The Apostle Paul prayed that God would give unto us a spirit of revelation to know the greatness of His inheritance in the saints and the exceeding greatness of His power to us who believe. That revelation and its resulting faith is what this book is about. Jesus said, "As thou hast believed, [so] be it done unto thee" and "According to your faith be it done unto you". Correct faith is the constant condition for the benefits of God's promises. There are many questions in our minds and many voices in the world. Because of this confusion we are not able to walk with God and cooperate with His purpose for us. Concerning this problem He has said, "Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?" This teaching will bring agreement and confidence in the all-powerful God who lovingly works all things together for our good to the end that we will be the vessel He so desires. Knowing the purpose and power of God lays a foundation for faith in His promises that brings miraculous results. We will see how to cooperate with God in the process of His plan and so be powerful vessels through whom it can flow. For this understanding we must "contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints," not the fallen faith of our day. Christians as a whole tend to pick and choose verses to align with what they wish to believe but the truth that "shall make you free" can only come by accepting and fitting them all together for "the sum of thy Word is truth."
In this book are many exciting testimonies of God's power manifested in saving, healing, delivering, and providing for His people who agree with Him. This is one of those books that you will want to read again because of the rest, peace, and faith it will put in your heart.
Your Servant in Christ,
David Eells
How many times have you heard the phrase, "God is in Control"? Have you ever stopped to consider what this really means and how you can apply the simple truth of these four words to your life? David Eells, servant of God, through intense study of the Word of God and devotion to the quest to know God, has been granted the meaning that anyone can understand and embrace. For many years, he and his family have actually lived the life of faith that many make reference to but do not truly understand.
When asked for a picture and credentials for a biography for this book David wrote, "Honestly the thought makes me uncomfortable. If this is an important part of Christian authorship then you have the wrong book. I assure you I am not an eminent theologian. The important question is, has the Holy Spirit found a willing vessel?
When the disciples were interrogated by the theologians, the Scripture says in Acts 4:13, 'Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.' When you read this book, I believe that you will see that I am qualified for the same reasons to be used by the Lord, for His 'power is made perfect in weakness.'
Once, as I was teaching a group of seminary students, one of them asked me why I had not attended their college. I said, 'If I had attended your college I would have been limited to study from the best that your denomination has to offer. If I desire to study what men have to say about the Word, I can go to the Christian Bookstore and study the best that history has to offer.' Another then asked, 'How do you then discipline yourself to study? We have to study in order to give answers.' I said, 'Yes, but only the answers that they want to hear. For me it is a gift. It is my desire to study. I do not have to be under a law.'
When I came to the Lord, having never been a studious person, those who knew me were shocked because all I wanted to do was study the Word. A little later I studied the writings of the reformers, early church fathers and a few modern teachers. Soon that fad passed and I stuck with the Word and the Holy Spirit, finding them immeasurably superior."
David is a non-denominational minister in Pensacola Florida where he teaches several assemblies of the saints and is a life long student of the Word.
Whether you are a new Christian, full of questions and sincere desire to learn more about the True Living God, or you are a life-long, surrendered servant of Christ, the message, in the following pages, edited from David's teachings, will lift and enlighten you. May God bless these words to open your heart and mind so that you might experience the presence of God in your life.
April Fields - editor
