Faith vs. Presumption
Pre·sump·tion - prəˈzəm(p)SH(ə)n/
“The noun presumption pretty
much means jumping to conclusions. It is taking something for granted — an
idea, an answer, an event — without having any real knowledge about it, and
that is usually not a good thing.” (From Vocabulary.com)
As trouble is incr...
Faith vs. Presumption
Pre·sump·tion - prəˈzəm(p)SH(ə)n/
“The noun presumption pretty
much means jumping to conclusions. It is taking something for granted — an
idea, an answer, an event — without having any real knowledge about it, and
that is usually not a good thing.” (From Vocabulary.com)
As trouble is increasing in the earth, many believers try to comfort themselves
with the sentiment that “everything is going to be ok”… or “it will all work
out.” This is true, but how will it work
out for YOU? The response of the
faithful puts them into the place of safety.
The response of the presumptuous keeps them in the way of danger…though
both say the same thing!
Faith and Presumption can sound very similar.
One produces a response, the others numbs itself to responding.
Faith without works is
simply presumption…it leads to death:
James 2:14-20 What does it profit, my
brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save
him? 15
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and
one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but
you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it
profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not
have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, "You have faith,
and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show
you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do
well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
20 But do you want to know, O
foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Throughout the Bible,
the warning is repeated over and over: presuming you are safe because you are “saved”
is a recipe to learn the hard way that you were saved to respond…to lay hold of
salvation:
1 Timothy 6:11-16 But you, O man of God,
flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on
eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good
confession in the presence of many witnesses.
13 I urge you in the sight of God
who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good
confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot,
blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, 15
which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
16 who alone has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be
honor and everlasting power. Amen.
The Tabernacle of David is the true response of the faithful…over and over
since David’s day…to the coming time of trouble. Presumption in this hour will get you, and
those around you, killed…or worse…
Amos 9:9-12 "For surely I will
command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is
sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground. 10 All
the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, 'The calamity shall
not overtake nor confront us.' 11 "On that day I will raise up The
tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will
raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My
name," Says the LORD who does this thing.
