Living Negatively vs. Living Positively (TMF:1963)

Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Peace to Live By: Living Negatively vs. Living Positively (TMF:1963) - Daniel Litton
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       They are no longer like the disciples were during Jesus’ earthly ministry, lacking in faith. Did not Jesus talk about this all the time? He said that people need to have faith. He waited to see if people would indeed have faith. He rebuked his disciples on more the one occasion for not having it. He got so tired of not seeing it. He arrived at the point where he told his teachings in parables, remember, “so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand’” as he said (Luke 8:10, ESV). That’s why I can safely call the person who lacks in faith, or doesn’t have it, in the negative existence. That’s why I can say the person doesn’t have the power of God flowing in their lives. How can it? The person doesn’t believe, so the person cannot receive. The person doesn’t exercise real trust in God regardless of what they say. The disciples would also be quick to say they believed, but then couldn’t demonstrate it with their actions. I’d rather see the actions.