Whatever is not from faith is sin

4/2/06 Whatever is not from faith is sin
This is the command that we need to live in dependence on God in all things and at all times otherwise we walk in sin and not in righteousness. The righteousness of God demands that we walk in the light as He is in the light. Jesus always looked to His Father and was dependent on His Father and did what He saw His Father doing. This is how we need to walk too. Then none of the pressures that we put upon ourselves will affect us because we trust all to the Father. This is what eternal life is all about. We are safe and secure in His hands and there is nothing that will happen to us without the Father’s consent. Even Satan had to have permission to tempt Eve in the garden of Eden. God allowed this to happen and He gives us all a choice. If we call on His Name then he will give us the resources to overcome. The life in us is eternal and therefore is not limited by death and grows in us as an everlasting life bearing fruit to eternity. Walking by faith is to renounce all other ways and live in His love alone. Then you will find that the old patterns of defensive living loose their hold on you and you come alive to what is now. No more worries of the future or regrets of the past but only new life in the Spirit.