The train was not moving and he became restless and frustrated. Here everyone learns to serve the common good and the needs of others. We also believe, and so we talk to you. Specifically, he was the apostle to the Gentiles. In our efforts to build or rebuild the fellowship and harmony in the church, we need not only smart efforts to facilitate friendship and build a texture of mutual regard one for another but the Spirit that miraculously grounds the self, the ego on the grace and love of God thereby humbling it and turning outward to God and others. I believe the best way to do that is learn about Christ and put your confidence in Him. It is written in the Scriptures, “I believed, so I spoke.” Our faith is like this, too. It is not in Christ’s wisdom for us to ride into the kingdom like the Lone Ranger. We travel toward God’s future bearing one another’s burdens, caring for and mediating the grace of God to each other. I believe in truth. “I Believe, Therefore I Speak” (2 Corinthians 4:13 ESV) Here’s a thought: If we are ever going to survive the trials of this life and escape with more than just our sanity, then we have got to start thinking differently… about a lot of things. Each of these comes to meet us before we come to them. 1. All Christian existence is a sandwich. What is the benefit of speaking? Not of me and of my faith - or at any rate of me and my faith only in so far as it is pertinent. But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—‘I believed, and so I spoke’—we also believe, and so we speak. The gospel impregnated with faith hope and love is received as gift not task ( i.e. I BELIEVE,THEREFORE I SPEAK, Sandton, Gauteng. Paul writes of the inextricable connection between grace and change when he states ” the goodness of God leads us to repentance”. But possessing the same Spirit of faith as he who wrote, "I believed, and therefore I have spoken," we also believe, and therefore we speak. Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke”, we also believe, and so we also speak, It is written in the Scriptures, “I believed, so I spoke. This self imperative Paul the missionary lived under is no less obligatory today. The Gospel is not only a private soul affair. To believe as one should and to remain silent is impossible; this is what the Holy Spirit says through the royal prophet David, "I believed, therefore I spoke" (Ps 116:10). Readers will find the credibility in the author's voice refreshing as they follow the informative direction. In this fellowship, the social fabric of mutual love seeks to fulfill the unity Christ founded the church on. (2 Corinthians 4:13) When Paul made this statement, he was convinced of David's words—they had become his confession of faith. The vocation that befalls humans, believers, and non-believers, is not that of building the ideal kingdom and bringing it into existence but of preparing to meet it. We become righteous by trusting God and living from Him. Why we speak? High Noon and the Showdown at Lafayette Square: Profanity vs Protest, The Spiritual Roots of Fear and Courage:Lessons from Moses Encounter With Pharaoh (Part One), Dr Dan’s Message at MBTS Chapel Preach Penang, Malaysia, Justice: The Biblical Understanding vs Modernity’s Understanding Part One. Church, ‘ecclesia’, is not a nation or kingdom. More than a personal virtue love is the commitment to prioritize the common good and the good of others above oneself. Here in this fellowship, the ultimate power of all that is dark and dreary, broken, and evil is downsized. Love is the fabric of true community and involves one in a commitment to prioritize, protect, and strengthen community. Therefore, Jim Hendry deserves My Lord, you speak not [PDF] Minecraft Handbook: The Ultimate Creations Guide, For Beginners To Advanced.pdf. We believe, and so we speak. 13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, I have the same spirit of faith that did everything through the bible. I believe that God’s reconciling forgiveness and the resurrection of the crucified Jesus are inextricably bound together, not out of necessity, but simply because God, in God’s freedom, purpose, and wisdom, bound them together. Our faith is built on the same foundation. This phrase comes from a messianic prophecy in Psalm 116:10 and is quoted by Paul in II Corinthians 4:13: "I believed and therefore have spoken. LET US ADMIT IT—there is only one way to believe and one way to show it: speak. It is from this position, in pursuit of this understanding I have scripted the following. “Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,” (4:13) 1. It is the necessary presupposition of ministry. Why we persevere in speaking? As Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:13, “Since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with what is written, ‘I believed, therefore I spoke,’ we also believe, and therefore speak.” We choose to not only believe, but to speak on behalf of our beliefs. I Believe in the Church. Our embrace of this coming Kingdom is simply captured by faith, hope, and Love. We never have to be weak in faith. 13 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; 14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. Christ via the Spirit is alive and present in the form when its evangelical saving significance is presented. The ritual is a drama, a pulpit that points to God’s free grace but it is no mere form with words attached. Abstracting corporations and institutions from the persons who they serve and by whom they are powered, treating them as non-personal entities, is a modern device often used to obscure responsibility – a useful and convenient way to escape the moral consequences of human actions. Work is an act of faith and hope; not hope in the perfection and power of one’s efforts to bear fruit, but hope in God’s power and blessing. 2 Corinthians 4:13 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; Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Whenever the church fails to attend to Paul’s exposition of baptism it is a short step from sacrificing its distinctive teaching to ancient ideas of water and spiritual/moral cleansing. I Believe, Therefore I Speak. It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak. This manuscript is a practical tool for readers to use for a variety of reasons. 3. Now since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with this Scripture: "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak. 2. ‎“The author tackles a practical topic from a place of personal experience. Knowledge of God, sometimes dubbed theology, derives from God’s revelation of himself ultimately through Jesus Christ and is scripted by the Apostles and Prophets and this revelation of God (theology) cannot be separated from knowledge and experience of oneself (anthropology). He did not speak what he saw, He spoke what He wanted to see. Between hearing or reading the Gospel and obeying its claim all depend on the blessing and power of the Spirit. On the other side of Easter, no more bound to the limitations of ethnicity, nation, time, and space Jesus becomes a universal messiah. There are many areas of Christian belief I espouse. Our opening verse parallels the principle in Romans 10:9-10; the “believe and affirm” principle. Faith believes this good news and enjoys an abundance of peace. As soon as a minister assumes he understands the stranger that he is witnessing to, that this stranger basically shares his cultural reality this missionary is in danger not only of becoming ineffective, unfruitful but worse yet guilty of seriously distorting the meaning of the Gospel by tying the Gospel to his own cultural values and customs and morals. Humans have lost their grounding in God as Lord. 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