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The One Whom You Love by T. Austin Sparks
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. (1 Corinthians 1:9 NIV) This is an age of cheapness. Get it as cheaply and as quickly as you can, with just as little cost and tiresomeness. "Get it quickly: get it easily." That thought governs the whole world system. Everything is now aligned to getting it done easily and getting it done quickly. It is that way in your kitchen, your scurrying, your household affairs, and in every other realm. What is true in the secular has now become very largely true in the spiritual. The standards have been terribly lowered. Bigness has substituted greatness. Greatness, the true meaning of the word, is no longer considered. Oh, how we hear, "Big, oh yes, the bigger, then assuredly that is the most successful," but this is absolutely contrary to the Bible, to all gospel. It is like that.
The Supernatural Gift of Faith by Annette Capps
There are four different kinds of faith, which are differentiated between form, function, and purpose. We will focus primarily upon the gift of the Spirit, the gift of supernatural faith. One way to get understanding is to define what something is and is not, what it does and does not do. Saving faith, natural faith, and the fruit of faith are different from the supernatural gift of faith. Natural faith comes from human experience. Saving faith comes from the human heart's desire for the Savior. The fruit of faith is the product of the reborn human spirit and develops like fruit on a tree. The gift of faith is a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit.
Test the Messenger Before the Message by Wanda Alger
As I've watched the ongoing conversations about prophecy, I've become increasingly convinced that in our effort to test and weigh prophetic words, we may be overlooking something foundational. What if we've started at the wrong place? If our primary question is whether a prophetic word is true or false, we may miss the most important factor in the entire equation. Before we evaluate the message, shouldn't we first consider the messenger? "So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit" (Matthew 7:17). Accuracy alone is not enough.
