Christ: The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith

Therefore then,

Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses

[Who have borne testimony of the Truth],

Let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance—

Unnecessary weight—and sin

Which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us,

And let us run with patient endurance

And steady and active persistence the appointed course

Of the RACE that is set before us.

Looking to Jesus, Who is the Leader and Source of our Faith

[Giving the first incentive for our belief]

And is also its Finisher, [bringing it to maturity and perfection].

(Hebrews 12:1-2 AMP)

How is Christ Jesus the Author of our Faith?

Because, the Father, by the Holy Spirit drew us to Christ Jesus.

Without His drawing no one comes to Christ Jesus. (John 6:44)

Then we heard the Word of God.

Faith comes from hearing the message

And the message is heard through the Word of Christ. (Hebrews 10:17)

From hearing the message we are able to make a confession of our Faith.

If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,'

And believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,

You will be Saved.

For it is with your heart you believe and are justified,

And it is with your mouth that you confess and are Saved. (Romans 10:9-10)

Is this all there is to the Authorship of Christ Jesus? No.

There is a New Covenant we must enter into.

What is that Covenant? Listen:

'This is the Covenant I will make with the House of Israel

[And the Church of God]

After that time,' declares the Lord.

I will put My Law in their minds and write it on their hearts.

I will be their God and they will be My people.

No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother,

Saying 'Know the Lord,'

Because they will all know Me,

From the least to the greatest,' declares the Lord.

For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.'

(Jeremiah 31:33-34)

The Authorship of Christ Jesus is His writing on our hearts

By the Holy Spirit and putting His Law in our minds.

What is this writing?

It is the Anointing from the Anointed One, Christ Jesus. Listen:

You have received an Anointing from the Holy One [Christ],

And all of you know the Truth. (1 John 2:20)

As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you,

And you do not need anyone to teach you.

But as His Anointing teaches you about all things

And as that Anointing is real, not counterfeit--

Just as it has taught you, remain in Him. (1 John 2:27)

When was this Anointing given? At Pentecost.

It is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit by the hand of Christ.

This is the Gift of the Holy Spirit promised by the Father. (Acts 1:4-5)

This was what Christ Jesus poured out at Pentecost. (Acts 2:33)

This is Christ in us our Hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27)

All the above are the actions of Christ Jesus

As the Author of our Faith.

We are drawn by the father.

We hear the Word of God and make a confession of our Faith

And we receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit by the hand of Christ Jesus,

Where Christ Jesus writes upon our hearts and puts His Law in our minds;

The Anointing of the Holy One;

After which no one need teach us to “know” Him

Because Christ Himself becomes our teacher. (Matthew 23:10)

How is Christ Jesus the Finisher of our Faith?

Because it is Christ in us Who enables us to OVERCOME this wicked world,

By the Power of His Spirit living in and through us;

Christ Jesus Who is infinitely more powerful than Satan [1 John 4:4],

Enables us to OVERCOME Satan and the world he rules. (1 John 5:19)

To him who OVERCOMES, I will give the right to eat from The Tree Of LIFE,

Which is in the Paradise of God. (Revelation 2:7)

They OVERCAME by the blood of the Lamb

And the word of their testimony;

They did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

(Revelation 12:11)

I pray that all who read this message are among those

Who OVERCOME this wicked world and Satan who rules it;

Allowing Christ Jesus to be the Author and Finisher of your Faith.

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!