Belief or Unbelief.

Belief or Unbelief.

How much is possible to you? 

Are you a believer? Then all things are possible.

Belief = Pistos (Greek). Unbelief = A-pistos = non-belief. As in a-pathetic or a-moral.

Jesus helped his non-belief by healing his child.

He will do signs to help us believe, as long as we are not looking to the signs as our source of

faith. But looking to Him.

Our first source of help for unbelief in any area is The Word.

Make your first reaction one of study. 

Even if you have to ask for help.

(Mark 9:23-24)

Do we believe in Jesus or in the signs?

Do we believe in Jesus or in the signs?

  The name Jesus means - Jehovah is salvation. They believed in the salvation name and the miracles He did. 

These people did not believe in Him personally. What do you believe?

Trouble is - if you only look for signs, and there aren't any happening at the moment. You will stop believing.

Jesus did not commit Himself to them because He did not trust them.

He knows what is in all of us. 

Does He trust you?

(John 2:23-25)

What else is already finished in our lives?

What else is already finished in our lives?

You are already blessed. It is finished.

You are already chosen. It is finished.

You are already holy and blameless. It is finished. 

 

He has seen ahead from eternity to the day you receive Him and has adopted you.

He has accepted you. It is finished.

There is nothing you can do, to make yourself acceptable to Him.

It is finished.

(Ephesians 1:3-6)

Finishing Our Own Race.

Finishing Our Own Race. 

This is why we lay our own desires down so we can finish.

Finish (apoleteo) our own race with joy and finish the ministry we received.

Everyone has been given a ministry to finish. If you don't yet know yours, try something, step out in faith and go for it. If you get it wrong, don't worry, the Lord can re-direct you. 

Like a moving windsurfer has their direction changed by a gust of wind. 

A stationary windsurfer will just get blown over and blame the wind. 

(Acts 20:24)

Our Power and Love Source

Our Power and Love Source. 

When it comes to our strength being perfected. It is finished.

We receive it by the gift of grace He gave to us. There is nothing else for us to do.

Except brag on our weaknesses to Him, so His power comes to us.

When it comes His love being perfected in us. It is finished.

All we have to do it love people with the love He gave us.

Then God lives in us and empowers it all.

(2 Corinthians 12:9)

(1 John 4:12)

The Great Exchange.

The Great Exchange. 

He took our sin, so we could be righteous. The Great exchange. It is finished.

There is nothing more to do. Just accept His finished work.

He took your sin so you could have His righteousness. 

When Mary asked the boy Jesus to tidy His bedroom.

When He came back to her and said, it is finished.

Did she need to check if He had done it?

When Jesus says it is done - it is done. 

(2 Corinthians 5:20-21)

Sin Finished Its Work In Jesus.

Sin Finished Its Work In Jesus. 

Finished = Apoloteo in Greek. 

1) to perfect, to bring to an end

2) to accomplish 

3) to carry out the contents of a command. 

When our sin, laid on Jesus had finished its work, it killed Him.

He deliberately laid down His life by taking our sin, knowing the end result would be His death.

His dying meant that He would now be taken to hell in our place as our substitute. 

(James 1:15 KJV)