Ephesians 3:18-19 (NKJV) May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
When Paul talks about comprehending the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, he is talking about experiencing God in our daily living and our adventures in life. The extent of God’s love for us is so great that it surpasses knowledge. Our mind cannot fully comprehend the grace that He extends towards us because our intellectual capacity is not able to know the full extent of it.
We will be secured in love when we know the love of Christ. Being secured means there is no struggle to please the person who loves us. It means there is no doubt in the person who loves us unconditionally. We are convinced that the person does not have evil thoughts and carry out harmful actions toward us. At the same time, we are also fully convinced that the person is for us and not against us, the person will come to help us whenever there is a need. We are secured that we can have absolute rest and be at ease in the presence of the person.
A person who is secured in God’s love will not be fearful of man, their schemes nor will he be a man pleaser. He will not always be seeking and wanting the affirmation from man. No matter where he is placed or relocated, he is full of faith and confidence because he is aware that God is with him and good things will come to pass, especially those things he has prayed about.
When we are secured, we can ask Him boldly to reveal His plans to us and it will be beyond what we can think or imagine. This boldness is found in the relationship with the Father and walking in His will. If we want to experience God, we need to position ourselves by being still and tune in to listen to Him through the reading of the Word and the prompting of the Holy Spirit. We need to write down what He has spoken to us from the Word, prompting of the Holy Spirit, visions and dreams. The vision will take time to come to pass and faith will help us to persevere until the full manifestation of the promise. Faith is in the inner man, the vision is impregnated in the inner man and we will eventually see the vision becoming a reality!
Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Romans 10:17 (NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Faith comes from the inner man or the heart because the mind will not be able to properly understand what faith is. When Christ dwells in our heart, the Word dwells there. The more we listen to the Word of God, the greater faith arises within us. Faith is seeing into the spiritual realm and believes that whatever we have prayed for has come to pass because we have a promise from God.
We refuse to believe in circumstances because we know that the devil manipulates people and circumstances to cause us to be discouraged and steal the seed of God’s Word in our hearts. Therefore, faith that exists in our inner man must be strong. The power that works within us and helping our faith is the Holy Spirit. He will guide, lead and empower us to believe in the most challenging time by giving us the grace and peace to persist until we see a breakthrough!
Sermon series: Inner man
提升你的信心
以弗所书 3:18-19 能以和众圣徒一同明白基督的爱，是何等长阔高深，并知道这爱是过于人所能测度的，便叫神一切所充满的，充满了你们。
保罗说明白基督的爱是过于人所能测度的，说的是在日常生活与挑战中经历神。而神对人的爱是超乎我们想象的。我们心里无法测度这是何等的恩典，因为这远超我们知性所能理解的。
当我们知道基督的爱，便在爱里获得安全感。得到安全感的意思是，不用挣扎着去讨好别人来爱我们。意思是这个人全然无条件爱我们。我们相信这人对我们不带一丝恶念也不会做任何伤害我们的事。同时，我们全然相信这人是支持我们而不是与我们对立，不论任何需要他都会来帮助我们。在这人面前我们可以全然放下防备。
人若在神的爱里得安适，对人和人的计谋都不畏惧，也不用去讨人欢心。也绝不会去寻求人的认同。不论处在什么光景，他都满有信心，只因为他知道神与他同在，一切都会成就，特别是他所祈求的事。
当我们有了安全感，便能勇敢向神求问对我们的旨意，这是远超我们所能想象的。勇气是建立与天父的关系，并按祂旨意而行。倘若我们要经历神，当要静心，透过读经与圣灵的催促来听祂的话语。我们要将神的话语、圣灵的催促，异象与异梦记录下来。异象需要时间来成就，而信心能帮助我们持守直到应许完全显明。信心发自于内在的灵人，异象是从内在的灵人而来，最终我们会看到异象成就。
希伯来书 11:1 信就是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。
罗马书 10:17 可见信道是从听道来的、听道是从基督的话来的。
信是从灵人、从心底发出的，凭我们的聪明是无法了解何谓信心。但基督在我们心里，神的话语内住在我们里面。越是听神的话语，我们的信心就会越发增长。信心会从属灵领域中看见，相信无论我们祷告都会成就，因为我们有神的应许。
我们拒绝受眼前环境的限制，因为我们晓得魔鬼会操纵人与环境使我们丧志，不让神的话语在我们心里扎根。因此，在我们灵人里的信心必须要坚定。神的能力在我们里面做工，而圣灵加添我们信心。在最艰难的时刻祂将因着赐予我们的恩典与平安来引导我们、带领我们、加添我们力量直到我们看到突破。
讲章系列： 内在灵人
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