Great faith part 2

By: TOROSBC

Thus there is an assurance when that which is unseen makes itself known to that which is seen. The author goes on to show us the origin of faith when he states "by faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. Thus faith has a direct creative effect on all things tangible, not only is it a substance it is the root of all tangibility.

Everything created (tangible substance) sourced itself from faith. Where did this faith, this substance originate. "When God commanded" That's it, the pivotal bases by which all things have tangibility.

The author does not just state God made, but God commanded, Why? Because God is the author of tangibility, everything we hear, touch, taste, smell, and feel through our senses he has created. We are benefactors of tangibility because he who is ever present made tangibility itself. How awesome and powerful is our God. He alone knows how to make a thing tangible how much more himself to who he chooses.

God commanded, this is the bases of our faith, not that which we have said, no, the bases on the reality of faith is held within what God has spoken. We cannot make effort to bring about the product of faith. That which God commands is always far too big, far to impossible. Jesus states "That which is impossible with men is possible for God" And here is the secret for all who would walk with the master. Not to seek to achieve that which they see in there own strength, but by and through faith, encounter the assurance of what the Almighty God has spoken.

When a man hears God, he undoubtedly knows that nothing can stop the fulfillment of what God has spoken. To disbelieve God is to deny his authority and power. Thus faith is integral, it is the tangible confidence within us that God has spoken and will do. Not what we would speak or do, but what God speaks and does. And not just what God speaks but what he commands. As an authority God does not give an opinion, no, he speaks commands that must be obeyed. The Author thus seeks for us to find the assurance in God's command, not fear, but through grace. When God commands and the people hear through grace, they are not fearful but delight to participate knowing the power of their God and his ability to work through them, because he commanded it.

Thus the first mention of faith after the command in creation is the offering of Abel. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain. Now this was a righteous man, not because he offered anything, Abel offered his all, because he knew there was nothing else to give but all. Faith works in the all we give, no less. A dead man has no other plans, and thus can only lean on the assurance of God to fulfill his command through him. Remember that Abel's offering would have encompassed a return to the life that was lost through his Father.

Without God, none of what was commanded could have been fulfilled. No fruitfulness, no multiplication, no dominion. Even when his Father heard such things, he also would have had to offer himself unto God to fulfill such a powerful objective. When the one commanded knows the weakness of their will, do they not lean on the stronger for strength? So to a dead man can do nothing but offer himself up for the accomplishment of the Fathers eternal will.

Praise God for his Christ, who offered himself through the eternal spirit, so that the Fathers will would be fulfilled through him. Thus he could say it was finished, and yes the command of God was satisfied, the judicial death accomplished. Of himself he stated he does nothing else but what he sees the father do, he states again "He offers himself up for what the Father has commanded. This is the proper response for men. Not to respond with an opinion, not to seek to think about the way it would be accomplished. But to wholly give themselves to his will without turning back.

The man who offers himself up to God is the man that looks for no other assurance but from the one who commanded. This also is true of Christ when he states that he was sent by the Father and must return to the Father. The Son himself looked for no other assurance then that which the Father made tangible to him through his words. There was no doubt in the Fathers ability to do, and so the Son continually offered.

We will never see the tangibility of faith, until we have learned to offer ourselves to God. Thus Christ states we must carry our cross, we must learn and be a continual offering unto God so that he might accomplish his will in and through us to his glory.

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