Gloria Copeland — An Act Of Faith

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Gloria Copeland

God promises us His mercy, but as believers, we must act as though His Word is true, or we will never have any faith in it. You can lay a Bible on the table and say, “Oh, this is a holy book.” But if you never depend on what God says in it and act on it, its power will never be released in your life. Holy things are not fragile. You can stand on God’s Word when all else looks like it is going to fail.

Realize that you must place your faith in the Word of God for His will to come to pass for you. You must exercise faith in His mercy to receive mercy just as you exerted faith in the law of salvation to get born again. For example, a man could die and go to hell after spending every Sunday of his life in church, if he never placed any action on his belief.

Romans 10:17 says: “…faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Because the Bible is our source of faith, you must hear what the Word of God says about faith in order to develop it. In the same way, if you want to exercise your faith in the mercy of God, you must study and meditate on what the Word of God says concerning His mercy.

Some Christians don’t know what they have in the new birth. They have heard the message of the Cross and received faith to be born again, but haven’t heard what the Word says about salvation for this life—for today and tomorrow. If they had, they would have discovered that they are already in Christ Jesus, and have received His worthiness to be in the Father’s presence. They would begin to understand that God is not looking at them except through eyes of mercy and grace. He sees us in Jesus—in His worthiness.

Gloria Copeland

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