{"content":[{"text":"God Does Not Move Apart From Our Initiative \n by Pastor Chris Simpson  2003","bbox":{"left":0.20902,"top":0.044222,"width":0.581898,"height":0.04242900000000001}},{"text":"Presented by New Wine Online (http://www.newwineonline.com)","bbox":{"left":0.192549,"top":0.102142,"width":0.614432,"height":0.017521999999999996}},{"text":"Hebrews 10:38-39 \"Now the just shall live by faith: But if anyone draws back, my soul has \n no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who \n believe to the saving of the soul\"","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.135109,"width":0.75892,"height":0.04838999999999999}},{"text":"In this scripture we see that believing is in contrast to drawing back. This implies that belief, or faith, is a \n drawing or moving forward. Saving faith is not merely a mental acknowledgment. James also establishes \n this when he writes,","bbox":{"left":0.058825,"top":0.199043,"width":0.882394,"height":0.04808799999999999}},{"text":"\"Faith without works is dead.\" (James 2:17)","bbox":{"left":0.117649,"top":0.262978,"width":0.367455,"height":0.017484}},{"text":"And,","bbox":{"left":0.058827,"top":0.295704,"width":0.037940999999999996,"height":0.017484}},{"text":"\"You believe? So what, the devils believe... and tremble.\" (James 2:19)","bbox":{"left":0.11765,"top":0.326309,"width":0.59744,"height":0.017484}},{"text":"Believing is not the faith that pleases God. Faith is \"drawing nigh to God.\" (James 4:8)","bbox":{"left":0.058828,"top":0.368125,"width":0.724751,"height":0.017484}},{"text":"A little woman was scrambling on her knees because she was sick and couldn't be healed. After she \n touched the hem of Jesus' garment and was instantly healed, Jesus said to her, \"Woman, your faith has \n made you whole.\" Some may ask, \"What faith? I don't see her standing on the word, or claiming or \n naming, or doing any of those things we many times associate with faith.\" No, her faith is seen in what \n she did. It was manifest in her actions. That is what James means when he writes,","bbox":{"left":0.058828,"top":0.409942,"width":0.868594,"height":0.07869000000000004}},{"text":"\"You say you have faith without works, I'll show you my faith by my works.\" (James 2:18)","bbox":{"left":0.117652,"top":0.50448,"width":0.755528,"height":0.017484000000000055}},{"text":"Faith is proving by what I do.","bbox":{"left":0.05883,"top":0.537206,"width":0.24554700000000002,"height":0.017483999999999944}},{"text":"This is important because a root deception of Satan is that God will undertake something apart from your \n initiative. God doesn't undertake anything apart from the initiative of His people. You have not because \n why? Seek and what? Knock and what? The whole inference is that God is a rewarder of those who \n diligently seek Him. And, He has an abundance with which to reward us. All he asks is that we reach out \n and ask. It is the epitome of pride to presume that God is going to give us something apart from our \n initiative. It is the root deception behind many sins such as pride, self-righteousness, self-pity, passivity \n and discouragement.","bbox":{"left":0.05883,"top":0.579022,"width":0.8822129999999999,"height":0.10959700000000006}},{"text":"If those of you reading this are saved by Jesus Christ, it is because somebody, somewhere prayed for you. \n For me, it was my Grandmother. Regardless of who, somebody took initiative, knocked on heaven's door \n and mentioned your name. And something released in your life because of that act of faith. Jesus said no \n one can come unto the Father unless he be drawn.","bbox":{"left":0.05883,"top":0.712952,"width":0.88251,"height":0.06323699999999999}},{"text":"The kingdom has what I call the \"you-go-first principle.\" This principle is applicable in all areas of our lives \n and ignorance of it is the reason behind most people's bondage. There is a belief system called Calvinism \n that implies you don't have a choice, even in your own salvation. I don't believe that. I don't believe that \n God has ever violated even one man's free choice from the beginning of time. I think it would be morally \n wrong for Him to do so. To violate the intent and moral basis upon which he created a free-will creature \n for some convenient reason would violate his own morality.","bbox":{"left":0.05883,"top":0.800522,"width":0.8822949999999999,"height":0.09414300000000009}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}