PB Devotional
Pastor Kenneth E Hagin said:
John Wesley said that the devil has given the church a substitute for faith; one that looks and sounds much like faith that few people can tell the difference. This substitute he called “mental assent.”
He said in effect, “I have come to see that so many in the church do not have heart faith. They merely mentally agree that the Bible is true. They mentally agree that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. They mentally agree that He died for their sins according to the Scriptures. They mentally agree that He was raised from the dead for their justification. But they do not really believe all that in their hearts. If they did, it would change their lives.”
Heart faith brings results. Mental agreement does not.
The mental assentor agrees that the Bible is a revelation from God; that every word in it is true. It sounds terribly religious and awfully good for someone to say, “I believe the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. I believe every word is so.” Yet when the crises of life come to that person and they say, “It doesn’t work for me,” it cannot be faith. Faith works. Mental agreement does not. The mental assentor sees what God’s Word says, admires what God’s Word says, but usually winds up saying, “For some reason, it doesn’t work for me.”
Faith is acting on God’s Word. Mental agreement simply recognizes the truthfulness of the Word; it does not act upon it.
Have heart faith. Operate with a heart of gratitude. There are results in this!!
John Wesley said that the devil has given the church a substitute for faith; one that looks and sounds much like faith that few people can tell the difference. This substitute he called “mental assent.”
He said in effect, “I have come to see that so many in the church do not have heart faith. They merely mentally agree that the Bible is true. They mentally agree that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. They mentally agree that He died for their sins according to the Scriptures. They mentally agree that He was raised from the dead for their justification. But they do not really believe all that in their hearts. If they did, it would change their lives.”
Heart faith brings results. Mental agreement does not.
The mental assentor agrees that the Bible is a revelation from God; that every word in it is true. It sounds terribly religious and awfully good for someone to say, “I believe the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. I believe every word is so.” Yet when the crises of life come to that person and they say, “It doesn’t work for me,” it cannot be faith. Faith works. Mental agreement does not. The mental assentor sees what God’s Word says, admires what God’s Word says, but usually winds up saying, “For some reason, it doesn’t work for me.”
Faith is acting on God’s Word. Mental agreement simply recognizes the truthfulness of the Word; it does not act upon it.
Have heart faith. Operate with a heart of gratitude. There are results in this!!
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