Today,
reply is on the application and expression of faith, “sacred
knowledge,” and spiritual conviction when presenting petitions
to GOD in prayer. Christian believers demonstrate that their prayers
are “already answered” when they display accord with one another
and divinity by operating on the basis of godly expectations and
sacred promises. Such features appear as forbearance, joy,
longsuffering, meekness, peace of mind, and wisdom that affirm the
declarations of divinity recorded within the Scriptures (e.g.,
blessings, cautions, curses, and warnings; covenants; judgments and
divine law; proclamation, promises, and prophecy). A writer in the
“Yahoo! Answers” Religion and Spirituality forum using the ID
“canadacraig” (Level 6 with 19,830 points; a member since August
19, 2006) posted the following:
When
you ask GOD for something - believe that 'it' has ALREADY been given
to you. But how are you supposed to do that - exactly?
This
is in reference to a scripture verse found in the Bible.
Matthew
11:24
"Therefore
I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have
received it, and it will be yours."
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Therefore it is of faith, that it might
be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the
seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is
of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is
written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom
he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth
those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope
believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations,
according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being
not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he
was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's
womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but
was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded
that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And
therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. (Romans 4:
16-22, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Anything We Ask For? (09/12/2018); What May We
Request? (05/24/2018); The Meaning of “Faith” (03/28/2018);
Praying For “More Faith”? (01/12/2018); Coincidence or Answered
Prayer? (11/15/2017); Teach Me To Pray (03/21/2017); Become Like
Jesus Christ? (10/27/2016)
“canadacraig”,
mature Christian believers must seek the gifts and tools for sacred
ministry through prayer and supplication. In the way they direct and
focus their own awareness, spirit content, and self-will (we say,
willpower), the disciples and followers of Jesus are to exist as the new creation of Christ, who are in an eternal
relationship with divine fullness (we say, the GODhead; the Father,
the Son, the Holy Spirit) that may be interrupted by sleep,
yet, will not be ended by the second death. Sinners
must become “born again” through baptism (a death, burial, and
resurrection of ones inborn spirit), and receive a fresh endowment of
inseparable spirit substance from the makeup of GOD (e.g., faith,
forbearance, holiness, longsuffering, lovingkindness, meekness, oneness without sameness, personhood,
wisdom, and wrath against sin). As vessels of spirit from GOD who
is immortal, incorruptible and unchanging, developing believers are
to “grow up again” and become ripe for harvest from the earth by
Jesus Christ at his coming (his appearing; the Advent; the Rapture;
the Second Coming).
Because
the goal of the Christian believer is to become Christ-like, godly,
and spiritually mature (i.e., balanced; complete; consistent;
stable), the process of new life is one of discovery, gradual growth,
learning, and transformation along with unlearning for many things of
the flesh and the world. Sacred knowledge is to be
embraced in place of secular knowledge; and the
frameworks of time and space often may not be fitted to the eternal
purposes and works of divinity. There must be development and
sanctification through exercise and practice of discernment (using
one own spirit content from the makeup of GOD as a standard to
recognize and respond to the spirit substance present within events,
messages, oneself, other persons, the holy writings, etc.).
Operating
in the flesh appears as appetite (e.g., hunger, thirst, craving sex),
sensation (e.g., hearing, seeing, tasting, touching), and expressing
emotion/mind (e.g., anger, doubt, fantasy, fear, recall, thought).
To “walk in the spirit” is to conduct oneself in accordance with
the word of GOD provided as admonitions and warnings; divine law;
guidance and instruction; proclamation, promises, and prophecy; and
the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Developing believers successfully
accomplish living in the Spirit as commitment, consistency, and
decisiveness, not by displaying emotion, feelings, or carnal reason.
Where believers act upon and speak in faith they carry out sacred
expectation (we say, they show what believers are commanded to hope
for). Consider again the following that uses language from the
Bible:
1.
Hebrews 11: 6, King James Version (KJV): 6 But without faith it
is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.
2.
Romans 8: 13-17, KJV: 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall
die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,
ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if
so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together.
3.
John 15: 15-16,KJV: 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you
friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made
known unto you. 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father
in my name, he may give it you.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (4.) 1st
John 5: 10-15, KJV: 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the
witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;
because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And
this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and
he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have
I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that
ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the
name of the Son of God. 14 And this is the confidence that we have
in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth
us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions that we desired of him.) Even so, I trust
this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE
BLACK PHOENIX
Washington,
DC
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