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Faith Opens the Portal to the Supernatural God
  Back to the genealogy of Genesis Chapter 5. . . This is not the beginning of faith, in fact, IN Abel it was not the beginning of faith. The substance of faith IS IN the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Author and Finisher of faith, and He POSSESSES ALL FAITH. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:21) From Seth to Noah there was nothing of material value mentioned. In fact, there was nothing of earthly domain mentioned. The Lord reveals nothing negative in the line of the ten names in Chapter 5. This leaves us with a godly line of faith seeking that which is above and not the things of the earth which is a stark contrast from the line of Cain. In the ultimate in the seventh from Adam, we have Enoch a man who so pleased God that God translated him, and he was not found. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. (Hebrews 11:5)
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, (Jude 1:14) To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 1:15)
  In the preaching and prophecies of Enoch he had a testimony that he pleased God. In the church of Philadelphia, we have this testimony of those who loved the Lord Jesus Christ.
I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. (Revelation 3:8) Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. (Revelation 3:9) Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Revelation 3:10) Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. (Revelation 3:11)
  What Enoch saw in his day with the ungodly, so, the LAST CHURCH OF FAITH, Philadelphia, also sees in the ungodly and a world given over to sin. As Enoch warned, so, today the warning is the same that the Lord is going to come with ten thousands of His saints to reprove and judge the ungodly of this world. It is only through FAITH that both Enoch and the Church in Philadelphia pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6) Man without faith is faced with the impossible, for he cannot please God. He cannot obtain faith by his flesh. Faith cannot be invented. Faith cannot be purchased by money or by works. It is a gift of God. In Hebrews 11:4 it was Abel who received the first gift of faith, and through faith Abel was the FIRST MAN who was born again. Here we have the seed of faith and the purpose and operation of the Spirit of God. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (John 1:12) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:13) Faith is NOT of blood, nor is it by the will of man, nor by the will of the flesh. The spirit of Adam has NO control over the article of faith. It must be the Spirit of God who quickens from above. (John 3:7 and 8) Herein is the faith of Abel. It is the substance, the tangible Christ, the things hoped for through salvation, and the evidence of things NOT seen, the things of heaven and not of the earth. Faith is the portal to the Supernatural and opens the eyes of our understanding to see the ONE GOD, the INVISIBLE GOD, to see the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2nd Corinthians 4:6) As Abel’s daily trial of his faith dealt with the bickering and heckling from Cain, so those of faith today live in the world of Cains and we also have the trial of our faith. Peter wrote what the trial of our faith is worth and that the end of the trial of our faith will be full of glory. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1st Peter 1:7) Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: (1st Peter 1:8) Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. (1st Peter 1:9) Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: (1st Peter 1:10)
  As the word of God is settled in heaven forever, it is the word of God that gives us the revelation of God. God is revealed in the word of God by His Spirit from the beginning. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1) The same was in the beginning with God. (John 1:2) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:3) In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)
  All that is understood by the children of God today is through the kindness of God to reveal Himself through the Living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. Abel had the same God, the same Savior, the same faith and the same glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Abel as well as Cain, saw and listened to the word of God in God’s presence. It was the presence of the express image of God in Jesus Christ who spoke to these two brothers. Abel, by faith, offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain offered.
 The elders through the same revelation of God, through faith, obtained a good report. In Genesis 4:24-26 the word appointed is very important. A specific seed was appointed in the seed of Seth, which also translates back to Abel that Abel’s seed was also appointed. In all the children that Adam and Eve had, there are only two who are mentioned as ‘appointed seeds.’ So, who appointed them? It was not Adam, nor of the will of the flesh. The testimony is from Eve. God said that SHE said that God has appointed me another seed. Now to Seth was born a son, Enosh. It was in Enosh that the promise and gift of faith continued. Faith becomes the seed of the invisible God. In Enosh men began to call on the name of the Lord. They worshiped God. They were known of the Lord as in Job 1:8. And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? I am using Job as an example because Job also qualified as an heir of God’s righteousness through faith. Abel’s death by the hand of Cain brought the first human death into the world. It also brought the first mourning into the world caused by the Law of Sin and Death. As Abel was the first seed of faith, so he was the first to die (although righteous) under the Law of Sin and Death. It surely is proven by Hebrews 11:4 that Abel pleased God and diligently SOUGHT to please God for God testified of His many gifts and Abel was NOT forgotten of God.
  In 1st Samuel we have the great stone or altar of Abel mentioned Chapter 6, verse 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. This great stone of Abel was used for sacrifice, and it bore the name of Abel. He being dead yet speaks. We also have the Lord’s testimony to Abel in Matthew 23:34 and 35.
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: (Matthew 23:34) That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (Matthew 23:35)
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Published on May 22, 2024, at 4:52 P.M. (EST)
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