The Increase of Faith

How can we increase our faith? This is a very earnest question to many. They say they want to believe but cannot. A great deal of nonsense is said about this subject. Let us be strictly practical in our dealing with it. Common sense is as much needed in Christianity as anywhere else. "What am I to do in order to believe?" One who asked the best way to do a certain simple act replied that the best way to do it was to do it at once. We waste time in discussing methods when the action is simple. The shortest way to believe is to believe. If the Holy Spirit makes you candid, you will believe as soon as the truth is set before you. You will believe because it is true. The Gospel command is clear, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31)


I pity, I pity indeed the churches in Malaysia for they lack a preacher that could make things a little bit simpler for stupid people like me to learn and believe. Whenever we talk about the matters of faith, it is always lengthy and complicated with all sorts of formula and methods and do's and don't's. I remember once, when I was in my early teenagehood, I broke up and cried in a church camp and I said to the Lord "Father I don't know how to believe, I don't know the lengthy formulas, I don't know the right method to have faith in you, I just know that you are my Father and you love me...".


Of course, that was when I was younger and obviously less wiser. Today, you quote a wrong scripture in front of me, you will not be spared. I've said it once I'll say it again, even the world in all it's sinfulness fail to come close in challenging my great talent that is to "talk sh*t",what makes you all half past six christians think that you have a chance in challenging me. Well, having said that, obviously there are still some issues in me that needed repentance. But we'll save that for the future. Today I want to talk about the increase of faith. For those of you Christian that cannot take jokes, don't read my blog, go masturbate instead.


But still, if you have difficulty (in believing and having faith), take it before God in prayer. Tell God the Father exactly what it is that puzzles you, and beg Him by His Holy Spirit to solve the question. We're human, sometimes we have doubts when we faces challenges in life. It is not easy, it is many times difficult for me too. But just because my problems are big doesn't mean that God is defeated. The Lord is willing to make Himself known, but do you wish to know more of Him? Or would you prefer waiting for someday and for some angels to drop off a million dollar by your bedside and everything would be good? Many people have already have a million dollar, but not all of them are happy and not all of them saved.


Furthermore, if faith seems difficult, it is possible that God the Holy Spirit will enable you to believe if you listen often and well to what you are commanded to believe. We believe many things because we have heard them so often. Do you not find in everday life if you hear a thing fifty times a day you come to believe it? Some men have come to believe very unlikely statements by this process. Therefore, I can easily understands why the Holy Spirit blesses this method of hearing the truth and uses it to work faith concerning what is to believed. It is written, "Faith cometh by hearing" (Romans 10:17) Therefore, hear often. Do not be distracted hearing or reading what is designed to stagger you.


If that should seem to be poor advice, I would add next, consider the testimony of others. The Samaritans believed because of what the woman told them concerning Jesus. Many of our beliefs arise out of the testimony of others. I believe that I will die. I have never died, but a great number of people had. Therefore I believe that I will also die. The experience of many convinces me of that fact.


Listen then to those who tell you how they were saved, how they were pardoned, how they were changed in character. How they are blessed. If you will look into the matter, you'll find someone just like yourself has been saved. If you have been a theif, you will find a thief rejoiced to wash away his sin in the fountain of Christ's blood. If you have been unchaste (most of you wouldn't know the meaning of this word, in simple language, if you are fu*ked up), you will find men and women who have fallen in that way have been cleansed and changed.


Some of you great sinners of our time have trouble believing in Jesus because of the great guilt of which you have inflicted upon yourself. This is absolutely an understandable and exusable situation. Because not many people are as holy as me ahh bullshit la But gentlemen, please bear in mind that Christ has not come for righteouss people, He has come to make sinners righteouss. So there is absolutely hope for you pathetic sinners! And of course that includes me! You did not come to Jesus's presence uninvited. He invited you to Him. You are not one of the losers who crashed into a party without an invitation. No, you are invited and you have the authority. Because Jesus said "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28)


Think about who Jesus is and what He has done. This is about His goodness, this is about His gift that is given so freely to you. Salvation is gratis. Blessings from God is gratis. It is free for you but it came with a price. A price that Jesus had paid for with His blood. So waste no more time in coming to Him, waste no more time in believing in Him and submiting your worries to Him. He is the one that holds the solution to our challenges. But of course, with all that I am and all that I've said, there will still be those who refuse to believe. Self-pride prevents one from believing. He who thinks that he himself is too great refuse to listen. It's okay, I don't sweat for them, in due time we'll see. And that's for today.