{"id":596,"date":"2021-02-22T21:29:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/roycypher\/2021\/02\/22\/walk-by-faith\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T21:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:34:12","slug":"walk-by-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/roycypher\/2021\/02\/22\/walk-by-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk by Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_48157\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zWnzOq_R6ms?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Romans 12:3 (NKJV)<br \/>\n3 For I say, through the grace given to me,<br \/>\nto everyone who is among you,<br \/>\nnot to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,<br \/>\nbut to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.<\/p>\n<p>Hebrews 10:23(NKJV)<br \/>\nLet us hold fast the confession<br \/>\nof our hope without wavering,<br \/>\nfor He who promised is faithful.<\/p>\n<p>Romans 4:17 (NKJV)<br \/>\n(as it is written, \u201cI have made you a father<br \/>\nof many nations\u201d)<br \/>\nin the presence of Him whom he believed\u2014<br \/>\nGod, who gives life to the dead<br \/>\nand calls those things which<br \/>\ndo not exist as though they did;<\/p>\n<p>Mark 11:22-24 (NKJV)<br \/>\n22 So Jesus answered and said to them,<br \/>\n\u201cHave faith in God.<br \/>\n23 For assuredly, I say to you,<br \/>\nwhoever says to this mountain,<br \/>\n\u2018Be removed and be cast into the sea,\u2019<br \/>\nand does not doubt in his heart,<br \/>\nbut believes that those things he says will be done,<br \/>\nhe will have whatever he says.<br \/>\n24 Therefore I say to you,<br \/>\nwhatever things you ask when you pray,<br \/>\nbelieve that you receive them,<br \/>\nand you will have them.<\/p>\n<p>Romans 4:20-21 (NKJV)<br \/>\n20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>James 2:14-26 (NKJV)<\/p>\n<p>New King James Version<br \/>\nFaith Without Works Is Dead<br \/>\n14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, \u201cDepart in peace, be warmed and filled,\u201d but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.<\/p>\n<p>18 But someone will say, \u201cYou have faith, and I have works.\u201d Show me your faith without [a]your works, and I will show you my faith by [b]my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe\u2014and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is [c]dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made [d]perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, \u201cAbraham believed God, and it was [e]accounted to him for righteousness.\u201d And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.<\/p>\n<p>25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?<\/p>\n<p>26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.<\/p>\n<p>Hebrews 10:19-33 (NKJV)<br \/>\nNew King James Version<br \/>\nHold Fast Your Confession<br \/>\n19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.<\/p>\n<p>The Just Live by Faith<br \/>\n26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses\u2019 law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, \u201cVengeance is Mine, I will repay,\u201d [b]says the Lord. And again, \u201cThe Lord will judge His people.\u201d 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.<\/p>\n<p>32 But recall the former days in which, after you were [c]illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 33 partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated;<\/p>\n<p>Hebrews 12: (NKJV)<br \/>\n1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded<br \/>\nby so great a cloud of witnesses,<br \/>\nlet us lay aside every weight,<br \/>\nand the sin which so easily ensnares us,<br \/>\nand let us run with endurance<br \/>\nthe race that is set before us,<br \/>\n2 looking unto Jesus,<br \/>\nthe author and finisher of our faith,<br \/>\nwho for the joy that was set before Him<br \/>\nendured the cross, despising the shame,<br \/>\nand has sat down at the right hand<br \/>\nof the throne of God.<br \/>\n3 For consider Him who endured<br \/>\nsuch hostility from sinners against Himself,<br \/>\nlest you become weary<br \/>\nand discouraged in your souls.<\/p>\n<p>1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV)<br \/>\nBut you are a chosen generation,<br \/>\na royal priesthood, a holy nation,<br \/>\nHis own special people,<br \/>\nthat you may proclaim the praises<br \/>\nof Him who called<br \/>\nyou out of darkness<br \/>\ninto His marvelous light;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah 29<br \/>\n11 For I know the thoughts<br \/>\nthat I think toward you, says the Lord,<br \/>\nthoughts of peace and not of evil,<br \/>\nto give you a future and a hope.