Faith That Takes by F.F.

Bosworth

What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye

receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark 11:24

Faith is the evidence [or title deed] of things not seen (Heb. 11:1). In
Jeremiah a title deed is repeatedly spoken of as the evidence. Your deed is
the evidence or proof that you own your home. Faith is the title deed to what
you have not yet seen. When you have been given a deed to a home, which
you have not yet seen, you already have a home before you see it. Jesus
repeatedly said, He that believeth, hath. Moffatts translation of Hebrews
11:1 reads: Faith means that we are convinced of what we do not see.

In Mark 11:24 Jesus commands us to believe we have received the things

we pray for at the time we pray, without waiting to see or feel them. On this
condition He promises, Ye shall have them. Faith for the healing of your
body is the same as faith for forgiveness. You are to believe, on the authority
of Gods Word, that you were forgiven before you felt forgiven. Nothing else is
faith, for faith is the evidence of things not seen. As soon as the blessing we
take by faith is manifested, faith for that blessing ends.

If you are the beneficiary in a rich mans will, you are already wealthy the
moment the rich man dies, though you have not yet seen any of the money.
Just so, everything bequeathed to us in our Lords last will and testament is
already ours by virtue of the death of Jesus, the Testator. Faith is simply using
what belongs to us.

Healing is the same as with forgiveness. We are to believe we have received

healing at the time we pray, before seeing or feeling it. This is the confidence
that the Holy Spirit, in Hebrews 10:35-36, tells us not to cast away. The reason
is that this confidence hath great recompense of reward. Peter tells us that it
is the testing of this faith (the faith that we have received), which is more
precious than gold.

We are to believe that our prayer is granted at the time we pray, that we
already have what we prayed for before we see it. This is the confidence
referred to in 1 John 5:14-15: We know that we have the petitions that we
desired of him.

The fig tree, which Jesus cursed, dried up, not from the leaves that could be
seen, but from the roots, which were out of sight. By looking at the leaves,
the death of the tree could not be detected at first. This is an excerpt from
Chapter 9 of Christ the Healer. See also Faith Is hupostasis Hebrews
11:1 and The Life of F.F. Bosworth