Faith Science - The Faith To Change Matter

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And

this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that

Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:4–5 nkjv

On July 28, 2009, the technology headline at LiveScience.com said,

“Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created.” The same headline

then showed up on Yahoo.com the next day. Apparently, X-ray

pulses from a powerful flash laser were concentrated on a spot of

aluminum with a diameter of less than a twentieth of the width of

human hair. For an extremely short period of time, the aluminum

turned transparent because a core electron was removed by the light.

This discovery of transparent aluminum caused Professor Justin

Wark of Oxford University’s department of physics to claim, “What

we have created is a completely new state of matter nobody has seen

before.” These results triggered great excitement and enthusiasm as

researchers worldwide continue in their efforts to understand creation

on a natural level.

The Apostle Paul addressed this issue with the statement, “By

faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of

God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things

which are visible,” (Hebrews 11:3 nkjv). In other words, all that is

visible was originally invisible. Hence, the great feat of the team of

Oxford researchers only reinforced the position of the Bible. Their discovery is as crucial to the scientific community as understanding

Faith Science should be to the body of Christ.

In reference to the discovery, Wark also said, “Transparent aluminum

is just the start. The physical properties of the matter we are

creating are relevant to the conditions inside large planets, and we

also hope that by studying it we can gain a greater understanding of

what is going on during the creation of ‘miniature stars’ created by

high-power laser implosions which may one day allow the power

of nuclear fusion to be harnessed here on Earth.” While scientists

dream of the benefits of nuclear fusion for abundant, cheap energy,

I dream of the benefits of effective Christian faith which overcomes

the world.

Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree

dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him,

“Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”

So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For

assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be

removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his

heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will

have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things

you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you

will have them.

Mark 11:20–24 nkjv

If you are full of faith, you can speak to something physical by the

inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Based on your revelation knowledge

of God’s Word, it’s supposed to change. I believe this with all of my

heart, so I started practicing. Several times while jogging outside,

the rain started falling, but without fail I commanded it to stop and

it obeyed. Maybe it was all by chance, but after consistent results I

can’t help but assume that Jesus was right. In the same way, my confidence

while praying for healing has skyrocketed. I have laid hands

on the sick and they have recovered.

What God has done with this message is stir up the pure faith

that existed in me when I first believed in him and received salvation.

Even though I’ve grown tremendously through the years, my Christian maturity has been tainted by the critical culture of Western

society. Like Thomas, who could not believe in the resurrection

of Jesus even though he had eyewitness reports, we struggle to

believe what we have not seen for ourselves. While reading a book

called The Heavenly Man, I believed the testimony of Yun, a Christian

pastor in China who, by the power of the Holy Spirit, translated

from one location to another. While watching a documentary I also

believed the testimony of a pastor’s wife in Africa who received him

back from the dead after three days.

Why shouldn’t I believe them? Nothing they claimed has not

happened already based on what we see in the Bible. Is it that difficult

to believe the testimonies of people who are still alive and can

provide as much current, documented proof as possible? If not, how

can you believe the accounts of people from thousands of years ago

written in the Bible? For faith exploits to be as reproducible as scientific breakthroughs, we need an understanding of the conditions

under which these events took place. Some understanding will come

from research, but only the Holy Spirit will enable us to comprehend

what happened.

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that

you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person

has great power and produces wonderful results. Elijah was as

human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain

would fall, none fell for three and a half years! Then, when he

prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to

yield its crops.

James 5:16–18 nlt

If Elijah can pray and change natural laws, so can you. He was just

a human. Nothing but faith separated him from the rest of us. As

you’ve learned in Faith Science, a proper definition of biblical faith

is “complete trust in the invisible evidence provided by the Word

of God confirmed by commensurate action.” If you can wrap your

mind around the truth of biblical faith, your confidence will skyrocket.

Your faith can smash the chains that have held you in bondage. Your faith can kick open the doors that refuse to open for you.

Your faith can change your life forever. Like the Bible says in 1 John

5:4, your faith is the victory that overcomes the world.