourself into faith. 6eep hearin$, and confessin$ the "ord. -Aou#ll $et there. !That#s all I want to sa& about ./0F-11I/0.%
2HAT DO 6O9 DO- ONCE 6O9=E 8SCHOOLED 6O9RSELF: IN FAITHCONFESSION 8OF: FAITH ...and done ever&thin$ &ou *now to do> E>H? #"1@ $ 7avin$ done all to stand, 1T'0? T7-<-F/<-. +"hat do &ou do, if the manifestation hasn#t come &et> -First, ma*e sure &ou#re not missin$ it somewhere !unfor$iveness%. -Then, ust *eep standin$; -'nd, don#t 30?/ the confessions &ou#ve alread& made.
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+' lot of people do that; Gee, I wonder wh& it#s not wor*in$; !"ell, &ou ust SAID, it#s not wor*in$; 'nd, &ou have what &ou sa&;% -?urin$ the standin$ time, &ou need to learn to 6--P A/3< 8/3T7 173T; -If &ou#ve been standin$ awhile, and it#s $ettin$ hard to ma*e the ri$ht confessions, then ust 173T 3P, and let &our confessions stand. ARA B"71$7@ $ That was his confession of faith; =erses 7!$7# $ !'nd, we have the stor& of the woman with the issue of blood%... =erse @!$@# $ From that point, &ou never do see @airus sa& '0AT7I0G, until his dau$hter was raised. +In the face of ' )'? <-P/<T, he let his first confession stand.
+@airus had learned the :/.')3,'<A /F 1I,-0.-. !1ometimes, the best thin$ to sa&, is 0/T7I0G 'T ',,;% +7e let his first confession stand, and it did the wor*. -If &ou stand with the attitude that4 I#m here forever, if need be;, then &ou won#t be there lon$;
