Damaging Doctrines

. . . who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world,
according to the will of God and our Father. —Galatians 1:4

Jesus gave Himself so that we would be delivered from this present world system, from the evil in the world. How are you going to live delivered and as a world overcomer? Faith! We have been taught certain things that destroy faith: “You never know what God will do”; “God moves in mysterious ways.” How can you have faith in God to do what you don’t know He will do? People say, “I’m just believing God!” I ask, “For what?” They reply, “Whatever God wants.” How can you use your dominion to receive what God might not want you to have? We have been taught that God heals some but not others. How can I believe that God will heal me if I’m one of those whom He doesn’t want to heal? How will I even know if I am one He wants to heal or one He doesn’t want to heal? We have nullified our faith and given up our dominion with the attitude that it’s up to God if I live sick or healed, with needs met or in lack! The most damag- ing doctrine in the Church is that “God is in control of everything.” When you believe that all is up to God in your life, then there is no need for faith; God is going to do what God wants to do anyway. If it’s all up to God, I will not have to believe; I will not have to resist. I will not cast down thoughts. “Whatever happens is up to God.” No! You must know the will of God in order to enforce the will of God. Faith begins where the will of God is known. There can be no faith if you do not know God’s will. But we do know God’s will! He wills that you be delivered from this present evil world! It is in the Word, and the Word is His will. Now I can fight the good fight of faith.

Pastor Tom Kehres

“Bringing Forth”

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. —Matthew 12:35

The power of faith will “bring forth” natural things in your life. Notice: Who brings forth? God or the man? What is brought forth depends on what is abundant in the heart. You determine what is abundant in your heart. How are things brought forth? The mouth speaks. This is the God-kind of faith, in your heart and in your mouth. God operated in Genesis by saying, “Light in Me, be! Moon in Me, be!” You operate in health by saying, “Health in me be!” “Prosperity be!” You have the divine ability to create things. You have the God-kind of faith. You can choose “this day” life or death, bless ing or cursing (Deuteronomy 30:19). Everything you receive from God comes from the Kingdom in you, through you (Luke 17:20–21). Righteousness, peace, joy, power, and the Spirit of God (the Spirit of faith) are in you. How does the Kingdom come through you? By having the Word abundantly in your heart and then speaking it with your mouth. God spoke light in the midst of darkness. Why? He desired light, and light was in Him. “Gee, it is dark” would not have changed anything. You have the God-kind of faith. Talk health in the midst of symptoms. Talk wealth in the midst of lack. Do not join the world’s vision and talk, but join God’s way of operating and live the triumphant Kingdom life.

Pastor Tom Kehres

The Spirit of Faith

We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak. —2 Corinthians 4:13

You have been given the spirit of faith. When you receive a revela tion from the Word, when you believe the Word, you will speak what you believe. “I believed, and therefore I have spoken.” Whatever you believe, you will speak! When you become transformed in your mind to the Word of God and the will of God, you will speak with a spiritual force. When things pop up in your life that are not in line with the promise, you will hit that thing with the faith and power of God. When you believe, you will speak. When you speak, things will obey you. You are the redeemed of God. You have dominion over offenses—dominion over jealousy, over strife, over all the low-life attitudes and feelings that try to hold you captive. You have been given the spirit of faith; faith is a spirit. How does the spirit of faith operate? He believes and therefore he speaks. What does the spirit believe? The Truth. Where does the spirit believe? In his heart. How does the spirit speak? With the Church’s mouth. We also believe and speak! You will speak what is abundant in your heart. Proverbs 23:7 says, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” There is potential in you. What you believe in your heart will eventually come forth in your life. If you think you are healed or think you are sick, if you think you are rich or think you are broke, whatever you think you are, you will be. The cause of poverty is not a lack of money. It is a lack of seeing yourself wealthy. Why would you see yourself in lack? You are looking at lack, at the bills, at your bank account, rather than at God’s Word. If you will believe the Word (the unseen), it will change the lack (that is seen).

Pastor Tom Kehres

Where Is Your Victory?

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach. —Romans 10:6–8

God never said if you need something, call on Me. He said not to talk like I’m up there and need to come down to help you. Don’t talk like I’m down there and need to come up. Your victory is in your heart and in your mouth. If victory isn’t there, then something else is in your heart and mouth. The Word says that in these last days perilous times will come. Some will depart from the faith, not a faith. There is only one faith that prevails. It is the God-kind of faith, which is faith in the Word. Romans 12:2 says there are only two ways to live: conformed to the world or transformed to God’s will. What makes the difference? What you think. The world lives in worry and fear; the Kingdom citizen lives by faith and their God-given authority. The key to victory is a mind renewed to the Word of God. A transformed mind believes and proves the will of God (Romans 12:2). When challenges come against the will of God in your life, faith will remove them. The Word in your mouth and heart will remove fear, worry, symptoms, depression, and all devices of the devil. You will never have a week without opposition. You will be opposed, and when that opposition comes, “whoever shall say.” God desires that you release your faith and your authority; that you talk to symptoms, fear, and worldly thoughts. Jesus spoke to sickness, devils, trees, to all kinds of things that came against God’s will. Whosoever shall say shall have whatsoever he says.

Pastor Tom Kehres