WHERE FAITH LEAVES OFF

WHERE FAITH LEAVES OFF

The kingdom's goal is to eventually move you from faith to knowing.  "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, NOT KNOWING whither he went."   Hebrews 11:8 KJV When My disciple and friend Thomas put his finger in My nail prints, his knowing led him to have faith but this is would not have been possible if I was not physically with him. That's why I said, to him, Because you have seen Me, Thomas, do you now believe (trust, have faith)? Blessed and happy and to be envied are those who have never seen Me and yet have believed and adhered to and trusted and relied on Me."  John 20:29 AMP

When you live by faith long enough, you will get to know Me because faith always leads to knowing. Notice I said, live by faith, not use faith! As a matter of fact, "Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not used faith to prophesy in Your name and used faith to drive out demons in Your name and used faith to do many mighty works in Your name? [23] And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; and you never knew Me, depart from Me, you who act wickedly disregarding My commands." Matthew 7:22-23 AMP

Living by faith will lead to relationship, and in the relationship you come to really know Me and know makes the kingdom tick. So what if "some of you believe and have faith that God is the one true God; and thats great, you do well. But it's nothing to brag about, so do the demons believe and shudder in terror and horror such as make a man's hair stand on end and contract the surface of his skin! [20] Are you willing to be shown proof by someone who has moved from believing to knowing. You are a foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, when you have faith apart from knowing. Without good works that come from knowing, your faith is inactive and ineffective and worthless?" James 2:19-20

Demons, believe and have full head knowledge of heaven, but they have no heart knowledge of Me! Faith will lead you to meet with Me in your prayer closet every day. Then as you get to know Me, your faith will evolve into an absolute knowing trust, where no amount of opposition can sway you. Faith can be shaken, but heart knowledge can never be moved. Let Me give you an example; suppose you are on a path for the first time and you know there is a river ahead, but you do not know how you are going to cross. Then you meet a person that knows there's a bridge that you can walk across and you believe him, now you know the way, and have reached faith level one, because a person that knows told you. 

Then as you walk further you see the rope laced swinging bridge, and now you know the truth, and you have reached faith level two, Thomas faith, because you see. This is wonderful, but you are still on this side of the river. Then you meet a person who fully trusts the bridge, because he has crossed it many times. He assures you that you can trust it, but now you must leave faith and move to the level of trust, because your life is at stake. As you approach the shaky bridge each step is a step of faith, but as you step on the bridge the steps change, now with every step, faith lessens and trust increases. When you safely reach the other side, your trust has moved to an absolute knowing, and you know life. Now you are in a position speak to those who have not yet crossed and speak faith into them, knowing that, I am the way, the truth and the life. Not from from your position of faith but of knowing.

There is a night and day difference in talking to one who has faith, and one who knows, or one who believes and one who knows by experience. There are three types of testimonies, those that heard about it, called hearsay; those who witnessed it; call eye witness and those who experienced it, known as the person involved! Whose testimony would you  rather hear? Start today, moving from faith to faith to trust and then to knowing. Starting now, "when you pray, go into your most private room, and after closing the door, pray to your heavenly Father, Who is in the secret place; and My Father, Who sees clearly in all your secret places, will reward you in the open" Matthew 6:6 AMP because you have moved from faith to knowing Him intimately.