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    The document discusses faith and knowledge. It argues that faith is important, but knowledge is also needed to fully understand what is hoped for and to act on God's promises. Faith comes from knowledge of God's word, but adding knowledge to faith allows one to move beyond just believing to being fully persuaded and acting on what they know to be true from God's word. Knowledge perfects our understanding of God's promises so we can have confidence that what we hope for has already been provided by God.

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    The document discusses faith and knowledge. It argues that faith is important, but knowledge is also needed to fully understand what is hoped for and to act on God's promises. Faith comes from knowledge of God's word, but adding knowledge to faith allows one to move beyond just believing to being fully persuaded and acting on what they know to be true from God's word. Knowledge perfects our understanding of God's promises so we can have confidence that what we hope for has already been provided by God.

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    The document discusses faith and knowledge. It argues that faith is important, but knowledge is also needed to fully understand what is hoped for and to act on God's promises. Faith comes from knowledge of God's word, but adding knowledge to faith allows one to move beyond just believing to being fully persuaded and acting on what they know to be true from God's word. Knowledge perfects our understanding of God's promises so we can have confidence that what we hope for has already been provided by God.

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    Beyond Faith - Charles Capps

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    The document discusses faith and knowledge. It argues that faith is important, but knowledge is also needed to fully understand what is hoped for and to act on God's promises. Faith comes from knowledge of God's word, but adding knowledge to faith allows one to move beyond just believing to being fully persuaded and acting on what they know to be true from God's word. Knowledge perfects our understanding of God's promises so we can have confidence that what we hope for has already been provided by God.

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    BEYOND FAITH

    The eleventh chapter of Hebrews is

    considered to be the Hall of Faith of the

    Bible. It reminds us of the great

    victories that have been won through

    faith. The first three verses reveal vital


    information concerning faith.

    Now faith is the substance of

    things hoped for, the evidence of

    things not seen. For by it the

    elders obtained a good report.

    Through faith we understand

    that the worlds were framed by

    the word of God, so that things

    which are seen were not made of

    things which do appear.

    (Hebrews 11:1-3)

    Have you ever stopped and asked

    yourself, what is it I hope for? I don’t

    know about you, but I hope for what

    God has given me. In II Peter, Chapter

    1, Peter gives us a wealth of information

    concerning things God has given to us.

    He also reveals how he gave it.

    Grace and peace be

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    multiplied unto you through the

    knowledge of God, and of Jesus

    our Lord, According as his divine

    power hath given unto us all


    things that pertain unto life and

    godliness, through the knowledge

    of him that hath called us to

    glory and virtue. (II Peter 1:2-3)

    It is obvious that knowledge of what

    God has done is vitally important to our

    faith. You can’t believe any further than

    you have knowledge. If you didn’t have

    knowledge of God’s promises, you

    couldn’t possibly have faith for them to

    be manifest in your life. Faith is the

    substance, and it is also the evidence of

    those things that are not yet seen in the

    natural.

    Sometimes I think we have been

    guilty of putting so much emphasis on

    faith that people get hung up on faith

    alone. Certainly faith is important and is

    a must if we are to possess the promises

    of God, but Peter admonished us to add

    virtue and knowledge to our faith. I

    believe this is one of the keys that will

    cause us to be fully persuaded.

    In John 8:31-32, Jesus says: “... If ye

    continue in my word, then are ye my


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    disciples indeed; And ye shall know the

    truth, and the truth shall make you

    free.” It is the knowledge of truth

    connected with faith that causes us to act

    on the word to be free.

    If faith is the substance of things

    hoped for, the evidence of things not

    seen, the question arises: Why is it not

    seen? It is not seen because we don’t

    have enough light on the subject to

    project the correct image. If you can’t

    see some things the scriptures teach, it

    is usually because you don’t have

    enough light on the subject.

    HIS WORD GIVES LIGHT

    David said, “The entrance of thy

    words giveth light...” (Psalm 119:130)

    The more Word you have on any

    one subject, the more light you will

    have. One translation says faith is the

    “title-deed.” It’s the substance of what

    is hoped for when the things hoped for

    are based on the authority of God’s


    Word. It is also the evidence of what

    you can’t see with the natural eye.

    If you had never heard of I Peter

    2:24 which states: “(Jesus) Who his

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    own self bare our sins in his own body

    on the tree, that we, being dead to

    sins, should live unto righteousness:

    by whose stripes ye were healed.”

    You might say, “To believe that, I’ll

    have to have faith in your Word,

    because I haven’t read it or experienced

    it.” Even though you don’t know

    whether that’s right or not as far as

    experiencing it, but you could release

    your faith in that Word.

