Faith and Evidence

(Mk16:14-20)



God is righteous (Ps7:9).

He Himself is righteousness, and

The word that comes from Him, the Son who comes from Him are all righteousness.

He justifies those who believe in His righteousness.



Faith is believing Him and becoming righteous, and

The life of this faith is testifying Him and being testified by Him, until arriving in the home of righteousness (2Pe3:13).



Righteousness refers to a measuring stick or law.

When one acknowledges it and keeps it, he is declared righteous,

But when he denies it and breaks it, he is considered unrighteous.

Though the righteousness in the world changes with time and place,

Anyone who thinks differently and acts differently than the majority at a given time is

Considered unrighteous or abnormal.



Despite the fact that the word of God is right,

Adam was deceived by the serpent who

Insisted in his own righteousness (Ge3:4-5; Is14:12-15), and

Became a child of unrighteousness (2Pe2:19).



The Bible includes a cloud of witnesses of faith (He12:1):

Noah, when warned of things yet unseen, built an ark and was mocked because of it (Ge6:7),

But when the flood came and judged the world

He became heir of righteousness following faith (He11:7).



Though Abraham was well past childbearing age,

Because he believed in the word of God,

His faith was credited to him as righteousness (Rm4:18-22)

He gave birth to a son at the age of 100 and

His faith was confirmed (Ex15:4-6; He11:11-12).



Following the instructions of God,

The Israelites built the sanctuary (Ex25:8), in which was

The Testimony with the stone tablets, a vase with manna and Aaron's budded rod (Ex25:21-22),

The evidence that God was with them.



Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would reveal that He is the righteousness of God,

The incarnate Word who was with the Father in the beginning (Jn1:14, 18).

He testified that God was the righteous Father (Jn17:25),

While the Father testified that He was the righteous Son (Mt3:17, 17:5; Jn8:18), for which

The Jews considered Him to be blasphemous.

However, Jesus testified that His word was true by

Driving demons and healing the sick (Jn10:37-38).

As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:

Died according to the Father's word and testified that His word was right (Ge2:17; Jn10:18);

The Father decided the Son to be righteousness, thus, condemning the devil to be the unrighteous (Rm5:19; 1Jn3:8); and

Opened a way for men to become righteous by faith (Rm3:26-28).



His resurrection testified that

His death was a righteous act (Ac5:30-31).



The Holy Spirit comes in the name Yeshua and

Testifies that He is seated on the throne as the righteous Judge (2Ti4:8).



The Christian is he who knows that

He has been justified by faith and by faith alone (Rm3:25-28).

Therefore, to become heir of righteousness

His faith testifies Jesus (Mk16:20; Ac1:8), and

In turn, signs accompany his faith to confirm it:

The gift of tongues, laying hand to heal, driving out demons, praying, preaching etc., which are

The righteous acts of the believer (Ac2:13).



O Lord,

We do not care what the majority of people say about us.

If You alone would acknowledge us to be walking the right path,

We would be greatly satisfied!

O Lord,

When we lay our hands and drive out demons, let there be healing.

When we pray, let there be answers every time, so that

We would be testified that we are not out of our minds but that we have the right faith!

Amen.