With all the changing variables of this world, we need to sift down to the crux of what God has said and learn to embrace it with all our heart, so that we can lay hold of His blessings understanding that even though there is difficulty and trouble in this life that the power to overcome it all rests in the fact that “Faith Is The Victory” that is faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ Alone!
Old Testament Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 37:1 – 9 (KJV)
Deu 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deu 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
Deu 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Deu 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Deu 32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Deu 32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Deu 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Romans 1:16 – 17 (KJV)
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Transforming Power Facts:
1) Physical Israel is a living example of how that even when God has set apart a nation, they are still free to either obey Him or disobey Him, and their outcome will be based on their own choices, which is why we need faith!
2) The name “Israel”, which is the name given to Jacob when he struggled with God and prevailed (Genesis 32:28 ), to become “His Own Special People” for “His Own Special Purpose” to provide all people who have faith in Him, through Jesus His Only Begotten Son, Whom He would deliver in time for the availability of salvation by faith alone to all who believe.
3) Paul wrote to the Romans to let us all know that the element of faith in Jesus Christ is the primary component of the Gospel, which when we embrace it by Faith, God Himself will impart Victory to everyone who believes!