This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy,
according to the prophecies which went before
on thee, that thou by them mightiest war a
good warfare; holding faith, and a good
conscience; which some having put away
concerning faith have made shipwreck: of
whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I
have delivered unto Satan, that they may
learn not to blaspheme (1 Timothy 1:18-20).
We are to hold faith and a good conscience.
If we put away our faith, we will put away our
conscience. The Apostle Paul tells us that
“whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Romans 14:23).
You may say, “I don’t need that faith stuff.”
Yes, you do. When somebody announces that
he is going to preach on the faith of God,
don’t say, “I’ve heard all that before.” Go hear
it again.
Just because you ate breakfast in 1984 doesn’t
mean that you don’t need to have breakfast
today. You have to eat every morning.
You probably eat the same thing over and over,
day after day, year after year. If you are an
oatmeal eater, imagine how much oatmeal you
have eaten. If you like eggs for breakfast, we
would have to line up chickens from wall to wall
to get all the eggs you have eaten over the
last 20 or 30 years. Yet you don’t say, “I don’t
want to eat eggs; I’ve already eaten them
once.” You eat the same things again and
again. Why?
Because the end of proper eating is a healthy
body. The end of proper spiritual nourishment
is a healthy conscience or spirit man. The end
of an honorable life is abundant and eternal life.
It comes from living in faith.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
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