<br \/>\n12 Then you will call upon Me<br \/>\nand go and pray to Me,<br \/>\nand I will listen to you.<br \/>\n13 And you will<\/p>\n<p>Hebrews 11:6 (PTP)<br \/>\nAnd without faith living within us<br \/>\nit would be impossible to please God.<br \/>\nFor we come to God in faith<br \/>\nknowing that he is real<br \/>\nand that he rewards the faith<br \/>\nof those who give all<br \/>\ntheir passion and<br \/>\nstrength into seeking him.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nHebrews 6:1<br \/>\nThe Passion Translation<br \/>\nMoving On to Deeper Truth<br \/>\n6 Now is the time for us to progress beyond the basic message of Christ and advance into perfection. The foundation has already been laid for us to build upon: turning away from our dead works to embrace faith in God,<\/p>\n<p>Luke 18:8 (NKJV)<br \/>\nI tell you that He will avenge them speedily.<br \/>\nNevertheless, when the Son of Man comes,<br \/>\nwill He really find faith on the earth?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luke 17:20-37 (NKJV)<br \/>\n20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees<br \/>\nwhen the kingdom of God would come,<br \/>\nHe answered them and said,<br \/>\n\u201cThe kingdom of God does not come with observation;<br \/>\n21 nor will they say, \u2018See here!\u2019 or \u2018See there!\u2019<br \/>\nFor indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.\u201d<br \/>\n22 Then He said to the disciples,<br \/>\n\u201cThe days will come when you will desire to see<br \/>\none of the days of the Son of Man,<br \/>\nand you will not see it.<br \/>\n23 And they will say to you,<br \/>\n\u2018Look here!\u2019 or \u2018Look there!\u2019<br \/>\nDo not go after them or follow them.<br \/>\n24 For as the lightning that flashes<br \/>\nout of one part under heaven<br \/>\nshines to the other part under heaven,<br \/>\nso also the Son of Man will be in His day.<br \/>\n25 But first He must suffer many things<br \/>\nand be rejected by this generation.<br \/>\n26 And as it was in the days of Noah,<br \/>\nso it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:<br \/>\n27 They ate, they drank, they married wives,<br \/>\nthey were given in marriage,<br \/>\nuntil the day that Noah entered the ark,<br \/>\nand the flood came and destroyed them all.<br \/>\n28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot:<br \/>\nThey ate, they drank, they bought, they sold,<br \/>\nthey planted, they built;<br \/>\n29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom<br \/>\nit rained fire and brimstone from heaven<br \/>\nand destroyed them all.<br \/>\n30 Even so will it be in the day<br \/>\nwhen the Son of Man is revealed.<br \/>\n31 \u201cIn that day, he who is on the housetop,<br \/>\nand his goods are in the house,<br \/>\nlet him not come down to take them away.<br \/>\nAnd likewise the one who is in the field,<br \/>\nlet him not turn back.<br \/>\n32 Remember Lot\u2019s wife.<br \/>\n33 Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it,<br \/>\nand whoever loses his life will preserve it.<br \/>\n34 I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed:<br \/>\nthe one will be taken and the other will be left.<br \/>\n35 Two women will be grinding together:<br \/>\nthe one will be taken and the other left.<br \/>\n36 [Two men will be in the field:<br \/>\nthe one will be taken and the other left.\u201d<br \/>\n37 And they answered and said to Him,<br \/>\n\u201cWhere, Lord?\u201d<br \/>\nSo He said to them, \u201cWherever the body is,<br \/>\nthere the eagles will be gathered together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (PTP)<br \/>\nThe Passion Translation<br \/>\n16 For the Lord himself will appear<br \/>\nwith the declaration of victory,<br \/>\nthe shout of an archangel,<br \/>\nand the trumpet blast of God.<br \/>\nHe will descend from the heavenly realm<br \/>\nand command those who are<br \/>\ndead in Christ to rise first.<br \/>\n17 Then we who are alive will join them,<br \/>\ntransported together in clouds<br \/>\nto have an encounter with the Lord in the air,<br \/>\nand we will be forever joined with the Lord.<br \/>\n18 So encourage one another with these truths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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