A SermonDelivered on Wednesday Evening, April 23rd 2025, byEvangelist PAUL ACQUAH,Live on MZ Radio London, London UK.
In a world of endless opinions and shifting truths, one choice remains eternally significant – the truth of God’s Word. As Christians, we are called not just to read the Bible, but to believe it, trust in its promises, and live by its truths. Choosing to believe God’s Word is more than a one-time decision; it’s a daily commitment to stand on His promises even when circumstances challenge our faith. This choice is foundational to our spiritual growth, our relationship with God, and our ability to navigate life with hope, peace, and purpose. When we believe God’s Word, we open our hearts to transformation and align our lives with the unshakable truth of who God is and what He has said. Join us as we discover how this single decision can transform your perspective, renew your mind, and guide you through life’s most challenging moments in today’s sermon titled “Choose to believe God’s Word.”
Be blessed as you listen!
When Jesus was on the planet earth, He knew that He would die and rise from the dead. He told His disciples this on many occasions. He specifically mentioned rising on the third day. So Jesus predicted his death and resurrection multiple times in the Gospels. He said He would die and rise again. For example it says in Mathew 17:22-23 that, Now while they were [g]staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up.” And they were exceedingly sorrowful.
Now, after Jesus has risen from the dead, he appeared unto his disciples but Thomas, one of his 12 disciples wasn’t present,and they told Thomas that we’ve seen the Lord and he spoke to us. They had all the doors, and the windows locked and Jesus just showed up inside the room. He just appeared and they talked to him. They told Thomas about this but let’s see how Thomas responded to this amazing news. Look at this in John 20 and verses 24 and 25
Now Thomas (also known as Didymus[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
My friend, you may think oh I want to believe, I’m trying to believe but it’s hard to believe. Let me tell you that no, you chose to not believe. Thomas chose not to believe, you can choose not to believe. I’m telling you what the word of God says and if you choose not to believe that and if you say I just don’t believe that you can live that way. Deuteronomy 30: 19 says, This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live. That means this applies in heaven or in earth, over all of the earth, over any place in the universe. This is a pronouncement. I call Heaven and Earth to record against you this day that I have set before you, life and death, blessing and cursing, therefore choose life that you and your seed may live.
God gave you the choice. Nobody can force you to do anything, nobody can force you to fail. Thomas said I will not believe. It was his choice and if you’re struggling with unbelief, it’s because you are walking by sight and not by faith. Thomas refused to believe what he couldn’t see or feel. Yes, our five senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch)were given to us by God and are necessary to help us function in this life. But if we do not renew our minds to acknowledge the limits of the five senses, they will keep us from believing.Thomas said until I see Christ physically, Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe. ”Bible says in Hebrews 11:6 without faith it’s impossible to please God . Faith pleases God and God will meet you where you are.
Faith can perceive things that the senses cannot. Faith is the [a]substance of things hoped for, the [b]evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1). Thomas made a deliberate decision not to believe. Unbelief is always a decision Thomas said I will not believe and some of you think oh I don’t want to be this way. I’m trying to believe. You chose to be the way that you are, you were taught to think a certain way and you have embraced it and you will not let go of it. you’re holding on to your own thinking, you’ve got the thing that will change your thinking, the word of God will transform your thinking, the word of God is given to make you brand new.
Thomas said I will not believe and some of us feel like, well, it’s not my will to not believe. Yes, it is, you chose to believe what you believe. Nobody made you believe anything. you may have been taught to believe one thing. If you’re struggling with unbelief, it’s because you have accepted other people’s opinion. You have bought into the mindset of this world. You have hardened your heart to God by neglecting the things of God and you have chosen to be where you are. Many people don’t like that, we like to blame other people and say you don’t understand, it’s my upbringing that made me this way, you don’t understand I was abused when I was a child and that’s what made my heart hard. we have all ofthese excuses and we like to blame other people. Even Adam did it when God said what have you done? he said it’s that woman that you gave me. he passed the buck to Eve and then he tried to blame it on God.
When Thomas said I will not believe, that was a choice of his will. He chose to believe that Jesus could not be raised from the dead. He saw Jesus crucified, he saw what happened and he said I will not believe anything I can’t see. Maybe your situation is so serious that even though you have prayed, you can’t believe until you see the breakthrough. We love to blame other people for our hard heart but the truth is every one of us has a choice whether to believe or not to believe. You have a choice whether you let your background trap you and put you in prison and hold you in hurt or you can turn and say I’m not going to let this thing defeat me. Most of us are more influenced by the world than we should, and our world is becoming increasingly ungodly, increasingly secular and with technology, we now are able to do things that previous generations weren’t able to do. There is an attitude among people that they’re trying to find a physical natural reason for everything.
Paul Acquah is the founder of Christ Is All Ministries (CIAM), an evangelical ministry meeting the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of people. He is passionate about seeing people transformed by the Word of God and making heaven more crowded! Read More