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Like Precious Faith (2)

Published in Pentecostal Ev angel p. 2-3 May 1 3 , 1 933

What would happen to us and to the needy world if we should get to the placewhere we really believ ed God? May God giv e us the desire to get to this place.Faith is a tremendous power, an inward mov er. I am conv inced that we hav enot y et seen all that God has for us, but if we shall only mov e on in faith weshall see the greater works.

When I was a little boy I remember asking my father for a penny worth ofsomething or other. He did not giv e it to me, so I sat down by his side and ev erynow and again I would just quietly say , Father! He would appear to take nonotice of me, but now and again I would touch him ev er so gently and say ,Father! My mother said to him, Why dont y ou answer the child? Myfather replied, I hav e done so, but he wont accept my answer. Still I sat on,and occasionally I would touch him and say ev er so quietly , Father! If hewent out into the garden I followed him and occasionally I would touch hissleev e and say , Father! Father! Do y ou think I ev er went away without theaccomplishment of my desire? No, not once.

We need the same importunity as we go to God. We hav e the blessed assurancethat if we ask any thing according to His will He heareth us, and if we knowthat He hear us, whatsoev er we ask, we know that we hav e the petitions thatwe desired of Him. Do y ou go to Him for heart purity ? It is His will that y oushould receiv e, and if y ou ask in faith y ou can know that y ou hav e the petitionthat y ou desire of Him. Do y ou desire that Christ should dwell in y our heart by

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that y ou desire of Him. Do y ou desire that Christ should dwell in y our heart byfaith? That is in accordance with His will. Ask and y e shall receiv e. Do y oudesire that the might of Gods Spirit shall accompany y our ministry ? That isaccording to the will of God. Continue in the presence of y our heav enly Father,quietly reminding Him that this is what y ou desire, and He will not fail to giv ey ou the exceeding abundantly abov e all y ou ask or think. He will fill y ou withriv ers - the blessed riv ers of the Spirit - and flowing from the midst of y ou theywill be blessings to all that are around.

In the introduction to his second epistle Peter addresses them that hav eobtained like precious faith with us. It is written, They that trust in the Lordshall be as Mount Zion which cannot be remov ed. Hav e y ou this faith ofdiv ine origin springing up in y our heart? It will make y ou steadfast andunmov able. This faith, this confidence, this trust in God, will hav e atransforming power; changing and transforming spirit, soul, and body ,sanctify ing the entire being.

Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. It is God coming inby His Word and lay ing the solid foundation. Faith is like dy namite whichbursts up the old life and nature by the power of God, and brings the almightypower of God into the life. This substance will diffuse through the whole being,bringing ev ery thing else into insignificance. The Word of God is formed withinthe temple. Jeremiah spoke of the Word as a fire within. It is a powerstronger than granite that is able to resist the mightiest pressure the dev il canbring against it. Faith counts on Gods coming forth to confound the enemy .Faith count son the display of Gods might, when it is needful for Him to comeforth in power.

In these ev entful day s we must not be content with a mere theory of faith, butmust hav e this almighty and precious faith within us so that we may mov efrom the ordinary into the extraordinary . We must expect Him to come forthin power through us for the deliv erance of others. Peter spoke of it as likeprecious faith. It is a like kind to that which Abraham had - the v ery faith ofGod. When Peter and John said to the lame man, Such as we hav e we giv ethee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk, there was amanifestation of the same faith that Abraham had. It is this like precious faithGod wants us to hav e.

In the former day s the prophets receiv ed the Holy Spirit in a certain measure,but the Holy Spirit was giv en to the Lord Jesus Christ without measure. Didnot He giv e the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost in this same measurelessmeasure? That is His thought for y ou and me. Since I receiv ed the mighty

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Baptism in the Holy Spirit God has flooded my life with His power. From timeto time there hav e been wonderful happenings - to Him be all the glory . Faithin God will bring the operation of the Spirit and well hav e the div ine powerflooding the human v essel and flowing out in blessing to others.

Faith is made in hard places when we are at wits-end corner, and there seemsno way out of our adv ersity . Dav id said at one time, The sorrows of deathcompassed made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about. He tellsus, In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard myv oice out of his temple . . . he bowed the heav ens. . . and came down. Faithcries to God in the place of testing. It is in these places that God enlarges us andbrings us forth into a large place, to prov e Himself the God of deliv erances, theOne who is indeed our helper.

