CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

[Albert Finch]

"And he said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation....And these signs will accompany those who believe; in my name they will cast out demons...they will lay their hands on the sick and they will recover.' And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.'" - Mark 16:15,17-19

Jesus delivered a spiritual force of faith that we can release, through revelation, in the Word of God – which will produce in our life the God-quality of living.

FAITH HAS TO BE ACTIVATED - BE A CONTENDER

This spiritual force of faith will not have the same measure of power for the passive as it will for the contender – the champion.
Neither is it a faith, but it is THE FAITH; so the definition of how it works must be predominately examined in the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ and the early Church.
If He operated in a faith that worked expeditiously, accelerated and without limits, and then handed that over to men and women – then it is His intention for us to safeguard and keep that faith in our life. Why? Because we cannot live the way God wants us to live without implementing the power that God has given to us.

That is why you have chosen not to be just an attender, but an earnest contender.

THE ANSWER TO THE WORLD

What kind of answer is He? Jesus is the answer for the world, for every problem in the world, for every handicap in the world, for every limitation in the world! Make up your mind to be a contender and not just an attender! We need to demonstrate that greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4).

Who is going to make the right choices and choose to believe that He is the answer?
Whether it's a broken back, whether it's someone in a coma, whether it's a generational experience of object poverty, whether it's a mental disorder, whether it's nations gone amok, whether it's economies that are unstable; it does not matter what the problems are – Jesus is the answer to the world! But in order for that answer to work, FAITH HAS TO BE ACTIVATED because faith is the access to the mercy of God.

BLIND BARTIMAEUS

There was a man that didn't even own a Bible, couldn't even read, but he had enough sense to know that although he was born blind what he heard about Jesus was the truth. So blind Bartimaeus "began to cry out and say, "'Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!' Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, 'Son of David, have mercy on me!'" - (Mark 10:47-48).

In other words he began to say, "I will not be a pretender. I will not be an attender, but I will be a contender, Jesus Son of David have mercy on me." And he began to shout like a radical.

God is not looking for a quiet people, He's not looking for a passive people, He's not looking for an inactive people; He's looking for a radical people who will contend for their miracle in God.
Bartimaeus didn't know; he hadn't even been to one intensified training session. But he had one ounce of sense in him and he knew that, Jesus was the answer to his problem.

BE THE CONTENDER - BE THE CHAMPION

What's the world's problem? Many are either bound up, torn up or in a mess. But if somebody would lead them to their solution -- Jesus -- and to the anointing that is in the Word which will take the burden off of their shoulders and the yoke off their neck, like Bartimaeus, they can have enough sense to contend after the reward of what God has.

There are men and women rising up to raise the dead, heal the sick, cast out devils and invade the world with the most powerful Name! The Name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow of the things in Heaven and earth and under the earth.
Stop saying: "Well, let's get down to reality." No! Let's get up to revelation!

AFFIRMATIONS:

I am not going to sit on the sidelines and allow the enemy to limit me.

I am not going to live in repetition.

I am of the end-time generation of God.

I contend -- I fight for the faith that was delivered for the saint's safekeeping.

I am the champion God created me to be.

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[Pat Barrow]

Amen.  Contending for the faith.  There is so much going on in the world and sometimes my heart is just sadden and grieved.  But this encourages me.  

Something stood out that I have to study.   Faith is the access to the Mercy of God.  \O/  

God bless you and Thank you ......