My brothers and my sisters
today I would like to reflect with you on faith. But pastor this meditation is
constantly made in all media evangelicals, Catholics, etc. Yes. But I ask you:
people have really faith? And we? We know what it really is to have faith? I
believe that before we continue talking about faith, have faith and so on need
to do let us consider the faith. OK? Come on. There is a natural faith. That
everyone has. A person goes out in BR 153 and take the East she knows 70 km.
after, will come to Marilia. She really believes it. Someone teaches you the
street and the house number. To reach there you believe is that home, unless
you were taught wrong. You, unless you have had a mental disorder, you know
that you are yourself. You know you exist. It is to have faith. But this kind
of faith is natural. Something very different is to have faith in God. First
because no one sees. Starts here our difficulty. We have to see the unseen. But
what do you mean? By faith. Faith in God is to see what you can't see, I'd say
that we're talking about something supernatural. The true faith is and leads us
to believe in the supernatural. Really believe that? Or we believe only in what
we can see them play, listen, and so on. It would be faith? In my
understanding. Abram is regarded as the father of faith. He never had any
reference to faith. But believed in God. Many times we were intrigued to not
happen to us what happened to the men of the Bible. What would have happened?
Where's the problem? No doubt the issue is lack of faith. Jesus made that very
clear to say: If you have faith as a grain of mustard not only do what was done
to the fig tree, but will say to this mountain: rise here and dashes you at
sea, he will obey. Jesus says: preach the Gospel, "heal the sick, cast out
demons, raise dead". Do we do that? But we found a number of
justifications which are actually things we invented not to admit that we don't
have enough faith. Because this is the real reason. We lack faith. Let's go to
the Bible text basis of our reflection. Faith is what? How to tell us the text
of Hebrews? The text says he is sure of things hoped for. What does the word
sure. Sure is: quality of what is right. Exact knowledge. Persuasion,
conviction. Stability, security. Categorical assertion; summon. Objective and
subjective thing at the same time. Who has faith while waiting for something
has that feeling. To he still was seen nothing yet. But has security in what
awaits. Don't wait without hope, but convinced that actually will be as
expected. When you wait with faith it is expected with certainty. As we waited
something by faith we know that it's really going to happen. It's okay, it's
safe. Will be the same. The text also says that faith is the belief that facts are
not. Practically an extension of the previous. As we have faith we are
convinced of facts that we don't see. I didn't see it, but I am convinced that
it will be as well as I believe. I speak here of things pertaining to God and
us. Our relationship with God happens within the field of faith. Everything
here is a matter of faith. This is why we see the philosophers atheists who
rationalize everything rationalizing faith and eventually find that God is a
joke and it's not real. The Bible says: Without faith it is impossible to
please God. There is no other way of relating to God except by faith. When we
have faith all things are possible. Not that we think that way, but we believe
in a God who can do all things, and for whom there are no impossible. Everything
from the human point of view are saying no, but I keep believing in God sim.
Dear things will change for
us to really guide ourselves our lives by faith. We will pray and wait the
answer of God. He didn't forget any detail of our requests. God just does not
respond when you don't want to because he knows what is best for us or when our
demands are outside the center of his will.
We need to pray with faith.
Believe in the supernatural. Jesus told Peter when this would find him walking
upon the waters: Man of little faith. Why doubt? He also said the Tome after
Resurrection: Blessed are those who have not seen to believed.
When we drive by faith we force
the things that are yet to come and we can see things that are invisible. Faith
calls the existence of what the human eye does not yet exist. Have faith and
live assured that God will provide what we asked in sincere prayer. Think of
the words of Jesus that say: If ye shall ask in prayer believing you've
received so it will be with you. (. 21:22) Amen.
Rev. Jesué
Francisco da Silva.
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