Monday | 13 April 2026
We are believers if we are obedient to the word of present truth spoken by the Holy Spirit ‘today’ through messengers in the right hand of Christ. As Paul explained, ‘For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.’ Heb 3:16‑19. Significantly, believing is our obedience to the word of Christ, the King!
Believing is only possible through the illumination of our spirit by the Holy Spirit. Believing does not spring from the law of our mind as the fruit of reason. Accordingly, true obedience is not the outcome of the exercise of this law. It is not the works proceeding from the self‑centred rationalisation of the implications of the word, even if we are in agreement with the word. Rom 7:15‑16.
Faith is the illumination of our spirit to the kingship of Christ and the integrity of the Father and the Son from whom the word proceeds by the Holy Spirit. This establishes trust as being beyond the capacity for understanding with our mind. Emphasising this principle, Solomon said, ‘Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.’ Pro 3:5‑6. When we trust in this manner, we do not stumble at the word through the disobedience that is informed by ‘the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life’. 1Jn 2:16.
Further Study:
John 3
References:
Heb 3:16-19
For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? So, we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Rom 7:15-16
For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the Law that it is good.
Pro 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
1Jn 2:16
For all that is in the world - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - is not of the Father but is of the world.