Editor’s Note
by Zerubbabel Press

This issue of The Intercessor is comprised of articles, excerpts, and features devoted entirely to the topic of faith, including excellent accounts of biblical and contemporary people who learned how to consistently “walk by faith, not by sight.”

Our lead article, “The Life of Faith” unfolds Norman Grubb’s lifelong personal search to understand the workings of faith, punctuated with anecdotes from his lifetime of living by faith. In this excellent excerpt from The Law of Faith, Norman discusses faith as a natural, God-given faculty exercised by every person everyday to obtain what we need or desire—the act of claiming what we desire—and how to apply that same faith in spiritual matters. “Men Who Learned It,” is the biblical record of God’s dealings with four Old Testament heroes of faith to bring them through to mature, transformed lives. From Abraham through Moses, we see how God exposed the false view, inherited from the Fall, that humans are independently operated, the innate helplessness of the human vessel, the moment of realized union, and the transformation which followed.

Brett Burrowes’ Bible Study, “Faith,” is a penetrating look at how to live from spiritual realities that we cannot know with our senses. Interspersing biblical and contemporary illustrations, Brett fleshes out what faith is and how it is used to appropriate God’s truth for our lives, most notably Galatians 2:20. Similarly, “How Acquire Faith?” tackles head-on a question so often asked today: “Once I agree with the biblical facts, how do I make it real for me?” Starting with the necessary preparation—the Spirit’s exposure of our sin and separation from God— Norman explains the depths of God’s solution in Christ and the one essential element we must bring: the deliberate choice to bring our “one percent of human faith…to meet the ninety-nine percent of God’s grace.” Especially clear is Norman’s treatment of a hindrance often experienced by Christians—putting our faith in our feelings, rather than biblical, Spirit-revealed facts.

In a penetrating look at “How It Really Works,” Page Prewitt dispels several misconceptions held by people who know who they are in Christ but are not experiencing His victorious life. She diagnoses the source of the problem—taking “bits and snatches” but never coming full circle to the total truth—and explains how to correctly apply “the other half of the equation.” Moving on, Page also offers a full-circle approach to the “shoulds” and “oughts” we face in daily life based on Colossians 1:28-29. Truly a must-read for those who would come full-circle in their personal faith-walk.

“A Missionary Under Conviction,” taken from Norman’s biography Mighty Through God, reveals the workings of the Spirit in the life of WEC missionary Edith Moules. In a candid, almost-diary like style, we see how the Spirit took this dedicated missionary through the conviction of her subtle sins of the heart—the way of the Cross—to a personal and corporate revival. Readers who have enjoyed Continuous Revival will appreciate this detailed illustration of how God works, if we are receptive, to bring us into spiritual maturity. Another glimpse into a life of faith, “Testimony” describes how WEC’s founding missionary, C.T. Studd, joyfully deposited every pound of his sizeable inheritance into the “bank of Heaven.”

Finally, for a glimpse of the final outcome of a life of faith, don’t miss this issue’s reviews. In a departure from our standard format, “A Look at a Book” is a candid interview with three people who share the impact of the last chapter of Norman’s The Law of Faith on their personal faith-life. If you prefer listening, “Tape Talk” highlights Page Prewitt’s excellent talk on “Faith Creates a Reality”— the vital connection between what we choose to believe and how we live out everyday life.

We believe readers will enjoy this issue’s treatment of seldom explored truths that are essential to the mature life of faith.