Faith Roots with Pastor Willie George

God's loving promise to redeem His people from destruction is not often addressed in the church today. Many people are entirely ignorant of what God promised to us in this area.

Divine healing is a benefit that we are prone to forget. If it came to us with no faith on our part, how should we forget it? The admonition not to forget His benefits tells us that we must be ever mindful of His blessings if we are to enjoy them.

Christ’s sacrifice once and for all dealt a death blow to the power of sin that had gripped the whole world from the time of Adam. Followers of Christ are not merely adherents to a doctrine; they are literally re-born in the inner chambers of the heart.

The first and most important benefit of worshipping God is the forgiveness of iniquity. All the other blessings and benefits spring from this one. It is always first among the many blessings of reconciliation.

There is a way to enjoy all of God's benefits without losing sight of His person. It is by being grateful!

King David understood the importance of speaking the scriptures to himself. “O my soul” is not merely an expression - it is a revelation of the threefold nature of man. There is a part of us that is even deeper than the soul, and it is the seat of government in the human. It is the spirit.

Paul experienced amazing miracles whenever he went, but especially so when he ministered among the Gentiles. But Paul’s first action was always the preaching of the Gospel. The miracles followed the preaching, just as they did with the ministry of Jesus.

So, the preaching of the Gospel came first… or did it?

Faith in God’s Word permits us to see glimpses of the spiritual world where God’s power comes from. We learn not the limit Him to the restraints of natural circumstances. And most importantly, we realize that our destinies are tied to that spiritual world where He can be seen and known. We are pilgrims on this earth.

God has always revealed His plans carefully, and in bits and pieces. The prophecies about the birth, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus are scattered throughout the Old Testament. God’s plan of salvation was a mystery that only came to light after it was finished.

God uses the foolish things in the world to confound the wise. Goliath could never have believed he would die by the hand of a teenage Israeli shepherd boy who had never been in a fight. The shock of seeing a red-haired, freckled kid standing over the unbeatable Philistine champion sent thousands of soldiers fleeing to their cities. God loves to use the unexpected thing to accomplish His purpose.