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Priciples of Faith (Wofbi 4)
Priciples of Faith (Wofbi 4)
PRINCIPLES
OF
FAITH
(POF)
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REFERENCES
1. Exploits Of Faith Dr. David Oyedepo
2. The Law Of Faith Dr. David Oyedepo
3. Born To Win Dr. David Oyedepo
4. Walking In Dominion Dr. David Oyedepo
5. The Force Of Freedom Dr. David Oyedepo
6. The Believers’ Authority Kenneth E. Hagin
7. The Name Of Jesus Kenneth E. Hagin
8. The Spirit Of Faith Pst. Mrs Faith Oyedepo
9. Rescued From Destruction Pst. Mrs Faith Oyedepo
10. The Force Of Faith Kenneth Copeland
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To baptise the student with the Spirit of Faith
To have a working knowledge of the word of faith
To know how to nurture our faith to maturity
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To learn the place of the WORD in the operation of Faith
To learn how to apply the word of faith
To learn how to grow in faith
To learn to live by Faith and not by Sight
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REFERENCES 2
COURSE OBJECTIVES 3
LECTURE ONE
Lesson One Faith’s Foundation 5
Lesson Two Kinds Of Faith 7
Lesson Three Location Of Faith 8
Lesson Four Sources Of Faith 9
Lesson Five The Timing Of Faith 10
LECTURE TWO
Lesson Six Process Of Faith Application 11
Lesson SevenWord Power 12
Lesson Eight Calling Things That Are Not 13
Lesson Nine Faith Works By Love 14
Lesson Eleven Faith Has No Alternatives 15
LECTURE ONE
LESSON ONE
INTRODUCTUION
The Christian race is not a “play fare” but warfare. Fight is inevitable.
To therefore fight without a hurt or scare one must be armed appropriately. Paul the Apostle, a
man that faced several battles and yet prevailed revealed his secret in the following scripture:
1Tim.6:12 – FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE,
WHEREUNTO THOU ART ALSO CALLED, AND HAST PROFESSED A GOOD
PROFESSION BEFORE MANY WITNESSES.
There is a fight that must be fought for the believers to access all that pertains to life and
godliness but not without faith. 2 Peter 1:1-3
Note that our weapon of battle is FAITH. Eph.6:16
FAITH FOUNDATION
Faith is a significant factor to laying hold on all that Jesus died for.
The foundation of your faith must therefore be rigid and consistent, for if the foundation of
your faith is faulty, your faith cannot stand in the day of adversity. Psalms 11:3.
Faith is a fight and life is the battle ground. Mat. 11:12
DEFINITION OF TERMS
WHAT IS FAITH HEB 11:1
a) A substance, something that can be seen, felt, heard. It is something real. It is the force
in the world of the Spirit that can be expressed in realm of the physical.
b) And evidence - Something reliable, conclusive, sure fact, undeniable, able to stand the
test of time and reason, definite, something you can draw a conclusion from Heb. I 1: 1.
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Faith gives Substance or reality to hope. It is the evidence that the unseen shall be
attained.
WHAT IS PRINCIPLES?
a) Principles are the guiding factors around an issue, or simply imply the ways of getting
things done to get results.
b) These are guiding rules or fundamental truth that makes something effective.
c) Nothing function effectively without a principle!
In the physical world, people measure, qualify or describe object or objectives by how they
see it, touch taste, smell or hear it. They rely on their physical senses. All these faculties in
man (feeling, seeing, tasting, hearing, smelling) are substituted by faith on the Spiritual world.
This is why the Bible says "The just shall live by his faith" Hab. 2:4.
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen". Faith
operates in the "Now consciousness". Not just in the possibility but in the immediate.
Heb.11.1
LESSON TWO
KINDS OF FAITH
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TWO BASIC ELEMENTS OF REVELATIONAL KNOWLEDGE FAITH:
From Heb 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God
must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him" these
elements are:
a) Know there is a God
b) Know that He rewards those who diligently seek Him
Faith increase as revelation knowledge of God increases. Revelation Knowledge brings
understanding and enlightenment by generating hope in God.
LESSON THREE
The Word of God carries life but it needs a womb to grow in. That womb is good heart (Luke
8:15). Having heard the word kept it and brings forth fruit with patience.
LESSON FOUR
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Faith rests completely on what the word of God says and what God has done through Christ.
Consequently, it puts the believer at rest as in assurance of the product of their faith.
However, putting faith to work is hard work in itself. James2:17
But, we must be conversant with the hand book of life - the BIBLE. Treat it as a book, of the
now and every day and it will produce every day.
LESSON FIVE
When faith is at work, the power of God s connected, which makes all things possible. Faith
Puts YOU in the class of God. When faith is at work the power of God is in place. Faith is
your access to the power of God not your tears outside of faith, nothing gets done.
When is Faith?
Faith is Now! "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen"
Heb. 11: 1. Faith is operational in the now. If God gives salvation on the spot, He will give
anything requested for on the spot when on the platform of faith.
