Preaching is not (just) to get the Word out, but to
provoke a response. [Pastor]
And the scripture, foreseeing that
God (Who) would justify the heathen through
faith, preached before the
gospel unto Abraham, saying, “In Thee
Shall All Nations Be Blessed.” [Galations 3:8]
God preached to
Abraham, that he would respond to The Word that he heard. [Pastor]
So Abram (aka Abraham)
departed, as The Lord had spoken unto him ...and By faith ...when he
was called...(Abraham) went out, not knowing whither he went.
[Genesis 12:4; Hebrews
11:8]
In this (response) is
the dependency, of which “faith” is. As we grow/or mature, we have more
confidence in what He says, (rather) than what we feel. [Pastor]
As (we) take (our)
hands off the plow (of life), and lift them (and our lives) unto (The Lord); we
minister unto Him our dependency, and enter into His rest.
[Pastor; Hebrews 4:10]
ThenSingsMySoul:
...THE LORD HAS SPOKEN,
LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN!
