God is waiting for you to believe him

Today’s message: God is waiting for you to believe him

Genesis 15:1-6
1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.”
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.”
5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
6 And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

Text speaks of two powers: The power of vision and the power of faith.

Today we will talk about two powers: The power of vision and the power of faith.

God is waiting for you to believe Him so that the vision He reveals can be fulfilled.

Everything that you see in the supernatural will be fulfilled on the same level that you believe.

I. The power of the vision of God

FIRST POWER: CAPTURE AN IMMEASURABLE VISION

machazeh: VISION

vision in the static state / From the root: chazah

See, perceive, look, contemplate, prophesy, provide, See like a seer in the static state.

Perceive with intelligence or by experience

Definition of Immeasurable Vision: said of that which cannot be measured; unlimited, incalculable.

Definition: said of that which cannot be measured; unlimited, incalculable.

Illustration: God’s mercy and love for the sinner.

Application: There are more stars in the sky than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on earth.

Psalm147:4
4 He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.

Our vision:
A multicultural church of multitudes distributed in cell groups where each disciple shares Jesus Christ publicly and from to house in the power of the Spirit.

Numbers 24:4
4 the oracle of him who hears the words of God,who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:

Numbers 24:16
16 the oracle of him who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:

II. The power of faith in God

Genesis: 15:6
6 And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

believed Jehovah: Yĕhovah

Jehovah = “the existing one”

The proper name of the one-true

KJV Translation Account:

6,519 total 6,510, GOD 3, JEHOVAH 4, variant 1

6,519 Total LORD 6510, GOD 4, JEHOVAH 4, variant 1

Abraham believed and God wants you to believe him

Romans 4:16-22
16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.
20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”

Definition of faith: AT: ’emuwnah: firmness

NT: pistis / Conviction /

Total dependency

Definition and usage in Genesis 15:6 / Transliteration: ‘love
Verb/verb

Outline of Biblical Usage:

Support, confirm, be faithful, stand firm, trust, believe
KJV Translation Count: 108 Total Believe/believe 44

Certainty/assurance 1 Fidelity/faithful 20 Sure/sure 11 Established/established 7 Trust/trust 5

Verificado/verified 3, among other uses.

Faith Rating:

1. No Faith (KJV. Deut. 32:20: “unbelievers”) Mark 4:40; Heb. 11:6
2. Weak Faith (Luke 17:5)
3. Little Faith (Matt. 6:30; 8:26; 14:31 Peter)
4. Increasing faith (2 Cor. 10:15, Increasing Faith)
5. Strong Faith/Great faith (Matt 8:20; 15:28)
6. Fruit of faith (Gal 5:22 karpos pneuma pistis)
7. Gift of Faith (1Co. 12:9 pistis charisma)

SECOND POWER: WALK IN AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH

Definition: cannot be moved, altered or torn down.

-firm, fixed, secure, stable, imperturbable.
-incredible, extraordinary, astonishing, incomprehensible.
Conviction versus preference

Illustration:

When you operate in unshakable faith and you grasp the immeasurable vision, you enter the supernatural realm, the supernatural realm, the supernatural field.

OTHERWISE NOT ONLY YOU HAVE ACCESS. YOU ARE AN INTRUDER.

Who caught the vision and had faith?

Abraham: Genesis 15:1-6

Moses: Genesis 14:14

Esther: Esther 4:16

Woman of the issue of blood: Mark 5:24-34

Syrophoenician Woman: Matthew 16:21-28 The Centurion: Matthew 8:8-13

Elijah: 1 Kings 18:41-45

The apostles Paul and Silas: Acts 16:25-32

Acts 16:26
26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.

Difference in a radical Christian and a passive one.

Vision plus faith equals radicalism.

1. The passive believer waits for things to happen.
2. The radical believer believes, sees, makes war, conquers and snatches.
3. The passive believer criticizes and complains because fear invades him.
4. The radical Believer hears the Voice of God and does what God says.
5. The passive believer is a minister The radical believer is a soldier

2 Timothy 2:4
4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.

What does God say? ID AND PREACH

Matthew 10:7-8
7 And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

Conclusion: An immeasurable vision always demands an unshakable faith.

Two powers: The power of vision and the power of faith.