Faith and Prophecy 

The only foundation for true faith isthe Word of God . Any spiritual believe ,how strong and dedicated itmay be ,that is not firmly based on the foundation of the Word of God, cannot be reckoned as faith .

Romans1:16-17 MKJV

(16) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is thepower of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jewfirst and also to the Greek.

(17) For in it the righteousness of God is revealed fromfaith to faith,as it is written, "The just shalllive by faith."

The first “faith” in verse 17refers to the faith that is given to us by God . It is a gift ofgrace . You cannot earn it in any way . Not by works ,nor by yourfirm belief in spiritual things .

Your whole life depends on this gift offaith from God . Without it you cannot live in the Spirit .

The second “faith” refers to yourreaction to this gift of faith that you received from God . God'sgift of faith to you will have no effect on your life unless youreact to it's presence in your heart .

God does not leave it up to your owneffort only to react to His gift of faith . God does not require youto believe first before He will give you faith . No, the Holy Spiritgives you the power and will to react to the faith of God in you .The only way you can miss it is by constantly working hard to get ridof God's presence in your heart . You can't help God to enter yourheart . By His grace He is in your heart long before you become awareof His presence in you . Isn't He an awesome God . He gives us Hisfaith first to make it possible for us to believe .

You see ,you cannot turn the order offaith in verse 17 around by saying , “if I have faith in God , thenHe will give me more faith . No , the Word says , God gave you Hislife first in the form of faith . You will react to it by the powerand unction of the Holy Spirit .

Only the Word of God can keep yourfaith alive . You can very easily believe in many things that is notbased on the Word of God . When you do that , then you are mislead .The Holy Spirit will convince you that you must be careful in whatyou believe now . If you ignore it ,then you will grow in themisleading .

Many people think if they firmlybelieve something then it must come to past ,because they don't doubtthat it will come to pass . They believe if they say it over and overto themselves and other people then their chances for it to happensoon ,becomes better and better . Many times this end up in greatsorrow and pain and distrust in themselves and God .

The point is ,make sure that yourpromise comes from the Word of God only . You must be able to trackdown the origin of what you believe in the Word of God . You canfirmly believe in something that is not based on the Word ,and it isnot going to happen for you .

Many preachers and other people dishout prophesies to people that is not based on the Word . Any prophesymust confirm the word that you found in the Word of God and treasurein your heart already . No prophesy can originate in any person ever. True prophesy can only originate from God . You cannot discover itwhen someone else tells you about it . No, a true prophet can onlytell you what God revealed in your heart through His Word already .Then their prophesy is true and it will encourage and strengthen you.

If someone gives me a prophetic word ,then I will only accept it as a Word from God if I can trace it backto things that God revealed to me previously in His Word . If theysay things that I did not expect spiritually ,then I will not acceptit as a Word from God . Faith comes by the faith from God . When youreceive Word from God through faith ,then there is always anexpectancy in your heart that it will come to pass . A true prophetwill always meet you at that point where you have the expectancy ofwhat they are saying already in your heart . There words will confirmGod's Word in your heart and strengthen and encourage you .

Be Blessed

Bertus