God has not changed, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever” Heb 13:8.
Hope can be frustrated but faith is ever triumphant.
NOTE
Faith is a definite act not waiting to act.
Stop waiting for God to act. God is waiting for you to act.
Just as God gives salvation on the spot, He gives healing on the spot in
response to faith, also gives prosperity on the spot. Whatever it is that you truly and correctly
apply your faith to receive will be delivered on the spot.
In response to faith, faith is in the now not in the future. It is the power that converts the
mystery of the heavenly realms into reality of physical manifestation through the Word of
faith.
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LECTURE TWO
LESSON SIX
2. INCUBATION:
This is the process of holding or brooding over a vision, revelation or the Word, till it becomes
a driving force, stirring you to take action. Allow your faith to undergo the necessary process
of ripening before public declaration. Gen. 1:2; Matt.23:37,
LESSON SEVEN
WORD POWER
Words are containers and conveyors. They transmit life or death, faith or fear. The spoken
word is at the centre of this. John 6:63
In Gen. 1:1-3, God created the heaven and the earth. The Spirit of God was hovering over
the waters. The water was there, darkness was there, the Holy Ghost was there over the
deep, but nothing happened until Words were spoken. God said "...light be..," God's Word is
His will, Man was created in the image of God, therefore your Word should be your will.
That is, if what you intend to say is not what you are willing for to happen, do not say
it. Don't speak anything you don’t desire to come to pass.
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God's Word that is
conceived in the heart,
formed with the tongue; and
spoken out of the mouth
becomes a Spiritual force which releases the ability of God within you.
Your Words affect you more than they affect anyone else. When you listen to your voice over
the tape You would be surprised at how you sound. This is how others have been hearing you.
God saw darkness and He spoke "...light be..." when God saw anything that did not agree
with His will, He spoke the thing He desired. "For I have not spoken of myself but the father
which sent me He gave me a commandment what I should say and what I should speak. And
I know that His commandment is life everlasting.
Whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the father said unto me so I speak. John 12-49-50.
We can learn from this that Jesus spoke the Words of His Father and it caused the faith of
His Father to proceed from Him. In order to hear something, it has to be spoken. Faith
comes by hearing and this implies we must speak the Word not just read it.
LESSON EIGHT
One may always see troubles ahead and he speaks them out. He has called things that be not
as though they were and - He gets into trouble.
Worry, anxiety, fear are all parts of calling things (dangerous) which be not as though there
were. We can do the same on the positive side with great results. This principle does not
deny what is in existence. It does not deny that there is sickness, poverty etc. Rather we are
doing something about what exists by calling the better one to replace it. God taught Abraham
this principle. Whenever he was saying I am the Father of nations. "Through faith also Sarah
herself received strength to conceive seed.. When she was past age, because, she judged him
(faithful who had promised)" Heb. 11:11. Every time somebody called Sarah - she heard
'Mother of Nations.' The things you are calling to be are things already freely given you by
God. You also are the image of God - what works for God works for you.
Use what is available to call to be what is needed. He called the dead living; He called the end
results of the matter.
LESSON NINE
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FAITH WORKS BY LOVE
Faith is impotent without love. "For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything nor
uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love" Gal 5:6. Faith can believe faith can
resolve. Faith can even confess but the power that makes faith work is in love. 1Cor.13.
Love is a fruit of the spirit. Gal. 5:22, which is an ingredient that must be resident and visible
in every believer that will walk and operate in the spiritual. Faith also is a spiritual force that
births spiritual exploits. The lack of a love walk will definitely hinder the works of faith.
FAITH IS A WALK
HOW DO YOUR WALK WITH GOD?
Heb 11: 5 explains that the progressive covenant steps that Enoch took with God are steps of
faith that drew him into the Spirit realm. Paul the apostle said in 2 Cor. 5:7 "For we walk by
faith, not by sight," 'Walking with God is a spiritual walk, God is a spirit you cannot remain in
flesh and walk with Him and you cannot walk with Him and remain in flesh, walking closer
and closer to God is not asking for faith , it is faith.
Faith is a walk with God. Faith flows from a life that walks with God. So if you desire living
faith, walk with God. It is not possible to walk with the world and walk with God at the same
time Ps. 1: I walking with God produces faith and faith is God's power medium.
LESSON TEN
LESSON ELEVEN
When it stops being God only your expectation will be frustrated. Why? Because God says in
Isaiah 42:8 "I am the Lord, that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither
my praise to graven images"
Anything you desire and for which you have an alternative source, makes God withdraw.
Exodus 20:4 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth"
Graven images connote personalities self certificates etc.
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Faith entails setting your heart upon God only no matter the distractions and pressures exerted
by situations and circumstances around. This is the faith that releases the power to subdue
every opposition.
HINDRANCES TO FAITH
i.) Doubt Mk. 11:23, Jas. 1: 5-7
ii.) Fear Matt. 14:28-31
iii.) Sin Rom. 6:12
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