I remember in the y ear 1 920 after a most distressing v oy age I went straightfrom the ship on which I had been trav eling, to a meeting. As I entered thebuilding a man fell down across the doorway in a fit. The Spirit of the Lord wasupon me and I commanded the demon to leav e. Some y ears later I v isited thissame assembly , and I v entured to ask if any one remembered the incident. Aman stood up and I told him to come to the platform. He told me that on thatday he had been deliv ered by the name of Jesus and had not had a fit since. Weread in Acts 1 0:38 that God hath anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the HolyGhost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that wereoppressed of the dev il; for God was with him. God wants us to hav e this sameanointing and same power. through the indwelling Christ and through aliv ing faith. It was the Lord Himself who told us before He went away , Thesesigns shall follow them that believ e. In my name they shall cast out demons . .. they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recov er. God is waiting tomanifest His div ine power through believ ers.

I remember a man coming to me suffering with cancer, who said he had beentwelv e y ears in pain. The power of the Lord was present to heal, and that nighthe came back to the meeting with all his sores dried up.

In this second epistle of Peter we further read, According to his div ine powerhath giv en unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness through theknowledge of him that hath called us to glory and v irtue: whereby are giv enunto us exceeding great and precious promises :that by these y e might bepartakers of the div ine nature. Believ e the record, His div ine power hasprov ided this life and godliness and v irtue. Believ e for the v irtue of the Lord tobe so manifested through y our body that as men touch y ou they are healed.

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Believ e for the current to go through y ou to others. It is amazing what canhappen when some necessity arises when there is no time to pray , only to act.It is in such times of necessity that the Holy Ghost comes forth to act.

We must so liv e in God that the Spirit of God can operate through us. Iremember being in one place where there were 6,000 people outside thebuilding where we were preaching. Many of them were in chairs, waiting forhands to be laid on them and the pray er of faith to be offered. Oh for the v irtuethat flowed from Christ to touch the needy ev ery where!

A woman said to Christ one time, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and thepaps which thou hast sucked. But he answered, Yea rather, blessed are theyhath hear the word. of God, and keep it. It is through the hearing of the Wordof God that faith comes, and faith brings the omnipotence of God to helplesssouls and brings the v irtue of Christ to the sick and to the needy . Do y ouremember how they asked the Lord, What shall we do that we might work theworks of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of Godthat y e believ e on him whom he hath sent. He further said, The works that Ido shall y e do also: and greater works than these shall y e do; because I go untomy Father. There is nothing impossible to faith.

When I was in Orebro 1 2 y ears ago I ministered to a girl who was twelv e y earsold, and blind. When I last went to Orebro they told me that she had hadperfect sight from that day . The Lord Himself challenges us to believ e Himwhen He say s, Hav e faith in God. Verily , I say unto y ou, That whosoev ershall say unto this mountain., Be thou remov ed, and be thou cast into the sea;and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believ e that those things which hesaith shall come to pass; he shall hav e whatsoev er he saith. Did y ou get that?He shall hav e whatsoev er he saith. When y ou speak in faith y our desire is anaccomplished thing. Our Lord further said, Therefore I say unto y ou, Whatthings soev er y e desire, when y e pray , believ e that y e receiv e them, and y eshall hav e them.

In one place a man said to me, You helped a good many today , but y ou hav enot helped me. I said, What is the trouble? He said, I cannot sleep, and I amlosing my reason. I said to him, Believ e. And then I told him to go home andsleep, and I told him I would believ e God. He went home and his wife said tohim, Well, did y ou see the preacher? And he said, He helped ev ery one butme. Howev er, he fell asleep. His wife said, I wonder if it is all right.Morning, noon, and night he was still asleep, but he woke bright and happy ,rested and restored. What had brought about this restoration? Faith in God!

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He shall hav e whatsoev er he saith. Hav e y ou receiv ed this like preciousfaith? If so, deal bountifully with the oppressed. God has called us to loose thebands of wickedness. undo the heav y burden, let the oppressed go free, andbreak the y okes that the dev il has put upon them. Pray in faith. Remember hethat asketh receiv eth. Ask and it shall be giv en y ou. Liv e for God. Keep cleanand holy . Liv e under the unction of the Holy Spirit. Let the mind of Christ bey ours so that y ou liv e in Gods desires and plans. Glorify Him in theestablishment of His blessing upon the people, and in seeing Gods glorymanifested in the midst. Amen.

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