THE FORCE OF FAITH - Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr.


By salvation through Christ, we are made new (2Corinthians 5.17). However, without faith, it is impossible to access our new dawn heritage. In Luke 1.45 we are told ‘And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord’. Mark 9.23 likewise states that ‘all things are possible to him that believes’. This means it is the individual who continually operates in faith that will continue changing levels.

However, in the last days, faith shall be under siege (Luke 18.38) so it is important we know how to build up our faith so we can secure our heritage.

Why is faith so important to accessing the new dawn era?
  1. It takes faith to actualize our new dawn heritage in redemption. Proverbs 4.18 says the path of the just is to be as a shining light that shines more and more unto the perfect day – ours is a heritage of continuous new dawns. But for that to be our experience, we must operate by faith; Romans 1.17, Hebrews 10.28, Galatians 3.11, Habakkuk 2.4 all decree that the just shall live by faith.
  2. It is to you according to your faith; It’s faith that dictates your outcome not situations. In Matthew 9.27-29, Jesus told the blind men that it would be to them according to their faith. No matter what you face, when faith is in place in the heart of a believer, the situations will be turned to testimonies. Hebrew 11.33-34 tells of the exploits the disciples overcame by faith.
  3. Faith activates the new dawn virtues in the Word. Hebrews 4.2 shows that if you don’t mix the Word with faith, it yields no works.
  4. It takes faith to enforce your desired change. In 1Corinthians 16.9, a new door (dawn) is opened, but there are many adversaries, and it is faith that clears the way. Ephesians 6.12-16 admonishes to take the shield of faith ‘above all’ the weapons listed because it is our defence from every attack of the devil. In Deuteronomy 2.24 God told the Israelites to arise and take the land because He had given their enemies into their hand. 1 Timothy 6.12 admonishes that ‘we fight the good fight of faith’.

What are characteristics of faith which will move you into the new dawn?
  1. It sees the invisible, and takes realities from revelations. Hebrews 11.27 tells us Moses endured by seeing Him who is invisible. In Hebrews 11.3 by faith we understand the world was framed by the Word – this invisible force of the Word is what provokes the visible results of the believer, and this force is seen by the eyes of faith. These revelations are of the Spirit (1Corinthians 2.9-14) therefore seeing the invisible lets you command the impossible.
  2. It thinks the unthinkable. Proverbs 23.7 ‘As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he’, meaning if you can think it, you can receive it. God told Abraham his seed would become a nation, and in Romans 4.17-19 we see that he held fast to God’s word. Although his body was dead, he saw his child with the eyes of faith. And God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to His power that works in us (Ephesians 3.20). Isaiah 54.1-2 tells us to prepare for what we are looking for. Our minds must take what we are looking to receive in hand, so act on your expectation.
  3. It speaks the unspeakable. Psalm 81.10 says ‘open your mouth wide and I will fill it’. Acts 14.3 shows that God will always give testimony to what you boldly declare, for ‘you shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee’ (Job 22.28). Where you need to, change your speech.

Faith is what allows God to be connected to you. The power is with God, but the faith must be with us to receive it (1Corinthians 2.5 – ‘your faith should not rest in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God’).

ACTIVATING YOUR FAITH FOR NEW-DAWN EXPERIENCES
  • Diligently load and receive the Word. ‘Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word’ -Romans 10.17. If you don’t tire of loading in the Word, your faith will continue to grow.
  • Genuinely believe the Word. Luke 1.45 – ‘there shall be a performance of things to those who believe’. Don’t assume, genuinely believe what God says. Hebrews 4.2.
  • Committedly declare the Word. The centurion in Matthew 8.8 said ‘speak the word only, and my servant shall be made whole’.
  •  Dedicatedly obey the Word, because faith without works is dead (James 2.26).

Remember, you don’t wish to develop great faith, you build it so take responsibility.


Watch teaching link on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vatUlK0QdB4

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