Romans 4:20
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He staggered [diakrino] not [ou] at [eis] the promise [epaggelia] of God [theos] through
unbelief [apistia]; but [alla] was strong [endunamoo] in
faith [pistis], giving [didomi] glory [doxa] to God [theos]; KJV-Interlinear
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unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in
his faith as he gave glory to God, ESV
Did you ever wonder about the magnitude the real
magnitude of the promises that you have or could have from God? Abraham was not moved, did not waver, did not
doubt God for even an instant. He did
have his failures, but that is common for everyone. Life is tough.
The important thing in life is your ongoing pattern of
adherence to the principles and promises of God as they apply to your life.
There will always be times of doubt and worry and anxiety,
because the world can be harsh more often than not.
But remember one important thing.
Remember what Jesus said to Thomas after the
resurrection, when Thomas had to see before he believed. How much greater are those who do not see and
yet believe.
Now, recall all of the Old Testament believers who
have at one time or another seen Jesus, when He was manifested before men, or
when they had dreams, or visions, or even witnessed phenomenal miracles.
And in our dispensation, now that the Bible has been
completed when John finished writing Revelation, and we have none of those
things. We do not have dreams. We do not have visions. We do not have any conversations with Jesus
or angels or anyone beyond our own realm.
We have the words written in the Bible and that is all.
But then God has magnified His word above His name.
And why is that?
His word has always been magnified and has always been
the object through which people learned doctrine and grew up in their spiritual
life and faith.
But today, that is all that we have.
God creates all life.
God placed you into this world now in this time, and did not place you
into history at any other time. Why?
Because your faith will be better served through not
seeing and not hearing anything from the beyond, but only through the written
word. That is all we have for now.
And that places anyone who listens and learns and
complies with Gods spiritual process, among the greatest of the greats. To fail in this is to miss out on a phenomenal
opportunity.
None of us are perfect and none of us can claim heroship,
nor should we, but we do live in the most unique dispensation, in all of human history.
After the Rapture, the Age of Israel will resume, and
there will be many miracles and events that will help convince peoples minds
and help them to believe. Remember that
the Tribulation will last only seven years, so all teens and adults and so
forth who live in the Tribulation, will have had their chance to believe during
our dispensation, but they will not.
Thus they will remain when the rapture occurs.
And the last age, the millennial reign of Christ, will
have Jesus here on this earth as King for all to meet and greet and see and so
forth. And that age will have its
phenomenal miracles such as perfect environment, extremely long life spans, the
absence of wild animals and more.
So, our dispensation, is an age that is unique, and
potentially, for you, if you get your act together, and stick with a daily
study and advance to spiritual maturity and stick it out when all hell enters
into your life, as it most likely will from time to time, to test your
spiritual toughness, then your eternal blessings and rewards will likewise be
beyond phenomenal, beyond imagination.
And beyond imagination has huge, huge, huge
possibilities. Just in case you were
wondering.
And, you will have them forever.
Abraham had huge promises given to him and he had
direct access to the Lord.
We have only the word, and prayer and our compliance
with that which we cannot see, or hear, or detect. Our promises are greater.
