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  • Bennymkje - 11 months ago
    Gen.14.23 "Faith with works" (1 of 2)

    "And that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich."

    Proof simple of any one blessed is what Abraham demonstrated in his short colloquy with the king of Sodom. It serves as a criteria what makes the difference with the temporal world and the world framed by the word of God. Abraham believed therefore it was counted to him for righteousness. On the other hand Gehazi reckoned,'Make hay while the sun shines'. Rather than let go worldly advantages he ran after Naaman received this rebuke, "And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?"( 2 Kgs 5.26). Mind tou the double portion of the Spirit was from the Son as well as the spirit of Elijah as the double for the Word was with God. So the latter Spirit refers to his hold from the word of God. The indwelling Spirit is the Spirit shed on a believer according to the promise of God. Whosoever despises this world framed by the word of God is not blessed as the prosperity theology claim, from God but from the devil. Similarly in the Parable of the unforgiving Servant, the servant did not value the debt he owed, ten thousand talents simply because he got it cancelled. But he was loath to forgive his fellow servant that owed him a hundred pence. It is what Gehazi chose not to remember. He was afflicted with Naaman's leprosy. The windfall that the devil kickes in your way can be counted in dollars and cents. Along with it you are branded 6-6-6. This is the difference between the world of smoke and mirrors, the temporal world and the world framed by the word of God. Abraham would not touch even a thread or shoe latchet and forever is counted as recipient of devil's favours.



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