    What you’re doing is laying hold by

    faith on the promise until the

    manifestation comes. In the mean time,

    you should be confessing it by faith,

    because you have no outward evidence

    or experiential knowledge of the matter.

    When you study the principles of

    the law of faith which Jesus taught in


    Mark 11:23-25, you will find that

    believing is a result of what you are

    saying:

    For verily I say unto you,

    That whosoever shall say unto

    this mountain, Be thou removed,

    and be thou cast into the sea; and

    shall not doubt in his heart, but

    shall believe that those things

    which he saith shall come to pass;

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    he shall have whatsoever he

    saith. Therefore I say unto you,

    What things soever ye desire,

    when ye pray, believe that ye

    receive them, and ye shall have

    them. And when ye stand

    praying, forgive... (that) your

    Father... may forgive you your

    trespasses. (Mark 11:23-25)

    It seems that verse 25 must be

    obeyed to qualify to be forgiven so that

    your faith will work. Then it is the

    saying (confessing) of the Word, that


    creates the image of the Word inside

    you. Eventually, it becomes obvious to

    you that what God promises has already

    been provided. God has already given it

    and as far as God is concerned, it’s

    already yours and you possess it by

    faith.

    GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN

    Here is how Peter said it in II Peter

    1:3-4:

    According as his divine

    power hath given unto us all

    things that pertain unto life and

    godliness, through the knowledge

    of him that hath called us to

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    glory and virtue: Whereby are

    given unto us exceeding great

    and precious promises: that by

    these ye might be partakers of

    the divine nature, having escaped

    the corruption that is in the

    world through lust.

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    All things that pertain unto life and

    godliness are given through this

    accurate knowledge, which reveals that

    He has already done it. This is the

    knowledge that taps God’s provisions.

    In II Peter 1:5, Peter tells us not to

    stop with faith. “And beside this,

    giving with all diligence, add to your

    faith virtue; and to virtue

    knowledge.”

    Years ago, when I gave a hundred

    dollars in an offering, it took all the

    faith I had to believe that God would

    multiply what I had planted. But it is not

    that way today, because I have too much

    knowledge to doubt what God

    promised. That knowledge came

    through confessing (saying) God’s

    promises and experiencing the

    fulfillment of those promises in my life.

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    Today I’m just acting on what I

    know—I don’t have to be actively

    concerned about faith, although faith is


    there. I have added knowledge to my

    faith and am fully persuaded. I’m

    operating on what I know, not just on

    what I believe. The faith image is

    perfected in us, when accurate

    knowledge is fused together with faith

    and we act on what we know.

    You have too much knowledge to

    doubt that you can get in your car and

    drive it. (Unless you’re four payments

    behind!) You don’t have to actively use

    your faith to drive your car because you

    know you can.

    In Galatians 3:23-26, Paul said:

    ... before faith came, we were

    kept under the law, shut up unto

    the faith which should

    afterwards be revealed.

    Wherefore the law was our

    schoolmaster to bring us unto

    Christ, that we might be justified

    by faith. But after that faith is

    come, we are no longer under a

    schoolmaster. For ye are all the

    children of God by faith in Christ


    Jesus.

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    Under the New Covenant, faith is

    your schoolmaster to bring the image of

    the promise into focus. Then when the

    image is perfected in you (in your

    spirit), you’ve moved to a higher plane.

    Then, you know beyond any doubt and

    you’re no longer struggling in the area

    of faith. The struggle is over because

    you are fully persuaded.

    Please don’t misunderstand what

    I’m saying. I’m not saying that you

    don’t need faith. Faith is there alright,

    but you have moved up to a level where

    faith and knowledge have been fused

    together in your spirit. The matter is

    then a settled issue and you just act on

    what you know to be true. Remember,

    Jesus says in John 8:31-32: “... If ye

    continue in my word, then are ye my

    disciples indeed; And ye shall know

    the truth, and the truth shall make

    you free.”
    Sometimes you hear people say,

    “You never know what God will do.”

    But you will if you read His Word. Let

    me say it this way: If you know what

    God will do. He’ll do it. But if you

    don’t know what God will do. He’s

    under no obligation.

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    Faith makes a demand on the

    promises of God through the knowledge

    of what God has already done. When

    you have faith based on that knowledge,

    there’s no struggle with faith, for you

    know you have the title-deed.

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    Beyond Faith
    1 Beyond Faith
    His Word Gives Light
    God Has Already Given
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