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[ Created: 2023-04-26 10:09:47  Updated: 2023-04-26 10:18:15 Owner: rl ]
Title: Holy Spirit Faith manifests according to our trust in the Word    
  
  
  
  

   

  
  
  
  


In the passage below we hear Jesus teaching us how He did what He did.   

Furthermore, He tells us to do the same works the same way He did them.   
And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.     And his disciples heard it.
Jesus cursed the tree because it bore no fruit.

And when even was come, he went out of the city.

And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Normally, plants that die, die from the tips of their branches in and down - little by little.     Lastly, the root dies.     In this case Jesus cursed the root of the tree because it was evil.     It may possibly have been a tree that never bore fruit.     It just sucked up water and other nutrients from the soil while making a show of fruitfulness with its leaves.

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have Holy Spirit Faith.
The disciples were amazed at the withered fig tree and wanted to know how Jesus did this to the tree.     

Jesus answers them very succinctly by telling them to believe with Holy Spirit faith.     

Jesus did not come to show off and then leave us in awe.     He came to:
    clean us up
    teach us
    empower us
    to be like Him.     

Jesus is telling us to operate in the supernatural faith of His Holy Spirit.     

Note: The word 'in' is not in the original Greek phrase which the KJV translates as 'Have faith in God'.     It should have read 'Have God faith' or 'Have the faith of God' rather than 'faith in God'.     

Since we know that God is Spirit (making Him the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus), this phrase should best be rendered as 'Have Holy Spirit faith'.     

Remember, Faith is one of the Spirit Fruit.     

Unfortunately, this is another example of how the ' God being' was given an existence separate from the Word and Holy Spirit as a result of the translators' trinitarian concept of the Creator.     

Jesus goes on in this passage to tell His disciples to just speak (word) and believe ( Holy Spirit faith) and their desires would be met.     There is no indication that some other being is involved in the process.     

Even, the 'when you pray' statement of is misunderstood to reference a ' God being' when Jesus instructed us to pray to our Heavenly Father who is His Holy Spirit.

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Faith is what Jesus will be looking for when He returns.     Faith pleases Him because He operates in it and wants us to as well.     It is divine faith - the Faith Of Christ Jesus.     It is how His power is released and how His will is accomplished.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
A desire is the object of hope.     Desiring and Hoping are activities of the imagination.     

Faith is the state of our heart regarding that which we desire.     

Jesus is telling us to visualize a desire, ask for it and immediately receive it in faith.     

The act of desiring, hoping, asking, believing and receiving by faith is a seed that is planted.     The manifestation of that which is desired is the harvest.     

The Spiritual Law of Seed Time And Harvest is foundational to all that the Lord has created.     

1) We sow
2) the Lord produces
3) We harvest.